12 Facts About Takisaburo Tobari

Takisaburo Tobari was a Japanese jujutsu and judo practitioner.

Takisaburo Tobari was one of the earliest members of Kodokan.

Takisaburo Tobari trained under Kentaro Inoue, the same master as Sakujiro Yokoyama, and like Yokoyama himself, Tobari would join Jigoro Kano's Kodokan school, becoming an early judoka.

In January 1891, Takisaburo Tobari fought a challenge match against a fellow professor, Mataemon Tanabe from the Fusen-ryu jujutsu school, in the police station of Hisamatsu.

In spring 1892, having feverishly worked in his grappling skills, Takisaburo Tobari challenged Tanabe in order to avenge his loss.

Takisaburo Tobari challenged both him and Tanabe the same day, which offended Kanaya into a brawl, leaving both of them worn and battered.

The match started the same way as the previous one, but this time Tanabe countered a throw attempt and scored fully his tomoe nage, following up by pinning Takisaburo Tobari and applying ebi-jime for the victory.

Immediately after losing to Tanabe, Takisaburo Tobari fought Kanaya too as he had intended.

Kanaya was offended again, as Takisaburo Tobari had demanded Tanabe to fight for any time as it was needed to get a finish, and Senjuro believed they should fight the same way.

Takisaburo Tobari left his job at the Metropolitan police shortly after, possibly due to the incidents of the day.

In 1904, Takisaburo Tobari toured through Europe for five years, where he learned the Austrian system of osteopathy of Heil-Gymnastik.

Takisaburo Tobari taught his martial expertise to his wife Kazu, who succeeded him in the lineage of Tenjin Shin'yo-ryu.