Description

Traditional judo and Nihon Jujutsu dojo in Tokyo, founded by Sato Shizuya in 1957. The dojo has been supported by US Ambassadors to Japan as honorary presidents including Douglas MacArthur II, Edwin Reischauer, Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale, and Caroline Kennedy.

Also known as

Affiliations

• account_balanceKokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation

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  US Embassy Judo Club websitelink

Founder

Instructors (3)

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  Shizuya Satō

  Head instructor

  1957 - 2011

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  INJA — Sato Shizuyalink
• Jo
  John B. Gage

  Instructor

  2011 - 2015

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  INJA — John B. Gage Shihanlink
• 
  Lance Gatling

  Head instructor

  2011

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  US Embassy Judo Club websitelink

  The Kanō Chronicles — Author: Lance Gatlinglink

Trained here (2)

• Jo
  John B. Gage

  linkNihon Jujutsu 3

  Confirmed

  Joined US Embassy Judo Club under Sato's direction in 1986; Sato 'accepted me as his student' per Gage's own account; later served as Sato's assistant at international seminars

  under Shizuya Satō badge (1986 - 2011)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  3 sources

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  Joined US Embassy Judo Club under Sato's direction in 1986; Sato 'accepted me as his student' per Gage's own account; later served as Sato's assistant at international seminars

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Fortunately, Sato Sensei accepted me as his student"

  — JMAC — I Am JMAC: John Gage Senseilink

  "Upon arriving in Tokyo, Japan in 1986, Gage-Sensei joined the US Embassy Judo Club, under the direction of Sato Shizuya Sensei."

  — JMAC — John Gage Senseilink

  "traveled around the world as an assistant to Sato Sensei at martial arts seminars"

  — JMAC — John Gage Senseilink
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  Lance Gatling

  linkNihon Jujutsu 3

  Confirmed

  Explicitly refers to Sato as 'my sensei' in his own writing on The Kanō Chronicles; also described as 'direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei' in independent sources

  under Shizuya Satō badge (1990 - 2011)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  4 sources

  fact_check

  Explicitly refers to Sato as 'my sensei' in his own writing on The Kanō Chronicles; also described as 'direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei' in independent sources

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "My sensei, Satō Shizuya (1929–2011)"

  — The Kano Chronicles linkinfo

  "My sensei was a graduate of Meiji (...) So, he taught there from 1957 until he died five years ago, and at the time I was taking Judo there, Judo and Jujutsu, Nihon Jujutsu, his style."

  — Budo, a way of life [2] — Lance Gatling [Nihon Jujutsu, Judo & Jodo]linkinfo

  "I came here in 1986 and I was a member of this dojo since 1990"

  — Budo tourism: what do the budoka think? Lance Gatling, Sandro Furzi and Michael Reinhardtlinkinfo

  "Lance Gatling was a direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei, the founder and 10dan Nihon Jujutsu, Director, International Martial Arts Federation, for over 20 years."

  — Judo Forum — Lance Gatling Nihon Jujutsu link

Styles founded here (1)

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