Mitsuyo maeda biography of william
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William E. Steers and the Hilltop Dojo
- Originally published on the site on Saturday, 14th August
(With thanks to the late Richard Bowen as well as to John Bowen and Joe Svinth.)
William E.
Steers is one of the “mystery men” of the early British jiujitsu scene.
Mitsuyo maeda biography of william
His name appears in connection with those of many more famous figures – London Budokwai principal Gunji Koizumi, judo founder Jigoro Kano, soldier/author/journalist E.J. Harrison and pioneering challenge wrestlers Mitsuyo Maeda, Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi.
Unfortunately, few biographical details are available, and those that are offer a scattershot impression of William Steers.
We know that he was born circa Contemporary sources noted him as having been an auditor for the British Ministry of Munitions; he was also an “extraordinary scholar” and a member of the Society of Arts. By the age of forty he had evidently travelled widely in various capacities throughout the British Empire, possibly as far away