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    Seidokwan Academy of Judo

    categoryDojo
    calendar_month1952
    location_onMontreal Canada
    id_card

    Description

    The first permanent judo dojo in Montreal, founded in 1952 by Harold Tokai, Kametaro Akiyama and Fred Okimura with the support of the Japanese community. Hiroshi Nakamura taught there on his arrival in 1968.

    Also known as

    Seidokwan

    Locations (1)

    • location_onMontreal Canada
      warning No sources cited

    Founders

    Harold Tokai
    Akiyama Kametaro
    Fred Okimura

    Instructors (2)

    • person
      Nakamura Hiroshi
      Instructor
      1968
      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.
      “He started teaching immediately at the Seidokwan Dojo with Fred Okimura on a twice-a-week basis.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    • person
      Fred Okimura
      Instructor
      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.
      “He started teaching immediately at the Seidokwan Dojo with Fred Okimura on a twice-a-week basis.”
      — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Tags

    judo · canada

    Sources

    “Kametaro Akiyama and Fred Okimura, established the Seidokwan Academy of Judo”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Seidokwan Academy of Judo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H62JEMYH70NAS2MFAKDVVH - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M5H62JEMYH70NAS2MFAKDVVH, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Seidokwan Academy of Judo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H62JEMYH70NAS2MFAKDVVH}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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