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Seattle Dojo
The Seattle Dojo is located at 1510 S. Washington in the Squire Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is the oldest judo dojo in the continental United States, having been founded sometime before 1907 in what is today the International District.
== Establishment of the Seattle Dojo ==
On October 17, 1903, a Kodokan leader named Yoshiaki Yamashita gave demonstrations of judo at the Seattle Theatre. Witnesses included prominent local businessmen and journalists.〔( Svinth, Joseph R. (2000) "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington." )〕 This success inspired Seattle's Japanese immigrant community to organize its own judo dojo.〔(Svinth, Joseph R. (2000) "Seattle Judo and Jujutsu." )〕 The pioneer of the Seattle Dojo appears to have been Iitaro Kono (or Kano), a Kodokan judo black belt who arrived in Seattle on May 20, 1903. He remained in Seattle until at least September 18, 1909, when he participated in a judo demonstration for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. During the 1910s, Kono also started judo clubs in Spokane and Chicago.〔Svinth, Joseph R. ''Getting a Grip: Judo in the Nikkei Communities of the Pacific Northwest 1900-1950''. Guelph, Ontario: Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences, 2003.〕
The man who made Seattle Dojo famous, however, was professional wrestler Tokugoro Ito, who made the club his headquarters during his stay in Seattle (1907–1911).〔(Svinth, Joseph R. (2006) "Tokugoro Ito." )〕 Other wrestlers associated with Seattle Dojo included Eitaro Suzuki, who wrestled for Japan during the 1932 Olympics, and Kaimon Kudo, a popular professional wrestler of the 1930s and 1940s.〔
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