Word: jiu
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jiu jitsu trick and somewhat erratic marksmanship were all that had saved the President. When Avila Camacho stepped from his Cadillac limousine at the ground-floor entrance of the Palacio Nacional, he was accosted by 1st Lieut. José Antonio de Lama y Rojas, son of a wealthy merchant from the President's home state of Puebla. As the President turned to enter the private elevator, the 32-year-old lieutenant pulled a .45 revolver, blazed away. Before a second shot could be fired, the President grasped the assassin's wrist, twisted it until the gun clattered...
Lamar has also begun instruction in basic Jiu Jitsu tactics, stressing punches outside the regular rules of boxing which can be used to knock out an opponent with one blow...
Students enrolled in Naval Science are now required to report four days a week to a newly-instituted Naval physical training program, including jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, road work, swimming, and calisthenics, according to an official order recently issued by Captain George N. Barker...
...fact, jiu-jitsu is the only sport that teaches the real art of self-defense," said Gardiner. "Boxing and wrestling have degenerated into games...
...noted for their painlessness, the Japanese require all school children to learn jiu-jitsu. Almost all members of the Nipponese naval and armed forces are skilled...