Description

Japanese judo master, student of Yokoyama Sakujiro, known for his expertise in counter techniques (ura-waza) and considered the intellectual source behind the gonosen-no-kata. He served as judo head instructor at Waseda University and was promoted to 8th dan in 1937.

Teachers (1)

• 
  Yokoyama Sakujiro

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 3

  Confirmed

  Well-documented student of Yokoyama Sakujiro at the Kodokan, mentioned in Japanese Wikipedia biography as his direct disciple

  sports_kabaddiKodokan badge (1904)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Well-documented student of Yokoyama Sakujiro at the Kodokan, mentioned in Japanese Wikipedia biography as his direct disciple

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "講道館四天王の1人である横山作次郎の直弟子であり、切れ味鋭い足技を駆使した返し技（裏技）の達人であった。"

  — 高橋数良 - Wikipedialink

Ranks (1)

• linkKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech8 dan 3

  Confirmed

  Officially promoted to 8th dan by Kodokan on 1937-12-22, well-documented in Japanese Wikipedia and historical records

  Dan-Kyu System (1937-12-22)

  granted by Kodokan

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Officially promoted to 8th dan by Kodokan on 1937-12-22, well-documented in Japanese Wikipedia and historical records

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "8段 1937年12月22日 51歳"

  — 高橋数良 - Wikipedialink

Students (1)

• Ka
  Kawaishi Mikinosuke

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 2

  Probable

  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Takahashi as one of his teachers at Waseda University

  sports_kabaddiWaseda University badge (1881)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Takahashi as one of his teachers at Waseda University

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "According to Kawaishi Norikazu15, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, the teachers identified by his father as those from whom his father had learnt jūdō at Waseda University were Takahashi and Miyakawa."

  — Kodokan Judo's Three Orphaned Forms of Counter Techniques - Part 1: The Gonosen-no-kata (ResearchGate)link

Sources