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Sport has played a major role in the life of Japanese American communities from the first establishment of those communities in the late nineteenth century …
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Art Ishii began his judo training in 1954 at Hollywood Judo Dojo in Los Angeles, CA, under the direction of senseis Takashi Kikuchi, Frank Emi, …
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Being a martial artist was not supposed to be a part of my life. The plan for me was to focus on school and get …
Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful. In judo you need strength of mind, body, and soul. I don’t mean beauty in the external sense. A …
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Read Part 2 >> Working at the Cuban Embassy in Tokyo At the beginning of the revolution in 1959, he recalls, “I had already finished high school, …
Read Part 1 >> All Issei to a maximum security prison “After Pearl Harbor, the newspapers from the U.S. wrote about how the Japanese were ‘cruel people’. …
>> Part 1The summer after 4th grade, 1971, it was somehow decided that my older sister, my younger brother and I would become members of …
Like returning home after a long journey, stepping onto the tatami at the dojo is one of the most relaxing moments I look forward to …
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その6を読む >> 空港勤めの仕事は、週末がないこともしばしば。そして1966年には息子が誕生し、敏幸、妻のみどりの生活は一気に忙しくなっていく。…
その5を読む >> この間、敏幸の人生は大半が柔道であったとはいえ、それだけに占められていたわけではない。1960年の3カ月の日本滞在では、大切な…
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