Description

Kōdōkan judo teacher (4th dan in the 1920s) who taught in Vancouver while studying at the University of British Columbia, around 1924–1926, and awarded the first black belt in Canada.

Students (2)

• person
  Kamino Atsumu

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Judo Canada's own history only.

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

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Judo Canada's own history only.

  “A pupil of Shinzo Takagaki in the 1920s in Vancouver, Atsumu Kamino started a dojo in Kitsilano in 1932 at the request of the parents of the Japanese community there.”

  — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
• person
  Akiyama Kametaro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Possible

  Possible

  Inferred from the promotion; the source does not say Takagaki taught him.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Inferred from the promotion; the source does not say Takagaki taught him.

  alt_routeIndirect

  “Takagaki also issued the first black belt certificate in Canada - the recipient being Kametaro Akiyama, and this took place in 1925.”

  — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

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