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n New Sport Kick-boxing Combines Karate, Judo, Boxing & Pro Wrestling
boxing? It’s a new sport
Uras created by Japanese
|r Osamu Noguchi, who
|d the traditional Thai styfeck-boxing with karate,
nd even a little professi|estling.
B people who have wat:ick-boxing on television
3 know, “Is it for real?”
answer to this question is
: the prime reasons that
Lifornia Athletic Commiswhich governs all boxing
Golden State, refused to
a the sport.
wer, those interested in

promoting the sport in Califor-1 sport in Bangkok.
| “Kick boxers can use
their
nia decided not to give up with- I Others say that it is merely ‘ heads for butting and their elout a fight and enlisted the help ' an exhibition along the lines bows and knees for delivering
blows.”
of Fresno legislator George Zen- ; of professional wrestling.
He also says that Thai boxing
ovich to push through a special । Bob Turley, chief executive
bill to_ have kick-boxing legaliz­ officer for the commission, says is almost 500 year's old. “But it
ed.
he will go to Bangkok and To- was never really a ‘sellable’
It has cleared all hurdles and i kyo to study kick-boxing if and sport as far* as commercial value
now it is up to Governor Rea- when the governor signs the bill. is concerned. The fans, on the
gan.
After his visit. he will draw other hand, have really gone
Some who protest the legaliza- . up a list of rules to control the over-board for kick-boxing the
way I put on shows.”
tion of kick-boxing say that is sport.
Noguchi was recently attack­
too brutal.
kick-boxing
Noguchi
says
To back up their claim, they should not be compared to Thai ed in Bangkok by angry Thai
point out the number of Thai boxing, pointing out that there promoters who said that the
kick-boxers who have been kil­ are at least a dozen differences Japanese was exploiting a sport
which belongs to the Thais.
led while participating in the in the rules.

Noguchi countered by saying
that while he got the idea
of
kick-boxing from' watching the
Thais, the two sports are about
as different as soccer and Ame­
rican football.
The Japanese promoter said
that he learned about Thai box­
ing when he brought conven­
tional-style boxers to Thailand
for some matches.
“Thai boxing was interesting
but it didn’t really appeal to me
but 1 could see that with a few
new wrinkles that it could be­
come something people
would
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The Ueto Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
XXVII __

8

Toronto, Ont.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 1973

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lly Tanaka Of Chemaines, B.C.
ns N.C. First Baby Of 1973

A Record Of Past New
Canadian Baby Winneos

The New Canadian sends heartiest
The New Canadian has sponsored the New Year Baby Contest
ORONTO. -— Hear ye! Hear ye!
for over 20 years. A record of past winners include the follow­
again it’s, that time to announce congratualtions to the team. A year’s ing:
vinner of the first Japanese Ca­ free subscription and a gift are on 1951: Robert K. Nakamura, Lethbridge, Alta. Jan. 1 12:57 a.in.
1952: Brenda J. Sakata, Swift Current, Sask. Jan. 1 1:05 a.m.
an baby of the year! The champ their way.
.
Jan. 2 2:30 a.m.
1953: Kenneth Sakaguchi, Toronto, Ont.
.973 is: Kelly Tanaka, son of Mr.
Jan. 1 3:20 a.m.
1954: Arthur Akira Ohno, Lethbridge, Alta
Close runner-up was Kenneth Ste­ 1955: Jane Ellen Nunoda, London, Ont.
Jan. 1 3:35 a.m.
Mrs. Keiichi Tanaka of Kiiight
Jan. 1 6:05 a.m.
1956:
Michael
Nash,
Etobicoke,
Ont.
ven Yamazaki, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1957: Brain Minoru Wakita, Kitimat, B.C.
d in Chemaines, B.C.
Jan. 2 7:55 a.m.
Roy
A.
Yamazaki
of
Deep
River,
On
­
1 6:37 a.m.
Jan.
1958:
Dianne
Akemi
Nagai,
Toronto,
Ont.
Nelly was ushered into this world
Jan.
1
3:35 p.m.
1959:
Edward
D.
Suzuki,
Winnipeg,
Man.
:22 a.m. on January 1st, 1973 at tario, who made his debut on January 1959: Stephen Kozai, Toronto, Ont.
Jan. 1 4:06 p.m.
Jan. 1 10:37 p.m.
3, 1973.
1960: Lyoyd Tanaka, Toronto, Ont.
fsmith Hospital.

