Kudaka

Description

Karate teacher from the Ryu-Kyu archipelago (Okinawa), described by Minoru Mochizuki as the son of a Ryu-Kyu king. Station master at Saatchi station in Mongolia during the war, where he held 3rd dan in judo and trained daily with Mochizuki. Taught Mochizuki a karate style close to Shuri-te, on which Mochizuki based the kata Happoken.

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech3 dan Probable

  Probable

  Mochizuki's first-person account records Kudaka as 3rd dan in judo

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

  Dan-Kyu System

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Mochizuki's first-person account records Kudaka as 3rd dan in judo

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Il était 3° dan de judo, et très fier de sa technique.”

  — Bénoliel, P.. (1987). Minoru Mochizuki - entretien (Karaté-Bushido no. 139, septembre 1987, pp. 28-35)info

Students (1)

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  Mochizuki Minoru

  sports_martial_artsShuri-te Probable

  Probable

  First-person account in the Karaté-Bushido interview: Mochizuki became Kudaka's student in Mongolia and based the Happoken kata on his method; the style is recorded as close to Shuri-te

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

  (1938–1945)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  First-person account in the Karaté-Bushido interview: Mochizuki became Kudaka's student in Mongolia and based the Happoken kata on his method; the style is recorded as close to Shuri-te

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Je suis devenu son élève, et c'est lui qui m'a enseigné le karaté. Il pratiquait un style proche du Shurite. Je me suis basé sur sa méthode pour créer le kata Happoken”

  — Bénoliel, P.. (1987). Minoru Mochizuki - entretien (Karaté-Bushido no. 139, septembre 1987, pp. 28-35)info

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