Waseda University

Locations (1)

• location_onTokyo

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Instructors (5)

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  Funakoshi Gichin

  1930
• 
  Mifune Kyūzō

  1943
• person
  Miyakawa Ikkan
• 
  Takahashi Kazuyoshi
• 
  Ōsawa Yoshimi

  1976

Trained here (4)

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  Egami Shigeru

  sports_martial_artsKarate Confirmed

  Confirmed

  The Shotokai Encyclopedia and English Wikipedia, two independent sources, both directly state Egami was Funakoshi's student

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

  under Funakoshi Gichin (1930)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  The Shotokai Encyclopedia and English Wikipedia, two independent sources, both directly state Egami was Funakoshi's student

  “Egami met Master Funakoshi when he was 18 years old, the moment he began studying at the famous Waseda University, there he helped to establish its Karate Do Club. [...] He followed his Master together with Yoshitaka Funakoshi and Takeshi Shimoda all around Japan staging exhibitions, trying to expand the knowledge of Karate-do as a Japanese martial art.”

  — Master Shigeru Egami, O-sensei’s successor (1912-1981) (Shotokai Encyclopedia)link

  “He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi, who is widely recognized as the founder of modern karate.”

  — Shigeru Egami - Wikipedialink history
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  Ōsawa Yoshimi

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Well-documented student of Mifune Kyuzo at Waseda University, mentioned in Japanese Wikipedia biography

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

  under Mifune Kyūzō (1943)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Well-documented student of Mifune Kyuzo at Waseda University, mentioned in Japanese Wikipedia biography

  “1943年4月に早稲田大学に入学し柔道部に入部すると、師範には三船久蔵や徳三宝らが顔を揃え、月に1度ほどではあったが指導に来てその薫陶を受けた”

  — 大沢吉己 - 日本語版ウィキペディア link history
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  AnnMaria De Mars

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Trained under Yoshimi Osawa at Waseda University in Tokyo in 1976 as an exchange student at age 18, as documented in USJF biography

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

  under Ōsawa Yoshimi (1976)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Trained under Yoshimi Osawa at Waseda University in Tokyo in 1976 as an exchange student at age 18, as documented in USJF biography

  “at the age of 18, as a college junior, De Mars was an exchange student at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. While there, she trained under Sensei Osawa”

  — AnnMaria De Mars - USJFlink
• person
  Kawaishi Mikinosuke

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Miyakawa as one of his teachers at Waseda University

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

  under Miyakawa Ikkan

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Miyakawa as one of his teachers at Waseda University

  “According to Kawaishi Norikazu15, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, the teachers identified by his father as those from whom his father had learnt jūdō at Waseda University were Takahashi and Miyakawa.”

  — Kodokan Judo's Three Orphaned Forms of Counter Techniques - Part 1: The Gonosen-no-kata (ResearchGate)link

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Takahashi as one of his teachers at Waseda University

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

  under Takahashi Kazuyoshi

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  According to Kawaishi Norikazu, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, his father identified Takahashi as one of his teachers at Waseda University

  “According to Kawaishi Norikazu15, eldest son of Kawaishi Mikinosuke, the teachers identified by his father as those from whom his father had learnt jūdō at Waseda University were Takahashi and Miyakawa.”

  — Kodokan Judo's Three Orphaned Forms of Counter Techniques - Part 1: The Gonosen-no-kata (ResearchGate)link

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