US Embassy Judo Club

米国大使館柔道部

categoryDojo

calendar_month1957

location_onAkasaka, Tokyo

Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo (near Roppongi Station)

Description

Traditional judo and Nihon Jujutsu dojo in Tokyo, founded by Sato Shizuya in 1957. The dojo has been supported by US Ambassadors to Japan as honorary presidents including Douglas MacArthur II, Edwin Reischauer, Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale, and Caroline Kennedy.

Also known as

Embassy Judo Club

Trained here (2)

Jo

John B. Gage

linkNihon Jujutsu 3

Confirmed

Joined US Embassy Judo Club under Sato's direction in 1986; Sato 'accepted me as his student' per Gage's own account; later served as Sato's assistant at international seminars

under Shizuya Satō badge (1986 - 2011)

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Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis
3 sources

fact_check

Joined US Embassy Judo Club under Sato's direction in 1986; Sato 'accepted me as his student' per Gage's own account; later served as Sato's assistant at international seminars

assessed by FSMverified

Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis

"Fortunately, Sato Sensei accepted me as his student"

— JMAC — I Am JMAC: John Gage Senseilink

"Upon arriving in Tokyo, Japan in 1986, Gage-Sensei joined the US Embassy Judo Club, under the direction of Sato Shizuya Sensei."

— JMAC — John Gage Senseilink

"traveled around the world as an assistant to Sato Sensei at martial arts seminars"

— JMAC — John Gage Senseilink
Lance Gatling

linkNihon Jujutsu 3

Confirmed

Explicitly refers to Sato as 'my sensei' in his own writing on The Kanō Chronicles; also described as 'direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei' in independent sources

under Shizuya Satō badge (1990 - 2011)

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Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis
4 sources

fact_check

Explicitly refers to Sato as 'my sensei' in his own writing on The Kanō Chronicles; also described as 'direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei' in independent sources

assessed by FSMverified

Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis

"My sensei, Satō Shizuya (1929–2011)"

— The Kano Chronicles linkinfo

"My sensei was a graduate of Meiji (...) So, he taught there from 1957 until he died five years ago, and at the time I was taking Judo there, Judo and Jujutsu, Nihon Jujutsu, his style."

— Budo, a way of life [2] — Lance Gatling [Nihon Jujutsu, Judo & Jodo]linkinfo

"I came here in 1986 and I was a member of this dojo since 1990"

— Budo tourism: what do the budoka think? Lance Gatling, Sandro Furzi and Michael Reinhardtlink info

"Lance Gatling was a direct student of Sato Shizuya sensei, the founder and 10dan Nihon Jujutsu, Director, International Martial Arts Federation, for over 20 years."

— Judo Forum — Lance Gatling Nihon Jujutsu link