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History of the Tokugawa Judo
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- Has been in existence for over 25 years.
- Same facility for the past 18 years.
- Various instructors have been with the club.
- Numerous provincial team members.
- Affiliated with the provincial association.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUDO
THE WORLD
| 1860 |
Birth of Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo |
| 1882 |
Kano founded the Kodokan Judo Institute at Eishoji
Temple in Tokyo with
mats and 9 students. |
| 1938 |
Kano died at sea. |
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European and British Judo Association formed.
International Judo Federation formed in Europe
Panamerican Judo Union formed.
First world championship in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1964 |
First appearance at Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. |
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There are currently 194 countries practicing judo. |
CANADA
| 1924 |
Judo introduced to west coast by Takagaki, 4th dan.
Before and during World War II, many Japanese were
relocated to other parts of Canada. After the war, many
remained in their new communities. This was the
beginning of the Raymond and Lethbridge Judo Clubs in
Alberta, Hatashita Judo Club in Toronto and the Montreal
Seidokan.
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| Early 1950s |
European black belts, mainly in Quebec, formed the
Canadian Judo Federation which was affiliated with the
IJF. Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association formed with
Sasaki as President in 1956. Umetsu became President of
CKBBA and CKBBA was admitted to the IJF. Hatashita
became the 3rd President of CKBBA. Haunberger became the
4th President of CKBBA. Wright became the 5th President
of CKBBA. Kojima became the 6th President of the CKBBA.
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ALBERTA
| 1943 |
Raymond Judo Club formed by Katsuta, 4th dan and
Senda, 1st dan. |
| 1944 |
Picture Butte Judo Club started by Hashizume, 2nd
dan and Kuramoto, 1st dan. |
| 1952 |
The Alberta Yudanshakai (black belt association) was
formed in Lethbridge with Katsuta as President. |
| 1957 |
Hashizume became the 2nd President of the Alberta
Kodokan Black Belt Association. |
| 1959 |
Yosh Senda was the 3rd President of the AKBBA. |
| 1976 |
Allan Sattin was the 4th President of the AKBBA. |
| 1980 |
Ron Senda became the 5th President. |
| 1986 |
Bill Cox became the 6th President of the AKBBA. |
| 1989 |
Frank Perich became the 7th President of the AKBBA. |
| 1995 |
Mike Tamura became the 8th President of the AKBBA. |
| 2003 |
Garry Yamashita became the 9th President of the
AKBBA. |
EDMONTON
| 1955 |
First club formed in Edmonton, with an instructor
from the RCMP. |
| 1958 |
The Kodokwai club was formed by Doug Bone, Ray
Kelly, Don Cruise and Vic Hunt. |
| 1962 |
The Edmonton District Judo Society was formed and
Henry de Graff was the first instructor of the Jasper
Place Judokwai. |
| 1965 |
John van Doorn was the junior instructor at Jasper
Place Judo Club under Ron Van den Heuvel. |
| 1975 |
Belgravia Community League started the Belgravia
Judo Club with John van Doorn as the Chief Instructor. |
| 1981 |
Bill Cox became the Chief Instructor of Belgravia
Judo Club when John van Doorn retired. |
| 1984 |
Belgravia Judo Club became a society. |
| 1986 |
Belgravia Judo Club became Tokugawa Judo Club. |
| 1999 |
Kelly Thornton became the Chief Instructor at
Tokugawa Judo Club. |
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