Description

Japanese Kodokan judo instructor, 8th dan in 1961, who gave Anton Geesink private lessons at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police (Keishicho) dojo during Geesink's training visit in early 1961. Romanized by Geesink as 'Sampei Asami'.

Ranks (1)

• linkKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech8 dan 2

  Probable

  Geesink calls Asami an 8th dan in his own 1961 article; corroborated by the contemporary Kodokan Review (Asami Sempei), but the exact grade and date rest on a single primary source.

  Dan-Kyu System (1961)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Geesink calls Asami an 8th dan in his own 1961 article; corroborated by the contemporary Kodokan Review (Asami Sempei), but the exact grade and date rest on a single primary source.

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Want in de politiedojo krijg ik les van Sampei Asami, een achste dan en één van de beste leraren die er is."

  — Utrecht 60 jaar terug: Anton Geesink traint in Tokiolinkinfo

Students (1)

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  Anton Geesink

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 3

  Confirmed

  Geesink's own 1961 Utrecht newspaper article quotes him receiving lessons at the police dojo from Sampei Asami, an 8th dan. Kodokan Review corroborates Asami Sempei as a Kodokan instructor of that era.

  Private sports_kabaddiTokyo Metropolitan Police Department badge (1961)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Geesink's own 1961 Utrecht newspaper article quotes him receiving lessons at the police dojo from Sampei Asami, an 8th dan. Kodokan Review corroborates Asami Sempei as a Kodokan instructor of that era.

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Want in de politiedojo krijg ik les van Sampei Asami, een achste dan en één van de beste leraren die er is."

  — Utrecht 60 jaar terug: Anton Geesink traint in Tokiolinkinfo

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