Word: judo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least glamorous sports, where many of the most dedicated athletes are found, the Communist bloc teams are an almost necessary standard. "The Russians have to be there," said the U.S. freestyle wrestling coach, Dan Gable. "If not, my wife can do the coaching." "This is the best judo team America ever had," said Eddie Liddie, a 126-pounder. "We've been working four long years, and we're ready to surprise some people, ready to win some medals. Now, when we do good, people will say that the Russians didn't come, the East Germans didn...
...beginning an eight-week-long, 40-film retrospective of his work. He surprised his New York audience by appearing at the gala opening in the costume yabusame, a centuries-old ceremonial riding and archery exercise that he has practiced for 40 years. The actor, who is also adept at judo and kendo, seems to have aquired some of the humility of a Buddhist monk as well. Says he: "I'm not always in great pictures, but I'm always true to the Japanese spirit...
Returning to Tokyo in 1970, he set up his own company. His first fashion collection the following year was rooted in the transmogrified past. He used sashiko, an ancient form of quilted material traditionally meant for workers' clothing and judo uniforms. Miyake wove it wide, not narrow, and softened it so it yielded an unexpected, even sensuous, pliability...
...muscular, 163-lb. athlete who has a black belt in judo, Jeantot walked off his floating home at Newport as jauntily as if he were returning from a stroll. Of the few bad times during the voyage, the worst, he said, came between Sydney and Cape Horn, when he had to go far south to pick up the prevailing westerly wind. For 13 days near 58° south latitude, he never saw the sun and at tunes could not even see the top of his mast. "Everything on board was wet and cold," he recalls, "and it was dangerous when...
Ironically, the boycott comes at a time when South Africa has begun to make progress toward desegregating its sports. Blacks are still excluded from many teams and facilities. Yet an investigative group from the British Sports Council concluded that fencing, karate, judo and track and field in South Africa are so integrated that participants should be allowed to compete internationally. The same has been said of soccer, and a French team of inquiry felt likewise about boxing. Though South Africa's national pastime, rugby, remains aggressively white, the Springboks squad now has one mulatto player. However admirable the blacklist...