Celebrating 100 Years of The Budokwai and British Judo
British Judo and The Budokwai today celebrate their centenary. On January 26, 1918, Gunji Koizumi opened the first public members club for Japanese martial arts in Europe in the basement of what had been a German dress-maker, backing onto the rear wall of Buckingham Palace. GK, as he was known, was a Japanese immigrant and […]
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