Budokwai
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Budokwai, The Way of Knighthood Society, Budōkai, Society of the Martial Way
in London is the oldest Japanese martial arts club in Europe. It was founded in 1918 by Gunji Koizumi and initially offered tuition in jujutsu, kendo, and other Japanese martial arts. It was the first judo club in Europe.
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- Name and symbol
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- Activities
- The Budokwai in the media
- Governance
- Notable members
- Notable instructors
- See also
- References
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in London is the oldest Japanese martial arts club in Europe. It was founded in 1918 by Gunji Koizumi and initially offered tuition in jujutsu, kendo, and other Japanese martial arts. It was the first judo club in Europe.
==Name and symbol== The full name of the society is the Budokwai (The Way of Knighthood Society) but it is normally called the Budokwai. The name Budokwai was chosen by the society's founder Gunji Koizumi as a combination of the Japanese words bu (武) meaning military or martial, do (道) meaning the way or code, kwai (会) meaning public building or a society/club. This translates into English as Society of the Martial Way.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Budokwai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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