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Amid sickening thuds in the L.A.B. the other day, several white-jacketed judo enthusiasts were watching two of their fellows "giving way so as to conquer." Respectfully shielding myself behind their backs, I watched a balding, mustachioed chap talking earnestly to another student on the mat. A second later, the man with the mustache flipped out one of his feet, twisted his shoulder, and the pair of them spun to the mat in a tangle of arms and legs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 2/25/1955 | See Source »

...reluctantly prepared to watch these reversals continue all afternoon, but luckily, the two men extricated themselves and came over to explain Harvard's newest athletic organization--the Judo club, Nick Strater '53, of Leverett House, was the one with the mustache, and the inspiration for the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 2/25/1955 | See Source »

...well; but before that could happen, the lower house had to vote a two-day extension of the Diet session. To prevent this, a posse of Socialist members corralled Speaker Yasujiro Tsutsumi in a corner of the chamber, thus kept him from ascending to the chair. A beefy judo expert, Tsutsumi broke through the Socialist ranks and sought refuge in a caucus room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: In the Eye of the Storm | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

After their momentous decision was made, Khokhlov's problem became simply one of following orders-up to the crucial point. With two East German Communists who were to serve as his assistants, Khokhlov went to work. The Germans went through refresher courses in judo, marksmanship and automobile driving. Khokhlov pored over maps of Frankfurt, studied brochures on the NTS and conferred with his boss Panyushkin over weapons and methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Whistler | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...places. She and her husband, who runs the business side of the operation, never know what may come from her trips. From Haiti, she borrowed a Mother Hubbard-style dress; from the fishermen of Brittany, a pullover sweater; from Japan, a straight-line coat modeled after a judo wrestler's dressing gown. Designer Schnurer got some of her best ideas from Ireland. Says she: "I decided just to relax when I got there and go to the races. The first things I saw were the most gorgeous satin jockey coats in the most wonderful colors you've ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: From Natives to Natives | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

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