Word: judo
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...occasional stevedore on the Dieppe piers, a drifter, a petty thief, he drank heavily, and then would get into fights. He was even known as "Judoka," the judo expert, because of his brawling...
...contract to supply the games with olive oil, with which the athletes rubbed themselves before competing.) Professionalism, poor sportsmanship and sheer ferocity were rife. Some of the competitions were more violent than those in the games today. The most popular event was the pankration, a combination of wrestling, judo and boxing in which contestants punched, slapped, kicked and-if they could get away with it-even bit or gouged each other until one or the other quit. In such a struggle, the authors reveal, death was a far more common risk than a pulled hamstring muscle...
...over obstacle courses and wriggling underneath barbed wire. Boxing? "We require it of the males because we're trying to teach them that it is better to give than to receive," said one briefing officer. But the women will be exempt from boxing and wrestling; they will substitute judo and karate. The female plebes, however, will undergo the same painful, often humiliating seven-week initiation ritual that male cadets have dubbed "Beast Barracks." Its main features: incessant needling from upperclassmen, split-second obedience to their slightest commands and constant criticism of plebes' posture. Though women are still barred...
...Eisaku Sato in June of this year, a right-wing extremist slipped through the lines and punched Prime Minister Takeo Miki in the face, knocking him down. That prompted formation of a new security force modeled on the U.S. Secret Service and made up of crack recruits trained in judo, marksmanship and detection of movement within a 90 vision field. The greatest threat of violence in recent years has come from new-left radicals, some 6,000 of whom have vowed to stop Emperor Hirohito from boarding his plane this week for a state visit to the U.S. Japanese officials...
...under the onslaught of cameramen, glaring TV lights and coached applause. On the first day of the exhibit, "high school women" discussed sex roles and modeled original clothes. For opening day had been designated "High School Day" and included continuos presentations by high school women ranging from demonstrations of Judo and the Can-Can to poetry readings and musical performances...