Description
The first permanent judo dojo in Canada, founded in Vancouver in 1924 by
Shigetaka Sasaki as the Tai Iku Dojo and renamed Kidokan by Kanō Jigorō on his
visit in 1932. The other British Columbia dojos became its branches. All
Japanese-Canadian dojos closed in 1941.
Also known as
Vancouver Tai Iku Dojo · Tai Iku Dojo
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location_onVancouver
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“At the same time, the Founder of Judo, Dr. Jigoro Kano, on his return from the
1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, visited the Tai Iku Dojo in Vancouver. He
renamed the dojo, Kidokan - “House of Intrinsic Energy.” All other dojos in B.C.
became branches of the Kidokan.”
— Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of
Judo in Canadainfo
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kidokan. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H3WJ4F9R45AWHKXJ34XPYE - CC BY-SA 4.0.
Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H3WJ4F9R45AWHKXJ34XPYE, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Kidokan}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year
= {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5H3WJ4F9R45AWHKXJ34XPYE}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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