Jan. 3 12:40 p.m.
Congratulations to all who en­ 1961: Frank Koichi Ui, Vancouver, B.C.
Jan. 2 10:58 a.m.
1.362:
Corinne
Sakae
Yamamoto,
Van.,
B.C.
tered The New Canadian’s First
Jan. 1 3:45 a.m.
1963: D. J. Masato Uyenaka, Downsview, Ont.
Baby Contest. And to all runner- 1964: Brenda Lee Inouye, Toronto, Ont.
Jan. 1 10:13 p.m.
ups, remember that ancient ori­ •965: Ken Donald Nimi, North Vancouver, B.C. Jan. 1 1:45 a.m.
ental adage, “If at first time, no 1966: Barbara J. Nakagawa, Dawson Creek, B.C. Jan. 1 7:20 a.m.
Jan. 9 8:47 a.m.
succeed, try try again!”
Good 1967: Randy Charles Okubo, Chatham, Ont.
KYO. — Seventy-five per The 1972 figure is about 6.4 times
1968: Christine Haruko Anzai, Agincourt, Ont. Jan. 1 2:53 p.m.
luck!
1969: Cynthia L. Shoko Yamaoka, Rutland, B.C. Jail. 1 8:55 a.m.
of Japanese homes are ex- that of the 1967 production, of
Jan. 6 6:34 a.m.
1970: Linda Ayako Chiba, Toronto, Ont.
3 to own color .television 1,281,760 units.
Jan. 3 9:24 a.m.
1971: Robert Tadashi Kosaka, Raymond, Alta
Japan’s production of color TV
lefore long. The nation’s maJan. 1 1:49 a.m.
1972: Charlene Yumi Lum, Richmond, B.C.
turers expect to see the sa- sets is expected to total 8.25 mi-.
The New Canadian would be interested to hear from any past
apei' off in 1973 after a Ilion units this year, up
from
winners or their parents.
in the past several years. 6,872,324 units in 1971, according
to the Electronic Industries As­
sociation of Japan.
Domestic demand is believed
TOKYO. — The year 1972 was
certain to reach six million units
generally
calm as far as public
this year, or 6.7 times the com­
TOKYO. — The bustling nation day off.
parable figui'e six years
ago. security in Tokyo was concerned,
The survey also showed fewer
and
the
numbers
taking
part
in
that some people call “Japan,
Thus, 75 per cent of Japanese
anti-Government demonstrations Inc.” for its unified way of do­ accidents at the companies with
NGKOK. — Thai students homes are expected to have color
sharply decreased, the Metropo­ ing business closed down almost the five-day week. However, the
accused everyone from Thai TV sets by the end of Decem­
litan Police Department repor­ in unison recently for what will 5%-hour, six-day work week is
mment officials to “tricky” ber, up from only 1.6 per cent
ted
recently.
be the only vacation some Japa­ still most common among Japa­
in their country, saw their in February, 1967.
nese firms.
A total of 1,800 rallies and de­ nese take this year.
“We now have to consider
st demonstration go down
Another survey, among 26,000
A number of Japanese do not
train when the National Ex- cutting back production, after monstrations have been held so
workers
picked at random, show­
Sadakazu far this year, or 100 less than take the vacation time allowed
ve Council warned the stu- next January,” said
ed that only 20 per cent had used
s on the eve of the protest Shondo, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, last year, drawing 1,180,000 par­ by their companies, but for the more than 90 per cent of their
