National Team Championship winners 1956Budokwai membership cardWith police judoka at the KeishichoIn the KeishichoLiving in JapanIn the KodokanBack at the Budokwai, 1964The British Team in trainingBritish Olympic judo team l-r: Brian Jacks, Syd Hoare, Tony Sweeney, Alan Petherbridge and John Newman (manager)Syd in Olympic blazer, 1964Attacking with uchimata in the Tokyo OlympicsSyd (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 OlympicsLeaving Japan, 1964Throwing with uchimata in the World Championships selections, 1965Kikuhama Mansions, Kyoto, early 1970sLocal temple, KyotoKyotoNagasakiTatami shopSyd in Toji market, KyotoPhoto by David FinchPhoto by David FinchTeaching at the BudokwaiAn 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
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