Word: jujitsu
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...personnel of military and semimilitary expeditions against natives), this mystery unit was being toughened by long marches on skimpy rations, being taught to read maps, get through barbed wire, navigate vessels, swim in full battle equipment, handle all sorts of weapons and explosives, even master the pressure points of jujitsu...
...turn out for riot duty and plant protection, which means tossing out defense strikers with neatness and dispatch. He is charged with safeguarding Army property, trained to man age traffic, both civilian and military. To keep him in fettle, he is drilled in wrestling, boxing and jujitsu, is supposed to be as well versed in the amenities as a headwaiter...
Enough was enough for Officer Westgate. He took up the study of jujitsu. By the time he'd perfected 104 grips he was transferred to a dark river front beat, even tougher. Hooligans learned to respect the man who whirled them casually about his head, crashed them to the pavement, piled them neatly under his knee. Officer Westgate, a thoughtful man, decided that women, too, should be able to protect themselves; specifically that his wife Violet (weight, 114 Ib.) should be able to repel mashers. "No," said Violet, "I'd rather scream." "You must," said Officer Westgate, flipping...
...national fervor burning. No one knows how big the societies are, though it has been said that Mitsuru Toyama could call upon any one of 10,000 youths to murder anyone but the Emperor, and the deed would be done. The societies meet in buildings which appear to be jujitsu halls, Shinto temples, homes, business offices...
GOLD COMES IN BRICKS-A. A. Fair-Morrow ($2). Alta Ashbury wrote $10,000 checks to "Cash." Ultimately her rich papa got Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to look into a matter of blackmail seasoned with murder. Donald, a little, disbarred lawyer whom women adore, even outsmarts Hashita, his jujitsu teacher...