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Japanese judoka and educator, born 1914. A teacher of judo at Tokyo Higher Normal School and later a professor at Tokyo Education University, he was the mentor of Ichiro Abe and, as the person who single-handedly handled the Kodokan's international negotiations before an international department existed, offered Abe the posting to France in 1951. Author of judo coaching works.

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  Abe Ichirō

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 3

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  Matsumoto Yoshizo was a judo instructor at Tokyo Higher Normal School while Abe studied there, and Abe later referred to him as his former mentor (恩師); Matsumoto, who handled the Kodokan's international negotiations, personally offered Abe the posting to France in 1951. Based on Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview.

  (1941-1944)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Matsumoto Yoshizo was a judo instructor at Tokyo Higher Normal School while Abe studied there, and Abe later referred to him as his former mentor (恩師); Matsumoto, who handled the Kodokan's international negotiations, personally offered Abe the posting to France in 1951. Based on Abe's own words in the Kodokan Judo magazine interview.

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  宮崎淳. (2012). 講道館柔道十段物語 第13回 安部一郎 -欧州柔道発展に貢献-linkhistoryinfo

  "講道館に国際部が無かった当時、海外との交渉を一手に担っていた嘗ての恩師・松本芳三より打診を受けた安部は…2年間という契約でこの誘いを承諾したという。"

  — 安部一郎 - 日本語版ウィキペディア link

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