Goki Uemura (born 1943) is a Canadian
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
who represented Canada in the 1973
World Judo Championships in the -70 kg category. He is one of just seventeen
Canadian judoka
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to achieve the rank of ''hachidan'' (eighth
dan) and co-founded the Shin Bu Kan Judo Club in
Etobicoke, Ontario in 1982, which later relocated in
Mississauga, Ontario
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and is now also known as the Mississauga Judo Club.
See also
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Judo in Ontario
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Ontario since 1942.
History
Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
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Judo in Canada
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List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
Canadian male judoka
1943 births
Living people
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