Description

Atsumu Kamino's Toronto dojo, founded in 1946 in the basement of the Church of All Nations and named after the prewar Vancouver Kidokan; the meeting point of resettled British Columbia judoka and the base of the Canada Judo Yudanshakai.

Locations (1)

• location_onToronto

  warning No sources cited

Founder

Instructors (1)

• person
  Kamino Atsumu

  Head instructor

  1946

  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.

  “Atsumu Kamino’s dojo in the basement of The Church of All Nations on the corner of Spadina and Queen. The dojo, established in 1946, was named the Kidokwan Judo Institute”

  — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Trained here (1)

• 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

  under Kamino Atsumu

  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

Tags

judo · canada

Sources