Naoki Murata Explained

Naoki Murata
Birth Date:	21 July 1949
Birth Place:	Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Rank:	8th Dan in Kodokan judo
University:	Tokyo University of Education
School:	Kodokan
Updated:	2020-04-14

was an 8th dan Japanese judoka and author. He has written many books about judo. He was also the curator of the Kodokan Judo Museum in Tokyo.^[1]

Biography

Murata was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1949.^[2] He studied at the Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Martial Arts of the Tokyo University of Education, where he obtained the MA degree in physical fitness in 1973. He has been a judo instructor in more than ten countries, including Iceland and Thailand.^[3] He also worked as an assistant professor at Kagawa University. He was a curator of the Kodokan 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 dan in Kodokan judo.^[4] Murata died on 9 April 2020 at the age of 70.^[5]

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

External links

• Official profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: JUDO - Japan Regains Its Judo Form - NYTimes.com. DANIEL KRIEGER. September 15, 2010. The New York Times. 2010-09-19.
2. News: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 近代柔道 2004年2月号 転機-あの試合、あの言葉 第26回-村田直樹-. 2004-02-20.
3. Book: Kanō , Jigorō . Murata. Naoki. trans. Nancy H. Ross. Mind over muscle: writings from the founder of Judo. 2. 2005. 2006. Kodansha International. Japan. 4-7700-3015-0. 163.
4. Book: Mary Kwak. Yoffie, David B.. Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors' Strength to Your Advantage. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, Mass. 2001. 215. 1-57851-253-0. registration.
5. Web site: 【訃報】 講道館 (Obituary Kodokan). kodokanjudoinstitute.org. 2020-04-21.