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Seidokwan Academy of Judo

categoryDojo
calendar_month1952
location_onMontreal Canada

Description

The first permanent judo dojo in Montreal, founded in 1952 by Harold Tokai, Kametaro Akiyama and Fred Okimura with the support of the Japanese community. Hiroshi Nakamura taught there on his arrival in 1968.

Also known as

Seidokwan

Locations (1)

  • location_onMontreal Canada
    warning No sources cited

Founders

Harold Tokai
Akiyama Kametaro
Fred Okimura

Instructors (2)

  • Nakamura Hiroshi
    Instructor
    1968
    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.
    “He started teaching immediately at the Seidokwan Dojo with Fred Okimura on a twice-a-week basis.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
  • Fred Okimura
    Instructor
    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.
    “He started teaching immediately at the Seidokwan Dojo with Fred Okimura on a twice-a-week basis.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Tags

judo · canada

Sources

“Kametaro Akiyama and Fred Okimura, established the Seidokwan Academy of Judo”
— Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

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