Yoshio Senda (14 February 1922 – 9 September 2009) was 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"). ...
, Member of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
, Canada's first ''kudan'' (ninth-degree black belt) in
Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, 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 Nipponi ...
, and founder of the Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club.
In 1989, the University of Lethbridge awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree (Hon. LL.D.) to Yoshio Senda.
In 2004, Senda's daughter-in-law Jane Senda published a biography of her father-in-law and history of his club titled ''Kyodokan: the story of the Kyodokan Judo Club and the founder, Dr. Yoshio Senda''.
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See also
* Judo in Alberta
*Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
*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 ...
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Canadian male judoka
Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent
Members of the Order of Canada
People from Mission, British Columbia
1922 births
2009 deaths
Sportspeople from British Columbia
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