Matsugoro Okuda

Matsugoro Okuda
Okuda in 1918.
Born	July 8, 1854 Aizu, Mutsu Province, Japan
Died	November 29, 1931 Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Native name	奥田松五郎
Nationality	Japanese
Style	Fukuno-ryū Kitō-ryū Tenjin Shinyō-ryū
Teacher(s)	Yoshikatsu Okuda Takeshi Sawada

Matsugoro Okuda (奥田松五郎, Okuda Matsugoro, 1854–1931) was a Japanese martial artist. A master of several jujutsu styles, he was a contemporary to Jigoro Kano in the creation of a style that synthesized them all, and opposed the early judo movement before later joining it.^[1]