Hosokawa Kusuo

Description

9th dan judo, taihojutsu instructor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Served as head taihojutsu instructor for the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command's combatives course at the Kodokan (1952-1956), where he taught Sato Shizuya.

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech9 dan Probable

  Probable

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Kodokan

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Listed as 9th dan judo on INJA Heritage page; Kodokan dan rank confirmed by De Crée (2015)

  “Hosokawa Kusuo (1918–1997) – 9th dan judo”

  — Heritage - International Nihon Jujutsu Association link history info

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “Kōdōkan newly promoted 9th dan holders on May 1, 1948”

  — De Crée, Carl. (2015). Kōdōkan jūdō's three orphaned forms of counter techniques – Part 3: The Katame-waza ura-no-kata ― 'Forms of reversing controlling techniques'. Archives of Budo, 11, 155-174link info

Students (1)

• 
  Shizuya Satō

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  INJA's own biography of its founder states Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program; no independent corroboration of this specific relationship was found

  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

  location_onKodokan badge (1952–1956)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  INJA's own biography of its founder states Sato instructed taihojutsu 'under' Hosokawa Kusuo at the SAC program; no independent corroboration of this specific relationship was found

  “taihojutsu techniques (under taihojutsu head instructor and senior Tokyo Metropolitan Police taihojutsu / judo instructor Hosokawa Kusuo)”

  — Sato Shizuya - International Nihon Jujutsu Associationlink history info

Sources