was an 8th

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ka and author. He has written many books about judo. He was also the curator of the

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Judo Museum in

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Biography

Murata was born in

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in 1949. He studied at the Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Martial Arts of the Tokyo University of Education, where he obtained the

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in physical fitness in 1973. He has been a

instructor in more than ten countries, including Iceland and Thailand. He also worked as an assistant professor at

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. He was a curator of the

Judo Museum and Library. In July 2008, he has been appointed the Head of Directors of the Japanese Academy of Budo, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation's Committee of Education and Proliferation of Judo as well as a member of the federation's Referee Committee. In 2013 he was promoted to the rank of 8th

in Kodokan judo. Murata died on 9 April 2020 at the age of 70.

Bibliography

* Supotsu to shintai undo no kagakuteki tankyu (A Scientific Investigation of Sports and Physical Exercise), Bikosha * Wa-ei taisho judo yogo kojiten (A Small Japanese-English Dictionary of Judo Vocabulary), Kodokan * Wa-ei taisho judo - sono kokoro to kihon (Japanese-English Judo - Its Mind and Basics), Hon no Tomosha * Gendai jūdōron: kokusaika jidai no jūdō o kangaeru (Modern Judo), Taishukan shoten, 1993 * Jūdō daijiten (Great Judo Dictionary), Atene shobo, 1999 * Budo o shiru (Knowing Budo), Fumaido Shuppan, 2000 * Judo no shiten (The Judo Point of View), Dowa shoten, 2000 * Kanō Jigorō shihan ni manabu (Learning from Jigoro Kano), Nihon Budokan, 2001 * Mind over muscle: writings from the founder of Judo, Kodansha International, 2005 * L'essence du judo (Essence of Judo), Noisy-sur-École, 2007

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murata, Naoki 1949 births 2020 deaths Japanese male judoka Japanese writers University of Tsukuba alumni People from Tokorozawa, Saitama Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture Writers from Saitama Prefecture