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Ryōhei Uchida (内田 良平, Uchida Ryōhei, 11 February 1873 – 26 July 1937) was a Japanese ultranationalist political theorist, Pan-Asianist, and martial artist, active in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He was also an accomplished jūdōka, a favorite of Kanō shihan 師範 (master), one of the three most senior 5th dan rank holders in Kodokan history, and a noted street brawler. He was the son of Shinto Muso-ryu practitioner Uchida Ryōgorō, and from an early age was interested in many forms of Japanese traditional martial arts, including kyūdō, kendo, judo and sumo.

Teachers (3)

• person
  Uchida Ryōgorō

  (1880–1889)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  English Wikipedia states Ryōhei was the son of Uchida Ryōgorō and was interested from an early age in kyūdō, kendo, judo, and sumo.

  “He was the son of Shinto Muso-ryu practitioner Uchida Ryōgorō, and from an early age was interested in many forms of Japanese traditional martial arts, including kyūdō, kendo, judo and sumo.”

  — Ryōhei Uchida - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
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  Kanō Jigorō

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Independent sources state it.

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

  location_onKodokan badge (1893)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Independent sources state it.

  “Miyakawa remained a Gen’yōshamember and became a Kōdōkan top-executive (Kōdōkan Saikō Kanbu講道館最高幹部) closely associated with Kanō Jigorō, as was Uchida Ryōhei”

  — Kodokan Judo's Three Orphaned Forms of Counter Techniques - Part 1: The Gonosen-no-kata (ResearchGate)link

  “He was also an accomplished jūdōka, a favorite of Kanō shihan 師範 (master), one of the three most senior 5th dan rank holders in Kodokan history, and a noted street brawler.”

  — Lance Gatling. (2023). Ki 気 in Jūdō 柔道 - Uchida Ryōhei and the Secrets of Budō 武道極意. The Kano Chronicleslink history info
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  Miyagawa Taichiro

  sports_martial_artsJigō Tenshin Ryū Probable

  Probable

  Student of Miyakawa Taichirō in Jigō Tenshin Ryū jūjutsu at Fukuoka's Meidokan dōjō

  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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  Student of Miyakawa Taichirō in Jigō Tenshin Ryū jūjutsu at Fukuoka's Meidokan dōjō

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  “宮川太一郎嘉永元年（1848）生庄林又七郎の高弟・免許皆伝代々黒田家の臣である。一刀流剣術，自剛天真流組討を極め，明治10年(1877) 11月玄洋社附属の向浜塾で自剛天真流を教授したのが，後の明道館道場の起源とされている。”

  — Yamamoto, Yoshiyasu. (1985-03-30). The Kumiuchi of the Jigotenshin School (Sect)link history info

  “He learned a number of martial arts, most notably Jigō Tenshin Ryū Jūjutsu in Fukuoka’s Meidokan dōjō, an art in which he was notably successful. In 1893 he moved to Tokyo to live with his wealthy coal mine owner uncle Hiraoka Kōtarō, a supporter of the Genyōsha, and began to study Russian at a Tokyo school and jūdō at Kanō Jigorō’s Kodokan.”

  — Lance Gatling. (2023). Ki 気 in Jūdō 柔道 - Uchida Ryōhei and the Secrets of Budō 武道極意. The Kano Chronicleslink history info

Lineage

• Jigō Tenshin RyūMiyagawa Taichiro ← Matashichiro Shobayashi · 2 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech5 dan Probable

  Probable

  One of three most senior 5th dan holders in Kodokan history, favorite student of Kanō Jigorō

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

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Kodokan

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  One of three most senior 5th dan holders in Kodokan history, favorite student of Kanō Jigorō

  “He was also an accomplished jūdōka, a favorite of Kanō shihan 師範 (master), one of the three most senior 5th dan rank holders in Kodokan history”

  — Ki 気 in Judo 柔道 – Uchida Ryōhei and the Secrets of Budo 武道極意 (The Kano Chronicles)link

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