Description

9th dan judo, taihojutsu instructor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Served as head taihojutsu instructor for the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command's combatives course at the Kodokan (1952-1956), where he taught Sato Shizuya.

Ranks (1)

• linkKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech9 dan 2

  Probable

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Kodokan

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Hosokawa Kusuo (1918–1997) – 9th dan judo"

  — INJA — Heritagelink

  "Kōdōkan newly promoted 9th dan holders on May 1, 1948..."

  — De Crée, Carl. (2015). Kōdōkan jūdō's three orphaned forms of counter techniques – Part 3: The Katame-waza ura-no-kata ― 'Forms of reversing controlling techniques'. Archives of Budo, 11, 155-174linkinfo

Students (1)

• 
  Shizuya Satō

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 2

  Probable

  Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program, indicating a teacher relationship for police techniques

  sports_kabaddiKodokan badge (1952-1956)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program, indicating a teacher relationship for police techniques

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "taihojutsu techniques (under taihojutsu head instructor and senior Tokyo Metropolitan Police taihojutsu / judo instructor Hosokawa Kusuo)"

  — INJA — Sato Shizuya link

Sources