Description

Officer academy of the Imperial Japanese Navy, moved from Tsukiji, Tokyo, to Etajima. At the request of Kanō's students there, it set up a judo department; Kanō helped choose its instructors, the first being Yamashita Yoshitsugu and Satō Noritaka, followed by Yokoyama and others.

Also known as

Kaigun Heigakkō

Locations (1)

• location_onEtajima, Hiroshima Prefecture

  warning No sources cited

Instructors (4)

• 
  Yamashita Yoshitsugu

  Instructor

  Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Kano's own account only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Sometime later a judo department was established and the first two instructors nominated to teach were Yoshitsugu Yamashita and Noritaka Sato.”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
• person
  Satō Noritaka

  Instructor

  Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Kano's own account only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Sometime later a judo department was established and the first two instructors nominated to teach were Yoshitsugu Yamashita and Noritaka Sato.”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
• person
  Kimotsuki Muneji

  Instructor

  Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only; spelt "Kimozuke" there.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Kano's own account only; spelt "Kimozuke" there.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Later other coaches were engaged as instructors, including Yokoyama, Kimozuke and Yoshimura”

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

  Instructor

  Probable

  Probable

  Kano's own account only; surname only.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Kano's own account only; surname only.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Later other coaches were engaged as instructors, including Yokoyama, Kimozuke and Yoshimura”

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

Tags

judo

Sources

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