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eppur_se_muova

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6. Also judo (brown belt) and jiu-jitsu.

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:13 AM

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He actually helped popularize both in the US, and was posthumously awarded an honorary black belt for his efforts.

He hosted a visiting high-level Judoka in the White House, where friends and family (including women(!)) received their initiation to martial arts from a true master. The possibility of Judo as self-defense for women (against the strength advantage of men) seems to have caught on then.

Oh, TR also wrestled in the WH.

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