Satō Noritaka · Lineage tree

Description

Early Kōdōkan judoka, one of the Kanō Juku students specialising in judo; with Yamashita Yoshitsugu one of the first two judo instructors at the Naval Academy.

Teachers (1)

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  Kanō Jigorō

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Kano's own account only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Those who were specializing in judo included Shiro Saigo, Yoshitsugu Yamashita, Sakujiro Yokoyama, Saburo Toharitaki, Nori Sato and Muneji Kimotsuki.”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

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