Frank Minoru Hatashita

Canada

Also known as

Frank Hatashita

Description

Canadian judo teacher, known as "Canada's Mr. Judo". Founded the Hatashita Dojo in Toronto (1947), was third president of the Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association (from 1961), president of the Pan-American Judo Union and an IJF vice-president; the first Canadian promoted to 8th dan.

Teachers (2)

  • Sasaki Shigetaka
    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
  • Kamino Atsumu
    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

Lineage

Offices held (1)

  • corporate_farePresidentJudo Canada Probable
    Probable
    Judo Canada's own history only. Its profile of him says 18 years, so the end year may be 1979.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    1961 – 1978
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Judo Canada's own history only. Its profile of him says 18 years, so the end year may be 1979.
    “1961-1978 Frank Minoru Hatashita”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
    “In 1961 he succeeded Masatoshi Umetsu, becoming the third President of the CKBBA, and served in this capacity for the next 18 years.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Sources

“Frank Minoru Hatashita was inducted into the Judo Hall of Fame in 1996 and was the first Canadian to be promoted to 8th Dan.”
— Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H55YBEN7F6NC9BGWTR72F4
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Frank Minoru Hatashita. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H55YBEN7F6NC9BGWTR72F4 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H55YBEN7F6NC9BGWTR72F4, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Frank Minoru Hatashita}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H55YBEN7F6NC9BGWTR72F4}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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