Kozō Andō
Kozō Andō ( Japanese 安藤 宏 三 , Andō Kozō ; born June 20, 1940 in Ōgaki ; † October 8, 2003 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese Kendōka (8th Dan Kyoshi ) and professor at Waseda University .
At the age of 13 he began to practice kendo at the middle school in Yokkaichi . As a student he was the team captain of the Kendō Club at Waseda University. At 27 he passed the 7th Dan Kendo exam . He was Shihan University until 2003 . In addition, he was a senior member of various committees of the All-Japanese Kendō Federation ( Zen Nihon Kendō Renmei ) and the All-Japanese Student Kendō Federation (Zen Nihon Gakusei Kendo Renmei).
Andō published various specialist articles on kendō in Japanese as well as - together with Kotaro Oshima - the "Textbook of Japanese Sword Fighting", which is valid in the translation of Ichiko Mandt to this day in German-speaking countries as a standard work.
In Germany he was active as a national coach for many years. He often visited Hamburg and was Shihan of the Kendō Dōjō Hamburg in SVE.
Kozō Andō died as a result of a stroke he had suffered on the return journey from Germany to Japan in a hospital in Tokyo.
literature
- Kotaro Oshima, Kozo Ando: Kendo. Japanese sword fighting textbook. Berlin: Weinmann, 2003, ISBN 3-87892-037-7
Web links
- Report of the funeral service DkenB ( Memento from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andō, Kozō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 安藤 宏 三 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese kendoka and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ōgaki |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 2003 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |