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.
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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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Professor Yamashita in America. In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M19SYYS3JXJSD3JGQ89RG6SM - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Professor Yamashita in America}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M19SYYS3JXJSD3JGQ89RG6SM}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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