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  • Kamino Atsumu

    Canada
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    16.2

    Also known as

    Stephen Atsumu Kamino

    Description

    Judo teacher known as the "Godfather of Judo in Canada". Founded the Kitsilano dojo in Vancouver (1932) and, after the wartime expulsion, the Kidokwan Judo Institute in Toronto (1946); organiser of the Canada Judo Yudanshakai. Died in 1959, a Kōdōkan 6th dan.

    Teachers (2)

    • person
      Fujita Satarō
      sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
      Probable
      Judo Canada's own history only, from his son's account.
      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
      (1914)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only, from his son's account.
      “Atsumu Kamino, who in turn had been instructed by sensei from Japan - first by Sataro Fujita, and later by Shinzo Takagaki. According to Tom, his father was taught by Fujita as early as 1914”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • person
      Takagaki Shinzō
      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

    Students (3)

    • person
      Masao Takahashi
      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
      (1937)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only.
      “It was in the prewar days in Kitsilano that eight-year-old Mas started Judo at the Japanese Language School under Professor Atsumu Kamino. It was 1937.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • person
      Frank Minoru Hatashita
      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
      (1942)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only.
      “Hatashita was 24 years old when he was sent away from the coast in 1942 to the Tashme camp. There he continued his Judo training under Shigetaka Sasaki and Atsumu Kamino.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • person
      Bill Doherty
      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
      location_onKidokwan Judo Institute badge
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only.
      “Kevin’s father, Bill Doherty, joined Atsumu Kamino’s Kidokwan dojo in Toronto upon emigrating from Ireland, and that began a love affair with the sport that spread to Kevin and his brothers.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Sources

    Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada info

    Cite and reuse

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    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kamino Atsumu. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H3WJ4FFYW21VZ36306373H - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
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