Toku Sanpō
徳三宝
Born 1887-12-12, Amagi, Tokunoshima, Kagoshima
Died
1945-03-10, Tokyo
Also known as
Sanpo Toku · Sampo Toku · Sanbo Toku
Description
Pre-war Kodokan judoka known as 'Oni no Toku' (Toku of the Devilness), the 'demon of the Kodokan' of Mochizuki's interview, 9th dan of Kodokan judo. Famous for defeating 165 opponents in a single league as a young man and for the public rivalry with Mifune ('Waza no Mifune / Oni no Toku'). Expelled from the Kodokan in 1912 after defeating fifteen Brazilian Navy sailors, pardoned and reinstated by Kano in 1917. Ran his own dojo in Komatsugawa, Tokyo, where the young Minoru Mochizuki trained from 1924.
Teachers (3)
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Kanō Jigorōsports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ConfirmedConfirmedIndependent sources state it.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.location_onKodokan badge (1906)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkIndependent sources state it. -
Itō Tokugorōsports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ProbableProbableWikipedia lists Tokugoro Ito among Toku's teachersThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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Samura Kaichirōsports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ConfirmedConfirmedIndependent sources state it.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.(1906)
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3 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkIndependent sources state it.
Lineage
- Kōdōkan JūdōItō TokugorōKanō Jigorō · 2 generations
Ranks (1)
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military_tech9 dan ProbableProbableWikipedia infobox records Toku's rank as 9th dan in judoThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Dan-Kyu Systemgranted by Kodokan
Students (3)
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Ushijima Tatsukumasports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ProbableProbableThe Japanese Wikipedia article on Toku Sanpo records that after his 1917 reinstatement at the Kodokan he taught the younger generation including Ushijima Tatsukuma and Hayashi IwazoThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.(1917)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkThe Japanese Wikipedia article on Toku Sanpo records that after his 1917 reinstatement at the Kodokan he taught the younger generation including Ushijima Tatsukuma and Hayashi Iwazo -
Mochizuki Minorusports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ConfirmedConfirmedFirst-person accounts in both interviews name Sampo Toku as his judo teacher in Komatsugawa before the Kodokan; Kruyning lists Toku among his judo teachers. The interviews disagree on the start year (Karaté-Bushido and Kruyning: 1924; Dragon Magazine: 'the year before' 1926)The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.(1924–1926)
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4 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkFirst-person accounts in both interviews name Sampo Toku as his judo teacher in Komatsugawa before the Kodokan; Kruyning lists Toku among his judo teachers. The interviews disagree on the start year (Karaté-Bushido and Kruyning: 1924; Dragon Magazine: 'the year before' 1926)visibilityFirst-hand“à 17 ans je me suis inscrit au Kendokan, le dojo du grand maître de judo Sanbo Toku.”
visibilityFirst-hand“« Pour la technique c'est Mifune mais le démon du Kodokan c'est Sanpo Toku »”
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Hayashi Iwazosports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ProbableProbableBoth the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles on Toku Sanpo record that after his 1917 reinstatement he taught the younger generation including Hayashi IwazoThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.(1917)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkBoth the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles on Toku Sanpo record that after his 1917 reinstatement he taught the younger generation including Hayashi Iwazo
Honours (1)
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receipt_longKyoshi (教士) in judo, Dai Nippon Butoku KaiKyoshi ProbableProbableThe Japanese Wikipedia article records the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai judo kyoshi titleThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Titlegranted by Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society
Sources
Ibusuki, Eizo (指宿英造). (2007). 柔道一代 徳三宝info
visibilityFirst-hand
“« Pour la technique c'est Mifune mais le démon du Kodokan c'est Sanpo Toku »”
visibilityFirst-hand
“Toku Sensei était célébre [sic], entre autres, pour avoir battu 165 adversaires en ligne, alors qu'il n'était qu'adolescent !”
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01KZ9TQS3VWBPTDPR59EH06R58
Cite and reuse
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Toku Sanpō. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZ9TQS3VWBPTDPR59EH06R58 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
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title = {Toku Sanpō}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
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{https://martial.is/entity/01KZ9TQS3VWBPTDPR59EH06R58}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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