1. Yamashita Yoshitsugu, known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka.
14 Facts About Yamashita Yoshitsugu
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu was one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo in the United States.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu was prone to discuss the philosophy of judo with Kano, as Yamashita initially believed power should be applied before technique.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu was a member of the Kodokan team that competed with Tokyo Metropolitan Police jujutsu teams during the mid-1880s, and during the 1890s, his jobs included teaching judo at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and Tokyo Imperial University.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu fought and dominated famed jujutsuka Taro Terushima, although the match went to a draw when Terushima resorted to groundwork.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu later rematched him, knocking him out with a hard ippon seoi nage.
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Shortly after, Yoshiaki would get into another quarrel with another cadre of laborers, this time him against 15 of them, but it ended up the same way: Yamashita Yoshitsugu maimed his attackers with chokes and throws, and even killed some of them by breaking their necks.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu was arrested, but was easily acquitted after proving the uneven nature of the brawls.
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When confronted by Kano himself, Yamashita Yoshitsugu protested and went to the extent of challenging his master to a fight, but Kano convinced to stop his violent ways by making him realize that some day he might be harmed the same way he liked to harm people.
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The ship carrying the Yamashita Yoshitsugu party docked in Seattle on October 8,1903.
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In January 1905, Yamashita Yoshitsugu got a job teaching judo at the US Naval Academy.
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Consequently, Yamashita Yoshitsugu's judo was taught at the Naval Academy throughout the first six months of 1906.
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Yamashita Yoshitsugu has lost his voice with advancing years and another man had to read his speech for him, but as he stood facing Prof.