ticipants, down 30 per cent from New Yeai' the company itself
nes& businessmen for condi- president.
annual authorized leave. About
January’s production has been last year, the MPD said.
closes for nearly.a week — this
there must be no violence,
58
per cent of the workers had
even a protest march to the a year-earlier level for the past
In a white paper on public year generally from Dec. 30 to used less than half of their vaseveral years with the single ex­ security, the MPD also said a Jan. 4, according to the lunar
mese embassy. vation time or had taken none
ost observers felt the comp- ception of 1970. But, production total of 89,000 radicals took part calendar.
at all, the survey showed.
s of the students were silly is expected to level off from in various kinds of rallies and
With a trend toward the fiveSome reasons for not taking
557,000 units last January.
est.
demonstrations. The number re­ day week, many Japanese wor­ vacations were that the workers
Officials at Hitashi Ltd., ano­ presents only one-third of last kers now have even more leisure
n most parts of the world,”
were too busy, that the atmos­
ther
major electric appliance ma­ year’s total.
an official, “youths are betime. The Labor Ministry says, phere at their working places did
^ypoeritical. They are argu- nufacture, said the Nipponese eleA total of 310,000 policemen however, that although the incre­ not allow them to take vacations
about Japanese business tact- ’ctric industries has a total of were called out to keep watch on ased amount of free time seems freely, that they preferred to
vhile most of them are wear­ about 200,000 color TV sets in demonstrators. About 1,300 per­ to agree with the workers, they work, that they had nothing to do
clothes made of material im- stock at the end of the year, but sons were arrested this year, still don’t use all of their au­ if they took vacations, and that
sd from Japan,
Japanese that the stock may come close to some 4,000 less than last year, it thorized vacation days.
they planned to accumulate vaca­
Ues, carry Japanese radios one million sets by the end of said.
tion time and use it later.
A
survey
of
4832
firms
recently
some even drive Japanese December.
The year saw greatly increas­ showed an average attendance
Japanese law provides for a
Akio Morita, president of So­ ed
activities of ultrarightists rate of 91.9 per cent. But among minimum of three weeks’ paid
ie students’ boycott of the ny Corp., predicted sales in 1973 probably because of the restora­
the companies with a five-day vacation a year after a worker
aaru Department Store in will not decline from this year tion of diplomatic relations be­
week, the rate was 95.1 per cent. has been on the job 15 years. A
atown Bangkok was the only in view of new demands, such tween Japan and China and the
It was 82.7 per cent at companies worker is entitled to six days’ va­
lively successful campaign as purchases to replace an old set
giving workers every other Satur­ cation after one year.
(Cont. on Page 8)
or own a second receiver.
ie demonstration.

