Kikuhama Mansions, Kyoto, early 1970sLocal temple, KyotoKyotoNagasakiTatami shopSyd in Toji market, Kyoto
Syd in Olympic blazer, 1964Syd (left) watching a match at the All Japan Judo Championships 1964. The competitors, Akio Kaminaga, Isao Inokuma and Seiji Sakaguchi, were fighting for the open weight spot on the national team for the Tokyo OlympicsSyd travelling to Ireland, 1970s
Syd and the Brtish Olympic team, 1964Photo by David FinchPhoto by David FinchAn article in the Petersfield Post, 19 February 1976Guinness School of Sport, Crystal Palace, 1979, Syd back row, far rightThe London Judo SocietySyd interviewed during the filming of Three Big Men, a BBC documentary on the first British sumo team to compete in Japan
the legacy of Syd Hoare 
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