William Garrud

Also known as

William Herbert Garrud

Description

British physical culture instructor (specialised in boxing and wrestling) who became a pioneering jujutsu instructor. Introduced to jujutsu in 1899 alongside his wife Edith, he studied under Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi, first at the Bartitsu School of Arms and then at the Golden Square dojo, and also trained with Taro Miyake, Mitsuyo Maeda, Gunji Koizumi and Akitaro Ohno there. When Uyenishi left for Japan in 1908, Garrud took over the Golden Square dojo, running it with Edith until their retirement in 1925. Wrote "The Complete Jujitsuan" (1914), dedicated to "Professor S.K. Uyenishi 'Raku'", which became a standard jujitsu/judo text republished at least seven times. During the First World War he trained the Volunteer Civil Force in jujutsu.

Teachers (2)

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  Tani Yukio

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  English Wikipedia states explicitly that the Garruds studied under Japanese jujutsu masters Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi; corroborated by Brough (2020).

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onSchool of Japanese Self Defence badge (1903–1908)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  English Wikipedia states explicitly that the Garruds studied under Japanese jujutsu masters Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi; corroborated by Brough (2020).

  “They studied under Japanese jujutsu masters Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi and later opened their own London dojo.”

  — (2026). William Garrud - Wikipedia. Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “While training at the Golden Square Dojo the Garruds trained with the best instructors of the time including Uyenishi, Tani, Taro Miyake, Mitsuyo Maeda, and Akitaro Ohno”

  — Brough, David. (2020). The Golden Square Dojo and its place in British Jujutsu historylink history info
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  Uyenishi Sadakazu

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Garrud was Uyenishi's senior student, took over the Golden Square dojo on his departure, and dedicated The Complete Jujitsuan to Uyenishi. Attested by Wikipedia, Brough (2020) and Garrud's own book.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onSchool of Japanese Self Defence badge (1903–1908)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  3 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Garrud was Uyenishi's senior student, took over the Golden Square dojo on his departure, and dedicated The Complete Jujitsuan to Uyenishi. Attested by Wikipedia, Brough (2020) and Garrud's own book.

  “They studied under Japanese jujutsu masters Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi [...] When Uyenishi left for Japan in 1908 Garrud took over Uyenishi's dojo.”

  — (2026). William Garrud - Wikipedia. Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “Following Uyenishi's tour of Europe, he returned to Osaka where sometime later he died of tuberculosis [Bowen 2011a]. However, before leaving the U.K. Uyenishi passed control of the Golden Square Dojo to his students, William and Edith Garrud.”

  — Brough, David. (2020). The Golden Square Dojo and its place in British Jujutsu historylink history info

  “Within the book William Garrud pens a dedication 'To my trainer Professor S.K. Uyenishi "Raku"'”

  — Brough, David. (2020). The Golden Square Dojo and its place in British Jujutsu historylink history info

Students (1)

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  Emily Diana Watts

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Watts (ca. 1865–?) had trained with Sadakazu Uyenishi (1880–?), one of several jujutsu practitioners whom Barton-Wright had brought to England in 1900, and his student William Garrud (dates unknown).”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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