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  • Yeiji Inouye

    Canada
    id_cardfamily_historyconversion_path
    5.4

    Also known as

    Lanky Inouye

    Description

    Canadian judo teacher and naval officer; co-founder of the Victoria Judo Club (1957). Trained at the Kodokan while assistant military attaché in Tokyo (1964–1967); later chairman of the National Grading Board. 7th dan.

    Teachers (3)

    • person
      Tomotsu Mitani
      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.
      “Inouye had begun Judo at age 12 under Mitani-sensei at Haney, B.C. and later under Sasaki-sensei at Vancouver.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • person
      Sasaki Shigetaka
      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.
      “Inouye had begun Judo at age 12 under Mitani-sensei at Haney, B.C. and later under Sasaki-sensei at Vancouver.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • Kotani Sumiyuki
      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_onKodokan badge (1964–1967)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only.
      “In 1964 he was appointed assistant military attache to the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and stationed there for three years. Not only did he train daily at the Kodokan with Kotani-sensei and Shinojima-sensei”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Lineage

    • Kōdōkan JūdōSasaki Shigetaka ← Mifune Kyūzō ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 4 generations

    Students (1)

    • person
      Sandra Greaves
      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
      (1983–1985)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Judo Canada's own history only.
      “In 1983, Sandra, who has always felt that she was part gypsy, moved to Victoria, B.C., and spent the next two years at Yeiji (Lanky) Inouye’s dojo.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Sources

    “Back in Canada, he used that experience to advantage when, in 1957, he along with five others established the Victoria Judo Club.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M5H5YNY2V6K3XN30HTC5KBXS
    Wikidata

    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Yeiji Inouye. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H5YNY2V6K3XN30HTC5KBXS - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M5H5YNY2V6K3XN30HTC5KBXS, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Yeiji Inouye}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H5YNY2V6K3XN30HTC5KBXS}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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