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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1927-08-29)29 August 1927 Brentford, Middlesex | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 1994 (aged 66) Enfield, London | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Robert Gleeson (1927–1994) was a British judoka. Teacher: Trevor Leggett. He went to Japan 1952-55 where he and Charles Palmer were the first westerners to serve as a special research students at the Kodokan Judo Institute. He studied most martial arts: Judo, Kendo, Aikido, Bōjutsu, Jujitsu, Karate, and also studied Zen Buddhism. First kenshusei post World War II. Posthumously awarded 9th Dan.
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.
Selected publications
- Gleeson, Geof (1975) All About Judo, EP Publishing Ltd, Cranford. ISBN 0-7158-0590-8
- 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. ISBN 0-86019-100-1
References
- ^ Jack Murray, "British Coach Analyzes U.S. Judo", Black Belt magazine, February 1973, pp 24-25.
- Orlando, Bob (1997). Martial Arts America: A Western Approach to Eastern Arts. Frog Books. p. xxi. ISBN 978-1-883319-67-0.
- "1951 European Championships". Judo Inside. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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