enty-five Percent Of Japanese
mes Own Color Television Sets

lis Wearing
>an Items
test Products

Less People
Demonstrated
1972 In Japan

“Japan Inc.”

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CANADIAN

479 Queen St W
Toronto 133, Ont
Phone 366-5065
Second class mail
registration
number 0366

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ay, January 30 1973

Americans In Disguise
By ALLAN BEEKMAN
AMERICAN IN DISGUISE, by Daniel I. Okimoto, with a
foreword by James A. Michener, Walker/Weatherhill, 206 pp..

Dates And Doings

Custom Picture
Framing

New Execs Of Toronto Dana Organization Installed

NISHIMURA
PICTURE FRAMES

TORONTO. — New executives for the Toronto Dann orga*
nization were installed into office during the morning
on
Born of a Christian minister at Santa Anita Racetrack in January 14th, 1973.
1M2. the author resettled in Pasadena, where he finished high
In a short service conducted by Rev.
the Central
♦school; he took a B. A. degree from Princeton, and an M. A.
Board composed of Chairman Tam Omori, Secretary Gloria Sumiya
/from Harvard. He later attended Tokyo Universitv.
and Treassurer Misao Nishikawa offeied incense, followed by the
Considering his educational background, he might have
Presidents of the Maya and Sila groups. Maya will be led by Do^searched for his identity by reasoning from observed phenomena
j^fconclusion. For example, the people of America have common rothy Tahara, assisted by Vice-President Hedy Yonekura while the
Sila group will be headed by President Nancy Fujita and Vice’citizenship, speak a common language, have a common culture
janct tradition, are loyal to a common group of institutions, the- President Alice Uyeda. Both presidents will be aided in their tasks
by a very capable board.
irefore, the Americans are a nationality.
With even greater propriety, the same reasoning might be
Projects requiring immediate attention by the new executives
applied to the people of Japan.
is the Annual Fashion Show on March 31st and the Eastern Ca­
®
Instead, from gossip overheard, and popular
literature nada Sangha-Dana League Conference to be held in Toronto in
^wd, he proceeds from an opposite direction. Without identifying May.
^te archetype to which they are supposed to be long, he starts
A programme aimed at the senior citizens of the Toronto
..with the premise that the Japanese are a race.
Buddhist Church was initiated late last year and arrangements
ETHNIC KICK
made to meet monthly. This project is under the sponsorship of the
Assuming he considers the Mongoloid to be the archetype,
entire Dana organization with capable assistance from the Sangha
'^imay be said to reason as follows: the Japanese are a race of
men. A very interesting and informative session is on tap for the
‘Mongoloid type, therefore, even though they possess Japanese
monthly meetings. — TBC.
j^ifcenship, speak Japanese as their mother tongue, have
the
^s^ane culture and traditions as Japanese, and loyalty to the same
^institutions, the Ainu, the Okinawans, and the illegitimate offspring
When Buying Oi Selling A Home
^q^American service personnel, white and black, are not Japanese.
Call: KEN hORl
Seemingly emotionally unable to disentangle himself from
/swh preposterous assumptions, his prose frequently lapses into
j^bbei•ish. Though he insists he has “Japanese blood” and is of
RealtoR
Stile Japanese race, and a Japanese through and through, he de''"'“ts a university official as a fool because the official identifies
MEMBER OF TORONTO REAL ESTATE BOARD
as Asian.
14 Peri vale Cres.
Phone: 261-5194
He may be Oriental, but he is not Asian.
Scarborough
WARTIME HYSTERIA
Of the hysteria following the Pearl Harbor attack: One
eputable’ newsman charged that ninety percent of the Japae in California were loyal to Japan. ..” Was the newsman
ulting the remaining 10 per cent by suggesting they were disloyal
their country ?
“It made no difference whether a Japanese was an AmeRCA — ZENITH
^Wan citizen or not; the color of his skin and the shape of his
SALES & SERVICE
Sin and the shape of his eyes constituted prima facie evidence of
^Bloyalty to the Stars and Stripes.” Others with epicanthic eyelids
1055 MIDLAND AVE. (ORIOLE PLAZA)
Od olive skin color found an honored place in society by wearing
SCARBORO
Phone 759-1583
W^ges proclaiming “I am a Chinese,” or “I am Korean.”
|
Though unable to see the absurdity of such statements, he
Between Eglinton & Lawrence Ave. *Last
| quick to see the contradictions, even though far more subtle,
| those of persons whose views he disapproves. “President RooRepairs To All Makes
jvelt said, ‘No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied
|e democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citipnship regardless of his ancestry.’.. . meant that Nisei were
> have the ‘democratic right’ to die for the United States even
! they were deprived of the equally basic right to live normally
’ithin its constitutional laws.”
|
Except for his emotional involvement with misconceptions
f race, the author tends to be astute; the writing, with occaional lapses, is exceptionally good, even distinguished. He gives
[good anailysis of the people and society of Japan.
The final paragraph is on Women, Race, and Marriage,
i it he gives some of his experiences in Japan, with insight into
FINAL PARAGRAPH
Mon. — Friday 9—6, Sat. 9—1.
apanese psychology and viewpoint. Towards the end, somewhat
21 Dundas Sq. Toronto, Suite 1294. Phone 363-0952
pologetically, he reveals he has married a Caucasian.
Eve. By Appointment
Everyone has his obstacles to overcome, and it appears
Hiro Kawaguchi, Art Watanabe
lat with the author the chief impediment to the realization
his talent is his irrational racist view of life. An interracial
arriage might warp his thinking even further, but for the sake
. literature, let us hope the contrary occurs.
It seems a waste for this kind of talent to go down the
rain of racism.



