Carl De Crée
Carl De Crée
BEL
1957-06-19
Ixelles
history_edu0.0 · Recorded
Description

Belgian judoka and scholar of the martial arts. Earned his black belt at 16 under his principal teacher Felix De Smedt, founder of the Bushido-Kwai Mechelen academy; completed his judo kata studies with Marcel Clause in the period 1978-1992 and followed advanced stages under Hirano Tokio; between 2005 and 2008 he studied kata with Fukuda Keiko in San Francisco. While residing in Japan he trained in Tenjin Shin'yo-ryu jujutsu under Tobari Kazu, under ne-waza expert Kurimura Yoji at the Kyoto Prefectural Police Academy, and under Okano Isao at the Seikijuku in Tokyo. A former -78kg member of the Belgian national team under national coach Valere Steegmans, he was Belgian champion in 1976. He holds 8th dan in judo, 6th dan in modern jujutsu and a Kyokushinkai black belt, holds the title of kyoshi, and is the first non-Japanese ever to hold menkyo in Kito-ryu. Full professor of exercise endocrinology and sports medicine at Ghent University and a noted Japanologist, he has authored numerous academic studies of Kodokan judo kata, several of which are cited here. International referee since 1996 and current head of the Royal Judo & Karate Academy Bushido-Kwai.

Teachers (7)
Ranks (4)
  • linkKōdōkan Jūdō
    military_tech8 dan 2
    Probable
    8th dan judo reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography and in his 2024 author biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    Dan-Kyu System
    expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     2 sources
    fact_check
    8th dan judo reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography and in his 2024 author biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "Carl De Crée détient une ceinture noire en 8e dan en jùdô, un 6e dan en jujutsu (moderne) et une ceinture noire en karaté Kyokushinkai."
    — Carl De Crée. Carl de Crée - page de présentation (Judo Pour Tous)linkinfo
    "He holds an 8th dan black belt in jūdō and the title of kyōshi."
    — Carl De Crée. (2024). A critical update to earlier research findings about the historical roots of gonosen-no-kata - 'Forms of post-attack initiative counter throws' (De Crée, 2024). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticaslinkinfo
  • linkJūjutsu
    military_tech6 dan 2
    Probable
    6th dan in modern jujutsu reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    Dan-Kyu System
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     1 source
    fact_check
    6th dan in modern jujutsu reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "Carl De Crée détient une ceinture noire en 8e dan en jùdô, un 6e dan en jujutsu (moderne) et une ceinture noire en karaté Kyokushinkai."
    — Carl De Crée. Carl de Crée - page de présentation (Judo Pour Tous)linkinfo
  • linkKitō-ryū
    receipt_longMenkyo 2
    Probable
    De Crée himself states in his 2024 author biography that he is the first and only non-Japanese ever to hold menkyo in Kitō-ryū; consistent with his published academic work on Kitō-ryū jūjutsu.
    Menkyo Licence System
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     1 source
    fact_check
    De Crée himself states in his 2024 author biography that he is the first and only non-Japanese ever to hold menkyo in Kitō-ryū; consistent with his published academic work on Kitō-ryū jūjutsu.
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "He is a former student in the Inoue Keitarō-lineage of Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jūjutsu under the late Tobari Kazu-shihan, and the first and only non-Japanese ever to hold menkyo in Kitō-ryū."
    — Carl De Crée. (2024). A critical update to earlier research findings about the historical roots of gonosen-no-kata - 'Forms of post-attack initiative counter throws' (De Crée, 2024). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticaslinkinfo
  • linkKyokushin
    military_techBlack belt 2
    Probable
    Kyokushinkai karate black belt reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography; no specific grade, date or granting body recorded.
    Dan-Kyu System
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     1 source
    fact_check
    Kyokushinkai karate black belt reported by De Crée himself in his Judo Pour Tous biography; no specific grade, date or granting body recorded.
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "Carl De Crée détient une ceinture noire en 8e dan en jùdô, un 6e dan en jujutsu (moderne) et une ceinture noire en karaté Kyokushinkai."
    — Carl De Crée. Carl de Crée - page de présentation (Judo Pour Tous)linkinfo
Honors (1)
  • receipt_longkyōshiKyoshi 2
    Probable
    Title of kyōshi reported by De Crée himself in his 2024 author biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    Title
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     1 source
    fact_check
    Title of kyōshi reported by De Crée himself in his 2024 author biography; the date and granting body are not recorded in the sources consulted.
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "He holds an 8th dan black belt in jūdō and the title of kyōshi."
    — Carl De Crée. (2024). A critical update to earlier research findings about the historical roots of gonosen-no-kata - 'Forms of post-attack initiative counter throws' (De Crée, 2024). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticaslinkinfo
Sources
Carl De Crée. Carl de Crée - page de présentation (Judo Pour Tous) linkinfo
Carl De Crée - official site (carldecree.net)link
Carl De Crée - Ghent University Research Portallink
Carl De Crée. (2024). A critical update to earlier research findings about the historical roots of gonosen-no-kata - 'Forms of post-attack initiative counter throws' (De Crée, 2024). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticaslinkinfo
Carl De Crée. (2014). Nanatsu-no-kata, Endō-no-kata, and Jōge-no-kata (De Crée, 2014). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 9, 2, 69-96 linkinfo
Carl De Crée. (2018). Kitō-ryū jūjutsu and the desolation of Kōdōkan jūdō's Koshiki-no-kata (De Crée, 2019). Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 13, 2, 155-171linkinfo
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, 155-174linkinfo
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