Word: jiujitsu
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Dates: during 1904-1904
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Professor Y. Yamashita and Mr. H. Koidzumi assisted by A. Tyng '04 and H. Taylor '07, gave a very interesting exhibition of the Japanese art of Jiujitsu or Jiudo wrestling in the Living Room of the Union last night. Samuel Hill '79, as whose guests the two wrestlers have come to this country, gave a short history of the art in introducing them. He said in part: Jiudo first became known in Japan in the sixteenth century, and its origin is traced to a learned physician named Akiyama, who at that time lived in Nagasaki. While studying in China...
...second exhibition of the Japanese art of Jiujitsu wrestling will be given at 8 o'clock this evening in the Living Room of the Union by the two Japanese wrestlers, Y. Yamashita, instructor in Jiujitsu in Tokyo, and H. Koidzumi, his pupil. Yesterday afternoon they gave an interesting and well-attended exhibition in the Gymnasium. These exhibitions have been made possible through the courtesy of Samuel Hill '79, as whose guests the two wrestlers have come to this country. Admission to the exhibition this evening will be to members of the Union and their friends...
...Jiujitsu is in its simpler forms best described as scientific "scrapping." No matter what position a man may assume he can be moved easily in two directions, and the Japanese have worked out every possible position the body can take, and have developed a corresponding throw. Just as a well-trained baseball team knows every possible play, and cannot be taken by surprise, so a trained Jiujitsu wrestler is prepared for every move by his adversary. Each movement is practiced until it is instinctive. The result of the training is that every muscle is as perfectly under control...
...physical development. The two Japanese who will demonstrate the art are among the most expert in Japan, and the art itself is so wonderful as to seem miraculous. I hope any one that feels interested will come forward, and ask how it feels, for without the least danger--the Jiujitsu men are very careful--he will experience a great sensation. JOHN F. PRBKINS...
...exhibition of the Japanese art of Jiujitsu, a method of self-defense, will be given in the Hemenway Gymnasium this afternoon at 4 o'clock by two expert Japanese wrestlers, Y. Yamashita, instructor in Jiujitsu in Tokyo, and H. Koidzumi. The exhibition, open to members of the University, has been made possible through the courtesy of Samuel Hill '79, as whose guests the two wrestlers have come to this country. A second exhibition will be given in the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, open to members of the Union and their friends...