Kanaya Genro

Japan
Born , Japan
Died , Japan
1.4

Also known as

Kanaya Motoyoshi

Students (1)

  • Sugino Yoshio
    sports_martial_artsYōshin-ryū Probable
    Probable
    Studied Yoshin Koryu jujutsu under Genro Kanaya around 1928, documented in Wikipedia with specific mention of training and reaching kyoshi level in the style
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1928)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Studied Yoshin Koryu jujutsu under Genro Kanaya around 1928, documented in Wikipedia with specific mention of training and reaching kyoshi level in the style
    “Sugino also started studying Yoshin Koryu under Genro Kanaya around this time.”
    — Yoshio Sugino - Wikipedialink history info
    “When he was 24, Sugino learned Yoshin koryu jujutsu from a well-known teacher. [...] Sugino continued his study of Yoshin koryu jujutsu until he had reached the kyoshi level (a rank between renshi and hanshi).”
    — The Last Swordsman: The Yoshio Sugino Story, Part 2 - Aikido Journallink history info

Sources

Yoshin-koryu-Jujutsu - E-Budo Forumlink history
Callan, Heffernan & Spenn (2019), Women's Jujutsu and Judo in the Early Twentieth-Century: Kanaya is named among the teachers of the Japanese School of Jujitsu, on Oxford Street (with Tani, Miyake and Eida), and among the demonstrators at the Marlborough Hall, Regent Street, in 1905 alongside Roberts, Tani, Maiyake, Huji and Eida.link info
Yoshio Sugino - Wikipedialink history info
Serge Mol. (2001). Classical Fighting Arts of Japan: A Complete Guide to Koryū Jūjutsuinfo

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