Tani (right) demonstrating a flying armbar on William Bankier, c. 1906
Born
1881
Japan
Died
(aged 69)
London, England
Occupation(s)
Japanese martial arts instructor, professional challenge wrestler
Organization
Tenjin Shinyo-ruy, Bartitsu Academy, The Japanese School of Ju-Jitsu,The Budokwai
Height
5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Yukio Tani (谷 幸雄, Tani Yukio, 1881 – 24 January 1950) was a pioneering Japanese jujutsu and judo instructor and professional challenge wrestler, notable for being one of the first jujutsu stylists to teach and compete outside of Japan.
YukioTani (谷 幸雄, TaniYukio, 1881 – 24 January 1950) was a pioneering Japanese jujutsu and judo instructor and professional challenge wrestler, notable...
Kaneo Tani, Seizo Yamamoto and the nineteen-year-old YukioTani to travel to London and serve as instructors at the Bartitsu Club. Kaneo Tani and Yamamoto...
the 60th member. Koizumi became the first president of the Budokwai and YukioTani the first chief judo instructor. In July 1920, Dr. Jigoro Kano (the founder...
jujutsu style, YukioTani. Miyake and Tani had joined forces, opening a jujutsu school on Oxford street and co-authoring a book with Tani titled "The Game...
theatres with jujutsu demonstrations by travelling Japanese wrestlers, YukioTani and Taro Miyake. As a boy, Underwood idolized these experts, and rapidly...
from training at the Oxford Street dojo of Uyenishi's former associate YukioTani, along with other 'lady instructors' like Phoebe Roberts (1887–1937) who...
wrestling matches in the US, including Cornish wrestling, in the 1880s. YukioTani (1881-1950) was a famous Japanese ju-jitsu and judo wrestler who competed...
challenge matches fighting overseas as JuJitsu spread internationally (e.g., YukioTani Taro Miyake in the United Kingdom from 1900/1904, Mikonosuke Kawaishi...
promotion, and among his clients was YukioTani, a Japanese jujutsu instructor and professional challenge wrestler. With Tani he founded the British Society...
was not immediately successful, but some members of the team, including YukioTani, remained in England and gradually cultivated public interest in judo...
of Yukio Mishima. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611725247. "Japan in the 50s". Movement.radio. SAE Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2022. Tony Tani at IMDb...
alongside his wife Edith. They studied under Japanese jujutsu masters YukioTani and Sadakazu Uyenishi and later opened their own London dojo. In 1914...
Leggett joined the Budokwai in London in 1932, training primarily under YukioTani, who would have a profound influence on the young man. Biographers Anthony...
way to the Olympic Games in Antwerp. After some discussion, Koizumi and YukioTani (another Budokwai instructor) agreed to change to the judo system, and...
Malaya") is a 1943 Japanese film directed by Koga Masato. It tells the story of Tani Yutaka, known as "Harimau" (Malay word for "Tiger") who was a secret agent...
expatriate Japanese wrestler YukioTani on the teaching faculty of Barton-Wright's Bartitsu Club in Shaftesbury Avenue. Tani and Uyenishi also began to...
Mochizuki, with character designs handled by Takuya Tani, and music composed by Kayo Konishi and Yukio Kondō. The series premiered on April 10, 2024 on AT-X...
theatre schedule, Studholme found time in 1907 to study Jujitsu with YukioTani. She married Porteous in 1891, and the marriage ended in divorce. She...
Tani Jinzan (谷秦山, April 18, 1663 - July 27, 1718) was the pseudonym for a Japanese Shintoist, astronomer, Confucian scholar and forerunner of the kokugaku...
in Europe. The Garruds trained under the school's jujutsu instructors YukioTani and Sadakazu Uyenishi, two experienced martial artists whom Barton-Wright...
Richards was the heavyweight champion in 1924 and 1925. In 1926, Fred beat YukioTani, who brought Judo and Jujutsu to the UK, in Plymouth and then again in...
Main Event(s) Ref. 1. — YukioTani vs. three opponents January 14, 1905 Edinburgh, Scotland Waverley Market 15,000 YukioTani vs. three opponents — George...
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