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Yoshio Senda CM (14 February 1922 – 9 September 2009) was a Canadian judoka, Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's first kudan (ninth-degree black belt) in Judo, and founder of the Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club.

Senda was forcibly relocated from Mission to Lethbridge during World War II.

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.

Publications

• Senda, Yosh. "Judo". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica–Dominion Institute. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.

See also

• Judo in Alberta
• Judo in Canada
• List of Canadian judoka

References

1. "Order of Canada – Yoshio Senda". The Governor General of Canada Website. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
2. ^ "Homepage". Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club website. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
3. "Yosh Senda". Judo Alberta website. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
4. "'Wayne Gretzky of judo' dead at 87". Calgary Herald. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
5. "SSHRC: Yoshio Senda". Retrieved 2023-09-27.
6. "University of Lethbridge Awards" (PDF). Awards of Distinction. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

Further reading

• Senda, Jane (2004). Kyodokan: the story of the Kyodokan Judo Club and the founder, Dr. Yoshio Senda. Lethbridge, Alberta: Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club. ISBN 0973582901.

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