Photographs:

1. Kaimon Kudo, 1935. After leaving the Seattle Dojo, Kudo became a well-known professional wrestler; this photo is from his 1935 book called Kaimon Kudo Reveals the Secrets of Jiu-Jitsu. (Photo from the Joseph Svinth Collection. Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.)

2. Seattle's first All-Northwest Judo Tournament. Sponsored jointly by Seattle Dojo and Tentoku Kan, February 7, 1932. Like most pre-World War II Seattle judo tournaments, the venue was the Nippon Kan Theater. (Photo from the Joseph Svinth Collection. Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.)

3. Pacific Northwest judo instructors, 1939. Left to right: Yasuyuki Kumagai (Seattle Dojo), Matsuo Sakagami (White River Dojo), Chuji Sakata (Tentoku Kan).

4. Seattle Dojo Yudansha, April 26, 1940. The calligraphy on the back wall under the photograph of Jigoro Kano reads "Polish the body and mind." The framed photo on the right side of the picture is a 1909 Rogers photograph of an early club leader named Tokugoro Ito. The man in the framed photo on the left is unidentified. The letters on the patch on Toshio Taniguchi's judogi stand for "Seattle Judo Yudanshakai," which was authorized for wear by members of the Northwest All-star team. The photo was taken inside the Seattle Dojo, from a position near the front door. (Photo from the Joseph Svinth Collection. Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.)

   First row, kneeling, L to R: 1.Toshio Taniguchi, 2.John Kusakabe, 3.Unidentified, 4.Unidentified, 5.Akira "Poison" Kato, 6.Toshio Nishimura, 7.Eddie Sano, 8.Unidentified, 9.Unidentified
   Second row, seated on chairs, L to R: 1.Akira "Frank" Shibukawa, 2.Hank Ogawa, 3.Hiromu "Kelly" Nishitani, 4.Takuzo Tsuchiya, 5.Masataro "John" Shibata, 6.Yasuyuki Kumagai, 7.Yasutaro Miyazawa, 8.Michio Shinoda, 9.Toru Araki, 10.? Sagami, 11.Iwao "Richard" Yamasaki
   Third row, standing, L to R: 1.Sadao Baba, 2.Hisashi "George" Shibukawa, 3.Momoru "Fred" Shibukawa, 4.Unidentified, 5.Yozo Sato, 6.Unidentified, 7.Sumio Sakaguchi, 8.Unidentified, 9.Yasuo "Pete" Fujino, 10.James Nishitani.

5. The Seattle Dojo, January 1999. The building is a block north of the Seattle Betsuin, and is essentially unchanged since its completion in 1934. For class hours and instructor contacts, see http://judoweb.com/JudoClubsUSA/JudoWA.html. (Photo from the Joseph Svinth Collection. Copyright © 2000. All rights reserved.)