AJJIF LEGENDS

AJJIF JUDO LEGEND


O-SENSEI HAROLD ( HAL ) E. SHARP
( 1927 - 2021 )

Harold E. Sharp in 1945 was deployed by the US Army in the occupation of Japan which was the beginning of a life time love affair with the Martial Arts. Sharp San as he likes to be called is truly from the old school. He competed in and won Japan's 1st Foreigner Judo Championships in 1954 and was presented with a beautiful silver sake cup from the Prince of Japan as his award. Not only was Hal Sharp a Judoka and a competitive Judoka he was an avid writer, photographer, cinematographer and had a passion for anything Japanese. He not only studied with the best martial artists in Post W.W.II but he also photographed them and filmed them plus he was the personal body guard of the Emperor Of Japan on one occasion and he even photographed him getting him to smile for the camera which was unheard of in those days.
He was so talented and well liked in Japan's Kodokan that Judo Giant Kyuzo Mifune (Judo's legendary 10th Dan) sent a special representative to ask Sharp to come train with him but doing the honorable thing he politely declined as he was training with his Sensei Kawakami in one of the small village dojo's in the outskirts of Tokyo. Hal Sharp has been friends with and studied directly under Japanese Legends like: Kyuzo Mifune, Takahiko Ishikawa, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguichi, Hidetaka Nishiyama.
On 16 September, 2012 Hal Sharp received title of O-Sensei and promotional rank of 10 Dan in Judo from AJJIF GLOBAL. O-Sensei Alexey Kunin personally presented this historic award.
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