Word: judo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...words" about his family, he gave her a few: "Wife, two children. Two girls, 13 and 14 years old." Curtness, colleagues say, masks his real nature. He's a tough guy, they say, but an enlightened, modern one. Still, in addition to a fondness for wrestling and judo, he professes admiration for the iron discipline of Yuri Andropov, the former KGB boss who ruled the U.S.S.R. in the early 1980s. On the 85th anniversary of Andropov's birth in June, Putin laid flowers on his grave at the Kremlin wall and cited Andropov's enduring popularity as proof "there...
...until other people told me it was bad. I thought it was the name of a race, like "Caucasian" or "Polynesian," because it was commonly used by other kids and teachers. In grade school, kids called me Suzie Wong, stretched out their eyes and asked me to teach them judo. I had no idea who Suzie Wong was, thought the eye thing was funny and felt dumb that I didn't know judo like I was supposed...
Used to be, if you were interested in becoming your own bodyguard, judo or karate was the way to go. But these days trendy, street-wary Angelenos jockey for mat space at Levine's Krav Maga National Training Center in West L.A. Krav Maga classes are also offered in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia, but Levine's center is the most comprehensive teaching facility in the country, drawing not just students, corporate types and the Hollywood crowd but also soldiers and cops. (Charlie Sheen's bodyguards are said to be versed in the ways of Krav...
...move of your opponent--and gives you a way to overcome it. Is your man overplaying you? Cut backdoor. Is he sloughing off? Come out for the pass. If your teammate dribbles toward you, either cut away or scoot round for a hand-off. As if you were playing judo with a ball, you always use the strength of your opponent against...
David Douillet, 27, France The heavyweight judo champion was injured in a highway motorcycle accident a month ago just outside Paris. The injuries to his right leg and shoulder have forced him to sit out all training since the accident. He is not expected to return to the mat for at least five months...