US Naval Academy Judo Course

Also known as

Yamashita at Annapolis (1905-1906)

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Yamashita Yoshiaki's judo instruction at the United States Naval Academy, which he took up in January 1905 at President Roosevelt's insistence instead of a proposed Harvard appointment. The first semester ran Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons with about 25 midshipmen. After the Academy declined to rehire him for the fall, Roosevelt intervened through Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and on 4 December 1905 Admiral Sands signed a contract for fifty one-hour lessons taught during the first half of 1906.

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• Yamashita YoshitsuguInstructor

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  The Svinth article documents both Naval Academy contracts (January 1905 semester, then the 4 December 1905 contract for the first half of 1906) with specifics of schedule, pay, and class size.

  “Yamashita started at the Naval Academy in January 1905. Training took place Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. He earned $1,666 for the semester, but had to pay his own assistants. The class had about 25 students.”

  — Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link

  “On December 4, 1905, Admiral Sands signed a contract with Yamashita in which the latter was to give fifty one-hour lessons at $33.33 per lesson. The class was taught during the first half of 1906.”

  — 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

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kodokan · annapolis

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