Description
Teacher-training college in Tokyo, now the University of Tsukuba, and the
rival of the Butokukai's Bujutsu Vocational College in producing specialist
martial arts instructors. Kanō Jigorō became its president in 1893 and founded
its gekiken club in 1896; judo, kendo and calisthenics became regular subjects
in 1906, and from 1913 its three martial arts courses granted a nationally
recognised teaching licence. The dan and kyū system was first used in kendo
here, under Takano Sasaburō in 1908.
Locations (1)
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location_onTokyo
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Instructors (4)
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person
Munakata Itsurō
Instructor
1894
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visibilityFirst-hand
“Norifumi Machida, the principal of the junior high school affiliated to our
college, suggested to me that Kodokan instructor Itsuro Munakata be invited to
teach judo at the college. As I recall, this was around 1894. I agreed to his
suggestion”
— Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro
Kanoinfo
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person
Kimura Nobuhide
Head instructor
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reviewsPeer-reviewed
“the gekiken club was invigorated by the appointment of Kimura Nobuhide
(1855-1924) of the Jikishin Kage-ryū as the head teacher”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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Takano Sasaburō
Technical director
1908
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“Takano Sasaburō was eventually named supervising instructor of the club and
made responsible for implementing the dan and kyu system of ranking in 1908”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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person
Satō Ukichi
Instructor
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One authored history; it names him a professor at the school, not a kendo
instructor.
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“Satō Ukichi (1895-1975) was a leading kendo master and professor at the Tokyo
Higher Normal School.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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Officers (1)
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Kanō Jigorō
President
1893
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“The highly influential educator and martial artist Kanō Jigorō became the
school's president in 1893”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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kendo · judo · education
Sources
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The highly influential educator and martial artist Kanō Jigorō became the
school's president in 1893”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“Kano successfully elevated judo, kendo, and calisthenics to regular subjects of
study at the Tokyo Higher Normal School in 1906.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tokyo Higher Normal School. In Martialis:
Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M3788RSRDWP4JKB5FKZZAQSC - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Tokyo Higher Normal School}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M3788RSRDWP4JKB5FKZZAQSC}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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