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Vasili Oshchepkov | Василий Сергеевич Ощепков (1893 - 1938) by Olga Via Flickr: After the transfer in 1905 of South Sakhalin to Japan under the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1904, Vasili by this time an orphan, was sent to study in Japan. Starting in September 1907 he studied at the Theological seminar in Tokyo in the Orthodox mission, organized by the future St Nicholas of Japan. In the seminary he studied judo, and, on the recommendation of the coach as the best judoka at the Seminary Vasily was admitted to the entrance examinations and admitted to the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo, founded by Jigoro Kano, on October 29, 1911. On June 15, 1913 Oshchepkov received the first degree black belt - shodan (first dan); in October 1917, during a trip to Japan, he passed the exams to receive his second degree black belt, becoming the first Russian and the third European to get a nidan in judo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Oshchepkov

Judô: Boris Mishenko X Isao Okano - 1967 #judo #japanesemartialarts #judoka #gi #japanesejudo #kodokan #judooldschool #judolove #newaza #katamewaza #tachiwaza #judoforlife #grappling #Olympic #jujutsu #samurai #iaido #kenjutsu #bjj #jiujitsu #japan #katana #bjjforever #mma #ufc (at Qadsia Sports Complex) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsX-rjFFRDS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r324x12q6kno