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Professor Yamashita in America

山下義韶のアメリカ滞在
categoryExchange
calendar_month1903-09/1906-06
location_onUnited States of America United States

Also known as

Yamashita's American Mission (1903-1906)

Description

Yoshiaki Yamashita's 1903-1906 mission to the United States, the first Kodokan judo instruction abroad: hired by the Seattle businessman Sam Hill to teach his son, Yamashita gave the first Kodokan judo exhibition shown to a non-Japanese audience in North America (Seattle Theatre, October 1903), taught President Theodore Roosevelt in the White House (March-April 1904), wrestled a private match against Joseph Grant (February 1905), and taught judo at the US Naval Academy (1905-1906). The member events are linked to this series via part_of_id.

Contains (4)

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Roosevelt's White House Judo Course
Course · 1904-03/1904-04
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Seattle Theatre Judo Exhibition
Demonstration · 1903-10-17
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US Naval Academy Judo Course
Course · 1905-01/1906-06
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Yamashita vs Joseph Grant
Challenge · 1905-02-23

Styles (1)

Kōdōkan Jūdō
講道館柔道 · founded 1882, Tokyo

Tags

kodokan · united-states

Sources

“So, on September 23, 1903 the 38-year old Yamashita, his 25-year old wife Fude, and his 19-year old assistant Saburo Kawaguchi boarded the SS Shinano Maru in Yokohama.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
“But following the end of the 1906 academic year Yamashita left the United States for Japan, and on July 24 he attended an important judo conference held in Kyoto.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link

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