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Imperial Japanese Naval Academy

categorySchool
location_onEtajima, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan

Description

Officer academy of the Imperial Japanese Navy, moved from Tsukiji, Tokyo, to Etajima. At the request of Kanō's students there, it set up a judo department; Kanō helped choose its instructors, the first being Yamashita Yoshitsugu and Satō Noritaka, followed by Yokoyama and others.

Also known as

Kaigun Heigakkō

Locations (1)

  • location_onEtajima, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan
    warning No sources cited

Instructors (4)

  • Yamashita Yoshitsugu
    Instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    Kano's own account only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Kano's own account only.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Sometime later a judo department was established and the first two instructors nominated to teach were Yoshitsugu Yamashita and Noritaka Sato.”
    — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
  • Satō Noritaka
    Instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    Kano's own account only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Kano's own account only.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Sometime later a judo department was established and the first two instructors nominated to teach were Yoshitsugu Yamashita and Noritaka Sato.”
    — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
  • Kimotsuki Muneji
    Instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    Kano's own account only; spelt "Kimozuke" there.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Kano's own account only; spelt "Kimozuke" there.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Later other coaches were engaged as instructors, including Yokoyama, Kimozuke and Yoshimura”
    — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
  • Yokoyama Sakujiro
    Instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    Kano's own account only; surname only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Kano's own account only; surname only.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Later other coaches were engaged as instructors, including Yokoyama, Kimozuke and Yoshimura”
    — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

Tags

judo

Sources

visibilityFirst-hand
“During our Fujimi-cho days, the Japanese Naval Academy was relocated from Tsukiji, Tokyo, to far off Etajima in Hiroshima Prefecture.”
— Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMRGB79A3ZK5QQXX5VVSVQ
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Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMRGB79A3ZK5QQXX5VVSVQ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5HMRGB79A3ZK5QQXX5VVSVQ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Imperial Japanese Naval Academy}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMRGB79A3ZK5QQXX5VVSVQ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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