Tenri University

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Tenrikyo-affiliated university in Nara Prefecture whose judo team was one of Japan's strongest. Anton Geesink trained here for several months each year from 1956, working closely with the coach and national team trainer Yasuichi Matsumoto.

Locations (1)

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  1050 Somanouchi, Tenri, Nara

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Instructors (1)

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  Matsumoto Yasuichi

  1956 – 1964

Trained here (1)

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  Anton Geesink

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Confirmed

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  The Guardian obituary and JudoInside record that Geesink trained with Yasuichi Matsumoto at Tenri University in Nara as preparation for the 1961 World and 1964 Olympic titles; Geesink called it his finishing school.

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

  under Matsumoto Yasuichi (1956 – 1964)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  The Guardian obituary and JudoInside record that Geesink trained with Yasuichi Matsumoto at Tenri University in Nara as preparation for the 1961 World and 1964 Olympic titles; Geesink called it his finishing school.

  “Hij werkte intensief samen met leermeester Yasuichi Matsumoto, de veelgeprezen trainer en Japanse bondscoach, met wie de judoka een innige band smeedde.”

  — Stouwdam, Henk. (2014). 9.500 gulden, sportschool en twee benzinepompenlink history info

  “Geesink had previously trained with Yasuichi Matsumoto at Tenri University in Nara. Matsumoto put him up against Japanese judokas in training, in the hope that one of them would beat him, but in the knowledge that it was unlikely. Geesink would later say that this was his finishing school.”

  — Anton Geesink obituary, The Guardian, 6 September 2010link

  “Geesink spent three months in Japan at Tenri University in Nara, where he worked uniquely on his Ne-Waza, or ground technique, which he viewed as the judo of the future.”

  — Geesink paved his way at the 1961 World Championships in Paris, JudoInsidelink

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