Description

Japanese jujutsuka of the Daito-ryu jujutsu school founded by Handa Yataro in Osaka. One of the first generation of Japanese jujutsu men invited to London: per the Bartitsu accounts, Barton-Wright arranged for Kaneo Tani, Seizo Yamamoto and Yukio Tani to travel to London and serve as instructors at the Bartitsu Club; Yamamoto and Kaneo Tani soon returned to Japan. Wolf (2016) identifies "S. Yamamoto" among the Bartitsu Club principals and lists him alongside Uyenishi and Taro Miyake among the products of Handa's Osaka dojo.

Teachers (1)

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  Handa Yatarō

  sports_martial_artsDaitō-ryū Jūjutsu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  JA Wikipedia lists Yamamoto Seizo among Handa's Daito-ryu jujutsu students (4th dan); Wolf (2016) independently places S. Yamamoto in Handa's Osaka dojo alongside Uyenishi and Taro Miyake.

  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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  JA Wikipedia lists Yamamoto Seizo among Handa's Daito-ryu jujutsu students (4th dan); Wolf (2016) independently places S. Yamamoto in Handa's Osaka dojo alongside Uyenishi and Taro Miyake.

  “半田弥太郎は大阪で多くの門人を育てた。[...]山本清蔵（大東流四段）”

  — 大東流柔術 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkhistory info

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  “Yukio Tani, Sadakazu Uyenishi, Seizo Yamamoto and Taro Miyake were all associated with the ne-waza innovations of Mataemon Tanabe and the Handa dojo [...] Yamamoto and Uyenishi also via training at the Handa dojo.”

  — Wolf, Tony; Bartitsu Society. (2016). New Discoveries and Speculations re. the Submission Grappling of British Jiu-Jitsu. The Bartitsu Societylink history info

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsDaitō-ryū Jūjutsu

  military_tech4 dan Probable

  Probable

  Rank attested only in the JA Wikipedia roster of Handa's students.

  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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  Rank attested only in the JA Wikipedia roster of Handa's students.

  “山本清蔵（大東流四段）”

  — 大東流柔術 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkhistory info

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