Description

American martial artist who studied judo under Kyuzo Mifune in Japan, also trained in karate (Wado-ryu) and aikido (under Koichi Tohei), founded the International Dojo in 1958

Teachers (1)

• 
  Mifune Kyūzō

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 3

  Confirmed

  Interview with Walter Todd confirms he asked Mifune to be his teacher in 1946: Mifune asked if he would like him to be his teacher while he stayed in Japan.

  sports_kabaddiKodokan badge (1946)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Interview with Walter Todd confirms he asked Mifune to be his teacher in 1946: Mifune asked if he would like him to be his teacher while he stayed in Japan.

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Mifune Sensei asked if I would like him to be my teacher while I was in Japan."

  — Interview with Walter Todd (Meik Skoss, Koryu.com) link

Ranks (1)

• linkKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech2 dan 2

  Probable

  Interview mentions he got his nidan in judo around 1948-49 while training in Japan

  Dan-Kyu System (1948)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Interview mentions he got his nidan in judo around 1948-49 while training in Japan

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "After I had been in Japan for four or five months the second time they put me up for my nidan examination."

  — Interview with Walter Todd (Meik Skoss, Koryu.com) link

Sources