Sadaki Nakabayashi
Sadaki Nakabayashi (September 14, 1916 – September 29, 1977) is a former judo teacher and author.[1] Nakabayashi authored a number of judo books including Judo, (Athletic Institute series) in 1968, How to Improve Your Judo in 1960, Fundamentals of judo in 1964.[2] He also wrote the book fundamentals of Judo along with George Uchida and Olympic Coach [3] Yoshihiro Uchida[3] Nakabayshi taught for a period at the Kodokan.[4] Nakabayashi is considered to be one of the best Judo instructors to have been sent to the United States.[5]
World War II
[edit]Nakabayashi was a soldier in the Japanese Army in World War II.[6] He attended Kokushikan Judo College / Kokushikan University where he majored in Judo and Kendo.[7] He was an instructor of Taiho Jutsu.[8]
Judo
[edit]He started learning Judo at the age of 12 in 1927.[7] He served as the second degree, third degree, and forth degree black belt college Judo champion.[7] Nakabayshi was brought to the United States by the US Air Force to teach judo[9] and later served as the chief instructor at the New York Athletic Club.[10] He established the Judo Program at West Point.[11] He was key in the development of the 1964 US Olympic Team.[12] As a 7th Dan, he served as a technical adviser for the United States Judo Federation.[13] and was considered one of the best judo instructors of the time.[6] In 1964, he was the highest ranking Judoka in the United States.[7] By 1969 he was the highest ranking judo instructors in the Eastern United States[14] and eventually earned the rank of 9th Dan.[6] He would serve as a kata judge for Nage-no-kata.[15] He would serve as the as a judge in the AAU Women's Kata Championships.[16] Nagabayshi emphasized the changing nature of throws in Judo.[17]
Author
[edit]Sadaki Nakabayashi co-authored a book in 1960 called How to Improve Your Judo.[18]
Students
[edit]Nakabayashi's students included the judo twins.[6] Nakabayshi firmly believed that judo was growing and changing from the older techniques.[19] Another of his students was Bernard Lepkofker and Ron Hoffman.[7]
As early as 1973, he had organized the Nakabayshi Judo Invitational Tournament.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "California Death Index". Family Search. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Sadaki Nakabayashi: Books". amazon.com.
- ^ a b "Black Belt". December 1965.
- ^ "Martial Arts Biography - Professor H. G. Robby Robinson". www.usadojo.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03.
- ^ "Judo from the Beginning".
- ^ a b c d Friedland, Stan (26 December 2007). The Judo Twins. ISBN 9781463482893.
- ^ a b c d e "Black Belt". November 1964.
- ^ Rahming, D'Arcy (1992). Advanced combat Ju-jutsu. ISBN 9780962789830.
- ^ Phil S. Porter. "Judo From The Beginning". bestjudo.com.
- ^ "Black Belt March 1973". google.com. March 1973.
- ^ a b "Black Belt". March 1973.
- ^ "Japanese Judo Expert Here to Help U.S. Olympic Team Hopefuls; Nakabayaski, a 7th Ranker, to be Available at Local Clubs Trials, National Title Events Scheduled at World's Fair". The New York Times. 29 December 1963.
- ^ "Black Belt March 1968". google.com. March 1968.
- ^ "Black Belt September 1969". google.com. September 1969.
- ^ "Black Belt". April 1965.
- ^ "Black Belt". August 1965.
- ^ "Black Belt". June 1965.
- ^ How to Improve Your Judo: Sadaki Nakabayashi, Henry Okamura, Hikaru Nagao, Dr. Paul V. Harper, Morey Korey: Amazon.com: Books. The Athletic Institute. January 1960.
- ^ "Black Belt June 1965". google.com. June 1965.