event

First Tenran budo tournament (1929)

天覧試合
categoryTournament
calendar_month1929-05-04/1929-05-05
location_onKyoto Japan

Description

First of the three Tenran tournaments held in Kyoto to decide the best fencer in Japan, contested before the emperor. Mochida Moriji won the kendo competition in the division for specially selected competitors.

Participants (1)

  • Mochida MorijiCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Bennett names him as the winner of the kendo competition in the specially selected division.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “In the division for specially selected competitors, Mochida Moriji won the kendo competition and Kurihara Tamio won the judo competition.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Styles (1)

Kenjutsu
剣術 · founded c. 1336

Tags

kendo · judo · tenran

Sources

reviewsPeer-reviewed
“Conservatives felt that the first of the three Tenran competitions held in Kyoto in 1929 to decide the 'best fencer in Japan'”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“the first judo and kendo tournament was held May 4-5, 1929.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). First Tenran budo tournament (1929). In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M37J0JPXENH0T57AYM3M4W4V - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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