Matty Matsuda

松田万次郎
Japan
Born 1887, Yatsushiro
Died 1929-08-15, Battle Creek
6.8

Also known as

Manjiro Matsuda

Description

Japanese-American judoka and professional wrestler. He moved to America as a teenager, giving judo exhibitions. He was inspired by Frank Gotch to take up professional wrestling. After a famous match with Roy 'Pop' Moore, he became Moore's judo instructor. He wrestled across the Midwest and claimed the welterweight championship.

Students (1)

  • Roy Moore Sr.
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Moore learned judo from Manjiro Matsuda after wrestling him for the world title; documented in Black Belt Magazine (May 1971)
    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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    Moore learned judo from Manjiro Matsuda after wrestling him for the world title; documented in Black Belt Magazine (May 1971)
    “I beat Mattie for the wrestling title, but he became my judo sensei”
    — Black Belt Magazine (May 1971)link

Sources

Matty Matsuda (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Identifiers

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