Also known as

Alfred Werner Carl Rhode

Teachers (1)

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  Erich Rahn

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Multiple academic sources confirm Rhode was student of Erich Rahn

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Multiple academic sources confirm Rhode was student of Erich Rahn

  “1922 gründete der Rahn-Schüler Alfred Rohde dann den 1. Deutschen Judo-Club in Frankfurt.”

  — Bernd Wedemeyer-Kolwe. (2004). "Der neue Mensch": Körperkultur im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik link info

  “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. (2016). When Jiu-Jitsu was German: Japanese Martial Arts in German Sport- und Körperkultur, 1905–1933link history info

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech8 dan Probable

  Probable

  Website documents 8 dan certificate presentation in 1976

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

  Dan-Kyu System (1976-08-16)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Website documents 8 dan certificate presentation in 1976

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Doris Schiemann und ihr Sohn Holger überbringen Lothar Nest mehrere Kartons aus dem Nachlaß von Dieter Schiemann, - er war Schatzmeister des DDK/DJB in den 60er Jahren und überreichte Alfred Rhode am 16.8.1076 die Urkunde zum 8.DAN DDK/DJB! Alfred Rhode gründete 1952 das DDK.”

  — Sportschule Lothar Nest: Judo - Sommerschule 1932 in Frankfurt a.M. aus den Unterlagen von Dieter Schiemannlink

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