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Steveston Judo Club

categoryDojo
calendar_month1927
location_onSteveston, Richmond, British Columbia Canada

Description

Judo dojo at Steveston, British Columbia, opened in 1927 as a branch of Shigetaka Sasaki's Tai Iku Dojo, with Sasaki teaching there twice a week; closed by the wartime expulsion and revived in 1953 by Tomoaki Doi and Frank Sakai.

Also known as

Steveston Dojo

Locations (1)

  • location_onSteveston, Richmond, British Columbia Canada
    warning No sources cited

Instructors (2)

  • Tomoaki Doi
    Instructor
    1927
    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.
    “Another club sprang up in Steveston, B.C. in 1927. Tomoaki Doi, the director of the youth program and Judo instructor, and Mr. Takeshi Yamamoto asked for Sasaki’s help.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo
  • Sasaki Shigetaka
    Instructor
    1927
    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.
    “As busy as he was running a business and operating his fledgling organization, Sasaki went to Steveston twice a week. The Steveston Dojo became a branch of the Tai Iku Dojo of Vancouver.”
    — Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

Tags

judo · canada

Sources

“Two years later, Tomoaki Doi and Frank Sakai, with others black belts, revived the Steveston club.”
— Leyshon, Glynn A.. (1998). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canadainfo

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Steveston Judo Club. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HP66GEED4494MJXWMYAJKA - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5HP66GEED4494MJXWMYAJKA, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Steveston Judo Club}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5HP66GEED4494MJXWMYAJKA}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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