Students (3)

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  António Corrêa Pereira

  linkJūjutsu 2

  Probable

  Well-documented student of Erich Rahn in Berlin during the 1930s while studying chemical engineering at Technical University of Berlin, mentioned in UBU history and interview sources.

  (1930)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

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  Well-documented student of Erich Rahn in Berlin during the 1930s while studying chemical engineering at Technical University of Berlin, mentioned in UBU history and interview sources.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Iniciado na prática do Ju-Jutsu em Berlim, na década de trinta, quando estudava engenharia química na Universidade Técnica de Berlim."

  — Quem somos - História — União Portuguesa de Budo link
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  Alfred Rhode

  linkJūjutsu 3

  Confirmed

  Multiple academic sources confirm Rhode was student of Erich Rahn

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

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  Multiple academic sources confirm Rhode was student of Erich Rahn

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "(...) 1922 gründete der Rahn-Schüler Alfred Rohde dann den 1. Deutschen Judo-Club in Frankfur (...)"

  — WEDEMEYER-KOLWE, Bernd. «Der neue Mensch»: Körperkultur im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik. Königshausen & Neumann, 2004, p. 308link

  "The first German judo club was formed in 1922 in Frankfurt by Alfred Rhode, a former student of Erich Rahn. For several years, jiu-jitsu and judo coexisted relatively collegially in Germany, most likely because the still relatively small community of instructors and active participants made cooperation necessary if either discipline was to survive"

  — PANZER, Sarah. When Jiu-Jitsu was German: Japanese Martial Arts in German Sport-and Körperkultur, 1905–1933. In: Transnational Encounters between Germany and Japan: Perceptions of Partnership in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016. p. 91-106.link
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  Felix De Smedt

  linkJūjutsu 3

  Confirmed

  English Wikipedia documents that De Smedt joined the Jujutsu and Judo Verein Erich Rahn in Berlin in January 1941 - the first Belgian to study judo formally - and practised there until 1943; the club historiek confirms his instructor diploma from Rahn's school.

  (1941-1943)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

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  English Wikipedia documents that De Smedt joined the Jujutsu and Judo Verein Erich Rahn in Berlin in January 1941 - the first Belgian to study judo formally - and practised there until 1943; the club historiek confirms his instructor diploma from Rahn's school.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "In January 1941, he studied judo formally in Berlin, and was the first Belgian to have done so. ... De Smedt was impressed the demonstration and in January 1941, he became a member of the Jujutsu and Judo Verein Erich Rahn ... He continued his practice until the movie theatre was bombed in 1943."

  — Felix De Smedt - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo

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