What is Shozo Awazu?
[[File:Shozo Awazu par Estelle Binant.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Awazu in 2010]] '''Shozo Awazu''' (18 April 1923 &ndash; 17 March 2016) was a [[Japan]]ese master of [[judo]]. He won the rank of [[Kōdōkan]] 9th Dan. He led the development of judo in [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://combat.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/03/21/judo-maitre-shozo-awazu-nous-a-quittes/|title=Judo : Maître Shozo Awazu nous a quittés|work=Au tapis !|access-date=2016-03-31|archive-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413111305/http://combat.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/03/21/judo-maitre-shozo-awazu-nous-a-quittes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Kyoto]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lespritdujudo.com/actualites/awazu-sensei-est-mort|title=Awazu sensei est mort|publisher=lespritdujudo.com|access-date=2016-03-31|archive-date=2016-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404102758/http://www.lespritdujudo.com/actualites/awazu-sensei-est-mort|url-status=dead}}</ref> Awazu was considered to be one of the top experts in [[list of judo techniques|ne waza]] (grappling techniques), [[judo#pedagogy|kata]] and [[judo#pedagogy|tandoku-renshu]].<ref>Jean-Bernard Gardebien, 2005. ''Présentation du programme pour l'obtention du 6e dan.'' Institut du Judo, Paris. </ref> Awazu died in [[Paris]], [[France]] on 17 March 2016 at the age of 92. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Awazu, Shozo}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese judoka]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture]] {{sports-bio-stub}}