Description

Master of the Totsuka-ha Yōshin-ryū who helped Kanō Jigorō devise the judo kata sanctioned by the Dai Nippon Butokukai in 1906.

Offices held (1)

• corporate_fareCo-headDai-Nippon Butokukai Judo Kata Committee Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only.

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

  1906

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Kano's own account only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “The committee of jujutsu teachers, headed by Totsuka, Hoshino and I, finalized the eight seated and twelve standing techniques for Kime no Kata.”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

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