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Page 8

THE

PAGE 8

Hokkaido Tops Japan’s
Traffic Death List

N E W

Tuesday, January 39 ^

C A N A P I AN

Kick-boxing . . .

(Cont. from Page One)

The New Canadiai

The only exception to the
buy tickets to watch,” he said.
Second claw mail r^
five
round rule is in a world
He returned to Japan to set
number 0365
s
A
championship
match
in
which
member
of
Ethnic
Press
his idea into motion.
Ontario.
First, he contacted some ka- case the bout is for 10 rounds.
PUBLISHED ON EVERY TUESDU
There
are now over 4,000
rate practitioners to join.
AND FRIDAY
trainees
in
Japan, learning how
It was during these try-outs
T. UMEZUKI Publisher
SAPPORO. — Hokkaido Prefe-' gun. The accident was caused that he discovered Tadashi Sa­ to become kick-boxers.
K. C. TSUMURA
cture topped the national list of by drunken driving.
plans
to
One day Noguchi
wamura, who went on to be one
English Section Editor
t
tragic deaths for three consecu­
According to the Traffic Divi­ of not only kick-boxing’s biggest hold a heavyweight
championKEN MORI
1
tive years, Hokkaido Prefectural sion of the Hokkaido Prefectu­ names but one of the prominent ship match in kick-boxing”.
Japanese Section Editor D
Police Headquarters said recen­ ral Police, as many as 259,700 sports figure in all of Japan.
“We have several Japanese
SUBSCRIPTION
or
63.8
.per
cent
of
about
406,700
class,

