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Budokwai

武道会
categoryAssociation
calendar_month1918-01-26
location_onLondon United Kingdom

Description

The Budokwai (武道会), the London judo club founded on 1918-01-26 by Gunji Koizumi, with Yukio Tani as its first professional teacher, and the oldest judo club in Europe. Beyond its own dojo it served as a reference body for Kodokan judo in Europe: the Toulouse Shudokan records its affiliation to the Budokwai from 1947. Modelled as an Organization, alongside the Budokwai Place (its dojo), because other records cite it as the body they were affiliated with - the twin-entity case, like the Kodokan.

Founded

1918-01-26
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“In 1918, at his own expense, Koizumi established a society in London called the Budokwai (Way of Knighthood Society). [...] the Budokwai's premises opened on 26 January 1918.”
— Gunji Koizumi - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Officers (1)

  • Gunji Koizumi
    President
    1918
    Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia 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
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    Wikipedia only.
    “Koizumi became the first president of the Budokwai and Yukio Tani the first chief judo instructor.”
    — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Budokwai. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Locations (1)

  • location_onLondon United Kingdom
    warning No sources cited

Places (2)

location_on
Budokwai
Dojo · London
location_on
Shudokan Judo Club
Club · Toulouse

Tags

judo · london · oldest

Sources

Gunji Koizumi - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info
visibilityFirst-hand
Koizumi, Gunji. (1960). My Study of Judo - The Principles And The Technical Fundamentalslink history info
(2026). Yukio Tani - Wikipedia. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Budokwai. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M325EAQG4P41V98G5PZWNJ4F - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
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