Shizuya Sato

Shizuya Satō ( Japanese 佐藤静彌 , Satō Shizuya ; * 1929 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † February 25, 2011 ) was the grandmaster of the Budo disciplines Nihon Jujutsu (10th Dan Hanshi ) and Judo (9th Dan Hanshi), as well as a founding member and Chief Director IMAF -Kokusai Budoin, the oldest Japanese Budo world association.

Satō learned Kendo , the Japanese fight with the bamboo sword, in his early childhood and the art of this soft path from his father, who was also a judo teacher. In 1942 he also began to practice karate and in 1948 ju-jutsu .

Judo became his favorite martial art, which he was able to perfect in the Kōdōkan under the masters Kyūzō Mifune (10th Dan Meijin Judo) and Kazuo Itō (10th Dan Meijin Judo).

He graduated from Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo and became an instructor of the Kōdōkan himself . He has also taught at various Tokyo schools and universities such as Meiji University, Tokyo Gakuen High School and the American School.

In the 1940s he developed Nihon Jujutsu , a combination of techniques from old and new Japanese martial arts.

In 1951 he was a member of the organization team and was active in the first public Budo demonstration in Japan after the Second World War . He took on the task of personally looking after the American ambassador.

In 1952 he belonged with his teachers Mifune and Itō, and together with other Budo greats such as B. Hironori Ōtsuka (10th Dan Meijin Karate) and Gōgen Yamaguchi (10th Dan Hanshi Karate), among the founding members of the International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF-Kokusai Budoin).

Until his death, Master Satō, who also wrote some books on Judo and Nihon Jujutsu, was the Chief Director of the IMAF and regularly visited America and Europe in this capacity to introduce interested Budoka to the Japanese martial arts.

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personal data
SURNAME	Satō, Shizuya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	佐藤静彌 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese judoka
DATE OF BIRTH	1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tokyo prefecture
DATE OF DEATH	February 25, 2011