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Judo teacher in Tokyo at whose dojo the five-year-old Minoru Mochizuki began judo in 1912, after his family moved to Tokyo.

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  Mochizuki Minoru

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 3

  Confirmed

  First-person account in the Karaté-Bushido interview: began judo at Takebe's dojo in Tokyo in 1912 at age five; the Dragon Magazine interview adds that he interrupted after about two years when the family moved again

  (1912-1914)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  First-person account in the Karaté-Bushido interview: began judo at Takebe's dojo in Tokyo in 1912 at age five; the Dragon Magazine interview adds that he interrupted after about two years when the family moved again

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "C'est là que j'ai commencé à pratiquer le judo en 1912, chez maître Takebe : j'avais 5 ans."

  — Bénoliel, P.. (1987). Minoru Mochizuki - entretien (Karaté-Bushido no. 139, septembre 1987, pp. 28-35)info

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