Kamino Atsumu

Canada
16.2

Also known as

Stephen Atsumu Kamino

Description

Judo teacher known as the "Godfather of Judo in Canada". Founded the Kitsilano dojo in Vancouver (1932) and, after the wartime expulsion, the Kidokwan Judo Institute in Toronto (1946); organiser of the Canada Judo Yudanshakai. Died in 1959, a Kōdōkan 6th dan.

Teachers (2)

  • Fujita Satarō
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only, from his son's account.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    history_eduTradition only
    Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself
    (1914)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only, from his son's account.
    “Atsumu Kamino, who in turn had been instructed by sensei from Japan - first by Sataro Fujita, and later by Shinzo Takagaki. According to Tom, his father was taught by Fujita as early as 1914”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
  • Takagaki Shinzō
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    history_eduTradition only
    Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    “A pupil of Shinzo Takagaki in the 1920s in Vancouver, Atsumu Kamino started a dojo in Kitsilano in 1932 at the request of the parents of the Japanese community there.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Students (3)

  • Masao Takahashi
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    history_eduTradition only
    Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself
    (1937)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    “It was in the prewar days in Kitsilano that eight-year-old Mas started Judo at the Japanese Language School under Professor Atsumu Kamino. It was 1937.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
  • Frank Minoru Hatashita
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    history_eduTradition only
    Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself
    (1942)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    “Hatashita was 24 years old when he was sent away from the coast in 1942 to the Tashme camp. There he continued his Judo training under Shigetaka Sasaki and Atsumu Kamino.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
  • Bill Doherty
    sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    history_eduTradition only
    Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself
    location_onKidokwan Judo Institute badge
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only.
    “Kevin’s father, Bill Doherty, joined Atsumu Kamino’s Kidokwan dojo in Toronto upon emigrating from Ireland, and that began a love affair with the sport that spread to Kevin and his brothers.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Sources

Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada info

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