Word: jujitsu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Engaged by the U. S. Department of Justice to teach its G-Men jujitsu was Philadelphia's Socialite Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr., 61, father of the U. S. Minister to Norway, oldtime amateur boxer ("Tim O'Biddle...
...Japanese Minister of Railways Shinya Uchida cudgel the brains in his bald head for a new publicity dodge to draw the attention of tourists to Japan. Last week foreign editors were printing new pictures of the Japanese Minister of Railways. Reason: Mr. Uchida had had himself snapped putting a jujitsu headlock on blonde Mrs. Sarah Mayer, wife of a British Army officer in Japan...
According to the Japanese Government Railways, the jujitsu match was for the best two falls out of three. First, Minister Uchida threw Mrs. Mayer, then she threw him. After that "they feinted and tossed and writhed and grunted for a full half hour" on the matting until Minister Uchida thoroughly subdued Mrs. Mayer and won the match. Said he gallantly: "She is the most adept Englishwoman at jujitsu I have ever...
Mounted Policeman Olaf Wieghorst showed a picture of his favorite horse, and Poet e. e. cummings exhibited a blue moonlight scene. The Rev. J. Cole Mc-Kim, missionary and jujitsu expert, offered a startling canvas called Surprise Harakiri. It showed an impetuous Japanese gentleman suddenly ripping his stomach open with a dagger before the eyes of his assembled guests...
...confused with jujitsu, which requires more agility, less flesh...