Geoffrey Robert Gleeson (1927–1994) was a British judoka.
Teacher:
Trevor Leggett. He went to Japan 1952-55 where he and
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were the first westerners to serve as a special research students at the Kodokan Judo Institute.
He studied most martial arts: Judo,
Kendo
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Aikido
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Bōjutsu
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Jujitsu,
Karate
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, and also studied
Zen
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Buddhism
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. First
kenshusei
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''kabuki'', ''rakugo'', ''shogi'', ''Go (board game), igo'', ''aikido'', ''sumo'', ''karate'' ...
post World War II. Posthumously awarded 9th
Dan
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He won two silver medals at the
1951 European Judo Championships in the 3rd dan and open classes.
He was captain of the first British team to win the European championships and was appointed national coach in 1960.
[Jack Murray, "British Coach Analyzes U.S. Judo", Black Belt magazine, February 1973, pp 24-25.]
Selected publications
* Gleeson, Geof (1975) ''All About Judo'', EP Publishing Ltd, Cranford.
* Gleeson, Geof (1967) ''Judo for the West'', A.S. Barnes and Company, Cranford.
* Gleeson, Geof (1993) ''Judo Inside Out: A Cultural Reconciliation'', Lepus Books, Wakefield.
References
1927 births
1994 deaths
British male judoka
People from Brentford
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