event

Seattle Theatre Judo Exhibition

シアトル劇場柔道演武会
categoryDemonstration
calendar_month1903-10-17
location_onSeattle Theatre, Seattle United States

Also known as

First Kodokan Judo Exhibition in North America

Description

A private judo exhibition at the Seattle Theatre, hired by Sam Hill between shows: Yamashita Yoshiaki and his assistant Saburo Kawaguchi demonstrated throws and holds for Hill's guests - Mary Hill, Senator Russell Alger, and several Seattle sports writers. So far as is known, this was the first time Kodokan judo was shown to a non-Japanese audience in North America. It was followed by an informal bout in which Yamashita handled C.E. Radclyffe, a 210-pound English amateur boxer, after the professional wrestlers Hill had hoped to match failed to appear.

Part of

Professor Yamashita in America

Participants (1)

  • Yamashita YoshitsuguDemonstrator
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    The Svinth article names Yamashita and his assistant Kawaguchi as the demonstrators at the Seattle Theatre on 17 October 1903.
    “On Saturday, October 17, 1903 Yamashita and Kawaguchi gave a judo exhibition at the Seattle Theatre.”
    — Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link

Styles (1)

Kōdōkan Jūdō
講道館柔道 · founded 1882, Tokyo

Tags

kodokan · seattle

Sources

“So far as I know, this was the first time Kodokan judo was shown to a non-Japanese audience in North America.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Seattle Theatre Judo Exhibition. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M19SYYS39CCMB0A3AHREYPXR - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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