Locations (1)

• location_onTokyo

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Instructors (2)

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  Kanō Jigorō

  Head instructor

  1879

  Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Kano's own account only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “In August 1879, shortly after this event, Master Fukuda collapsed and died. [...] I was asked by Mrs. Fukuda to take possession of the densho and become the new master of the dojo.”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
• person
  Fukuda Hachinosuke

  1877 – 1879

Trained here (1)

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  Kanō Jigorō

  sports_martial_artsTenjin Shin'yō-ryū Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Well-documented as Kano's first jujutsu teacher in Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū from 1877-1879; Wikipedia and Token Corporation's independently published Judo Channel biography both directly state Fukuda accepted Kano as a student after Yagi's referral

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

  under Fukuda Hachinosuke (1877 – 1879)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Well-documented as Kano's first jujutsu teacher in Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū from 1877-1879; Wikipedia and Token Corporation's independently published Judo Channel biography both directly state Fukuda accepted Kano as a student after Yagi's referral

  “His search brought him to Yagi Teinosuke, who had been a student of Emon Isomata in the Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū school of jūjutsu. Yagi, in turn, referred Kanō to Fukuda Hachinosuke, a bonesetter who taught Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū in a 10-mat room adjacent to his practice.”

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

  “Yagi finally relented and introduced Jigoro to another jujutsu practitioner named Hachinosuke Fukuda. Fukuda accepted him into his dojo, and Jigoro's jujutsu training then began.”

  — The life of Jigoro Kano: Jigoro Kano, father of body and mind educationlink history info

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