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Yamashita Teaches Theodore Roosevelt (1904)
Description
The judo instruction Theodore Roosevelt received from Yamashita Yoshiaki in
the White House. The naval attaché Isamu Takeshita arranged the meeting in March
1904; impressed by the demonstration, Roosevelt engaged Yamashita on the spot,
and during March and April 1904 he practiced judo three afternoons a week in a
ground floor White House office, then occasionally through the summer before the
elections. His training partners included his sons, his private secretary,
Takeshita, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, and Secretary of the Interior
Gifford Pinchot.
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The Svinth article, drawing on Roosevelt's own letters and contemporary
press, documents Yamashita teaching Roosevelt three afternoons a week in the
White House during March and April 1904.
“in the words of the New York World, Yamashita and his partner "caused Mr.
Roosevelt to quit winking and gasp. They showed him what jiu-jitsu really is and
they were engaged on the spot."”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to
Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
“during March and April 1904, Roosevelt practiced judo three afternoons a week,
using a ground floor office in the White House as his workout space.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to
Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
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kodokan · white-house · theodore-roosevelt
Sources
“in March 1904, he also arranged for Professor Yamashita to meet with President
Theodore Roosevelt in the White House.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to
Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
“So, during March and April 1904, Roosevelt practiced judo three afternoons a
week, using a ground floor office in the White House as his workout space. Then,
for the rest of the summer, he practiced occasionally. He stopped training
during the elections.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to
Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Roosevelt's White House Judo Course. In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M19SYYS3VTD98FGQQXEEMMJW - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M19SYYS3VTD98FGQQXEEMMJW, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Roosevelt's White House Judo Course}, booktitle = {Martialis:
Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M19SYYS3VTD98FGQQXEEMMJW}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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