tlywho
fit
into
the
heavy
Sawamura, who was supposed to
$9.00 a Year
v
In the period between Jan. 1 traffic law violations officers in­
$5.00 for Six Months
be an Japan karate champion, he said, “and I would like to
and Dec. 26 this year, 791 per­ vestigated by the end of Nov­
didn’t think too highly of kick­ pit them against the heavy479 QUEEN ST. WEST
sons were killed in traffic acci­ ember were
caused by the
boxing when he first was talked weights from the United[ States.”
Toronto 133, Ont.
dents in Hokkaido.
“three traffic evils” — drunken
As in conventional boxing,
t
into participating.
"C
EMpire 6-5005
Although the figure decreased driving, driving without a driv­
Noguchi
concedes
that
the
big
He was matched against a
compared with the cor- er’s license and speeding.
by
Thai kicker and promptly was boys are the big attraction.
responding period of last vear
1
A 27-year-old salesman
who knocked down no less than 17
In kick-boxing,
the
heavy­
and decreased for the first time was transferred from Tokyo to
5
times and ended up in the hos­ weights would be spectacular.
in eight years, the figure was Sapporo earlier this year said
When kick-boxing is legalized
tl
pital with broken ribs, smashed
20 more than that in Saitama that he was
surprised both nose and other assorted bruises. in California it is possible that
Prefecture whose traffic deaths pedestrians and drivers ignored
Help Wanted
However, he was not broken Saijo will make an appearance
as of Dec. 26 was the second traffic signals so calmly.
here as a kicker.
OPERATORS experienced k
largest following Hokkaido.
Long and straight national in spirit and asked Noguchi if
He
is
one
of
the
newest
and
single needle machines to won
As reasons for the largest highways in suburbs are paved, he could learn kick-boxing. The most popular stars now and is on dresses, blouses, and shirts 1
traffic deaths in Japan, Chuzo but most of them have only two rest is history. He went on to ! pushing Sawamura for top bilExcellent working conditions am'
Itakura, a professor emeritus at lanes and are not distinguished win 250 straight bouts and until I ling.
top
wages.
Apply 22 Bente
only recently was thought to be
Hokkaido
University.
makes from sidewallks.
Meanwhile,
some
well-known
Road, Keele & Lawrence ars^
unbeatable.
three points — a rapid increase
Rear-end and head-on colli­
boxers
in
the
United
States
are
(Toronto).
The use of the leg is quite
of vehicles in Hokkaido, poor sions caused by speeding have
toying
with
the
idea
of
giving
HOME sewers for sewing blot^
traffic safety facilities and low rapidly increased on national different in kick-boxing as com­
the sport a whirl.
pared
to
karate,
which
is
one
consciousness in citizens of traf­ highways around cities. The Nases. We deliver and pick up. Calf 1
The
most
notable
of
these
are
fic safety problems.
tional Highway No. 3 linking reason Sawamura, a karate ex- Frankie Crawford and
|I
Raul Ro­ Mary 363-4588 (Toronto).
pert had such a tough time of it
1
Tomakomai with
Muroran
is
when he first took on a kick- jas, the latter a former world
WE
HAVE
an
immediate
op?|
often
referred
to
lided head-on with a truck on
by local drivers
champion as a featherweight in ning for five transistor sera’
a national
highway in Naka- as the most hazardous highway boxer.
Stress is on striking with the conventional boxing.
technicians to service radios, tapq
gawa-gun, killing one person and even called “the express­
Would people pay money to recorders and electronic united
knee,
inner
side
of
the
shin,
the
and injuring nine others. The way to the grave.”
see Joe Frazier exchange kicks Persons must be dependable witt^
cause for the accident
was 1 Although the Hokkaido Prefec­ heel and the upper instep.
with Japanese heavyweight Ten minimum
supervision to ml
speeding.
Because kicking is the main
tural Government spent
about
Shin Saito ?
among other employees. Apply5J
On Sept,. 16, three persons Y6,()00 million on traffic safety weapon
instead of the punch,
Kick boxing has been present­ in writing to: Japan Solid Statf^
were killed instantly and two facilities in fiscal 1972, the rapid the referees watch closely to see
others Were injured when their increase of vehicles are likely to that no kicks are delivered to ed in the U.S. already but out- of Canada, 3462 Kingston Rd,U
side of California.
Scarboro, Ont. or phone for appo-R
car plunged from a Hokkaido offset the investment. Prof. Ita­ the groin area.
In
Japan,
former
world
boxintment
266-4552 (Toronto). »9
prefectural road
i
What is a foul, one might be
in Shiranuka- kura said that what was needed
ing
champion
Shozo
Saijo
has
most now was traffic safety edu­ interested to know?
Automobile
parts mamifat-^
Well, choking is one. Twist­ realized the popularity of kick­
cation for Hokkaido citizens.
Paul K. Asada, D.C., N.D.
ing the arm or leg joint is also boxing and has joined the ranks. ture requires intelligent inte^
He says he makes as much dual" to assist manager. Duhe ‘j
taboo.
“Doctor of Chiropractic”
1972 . .
All kick-boxers enter the ring money now as he did when he include “quality control, enginee-^
(Ji block West of Christie)
barefooted but they are permit­ fought in such places as Oklo- ring and production liaison cu ^
(Cont. from Page One)
Texas, tomer relations. Applicant m^
TORONTO
ted to wear a soft cloth support­ homa, Las Vegas, and
have technical and administrate^
651-8060
Res. 621-1989 formation of the Tanaka Admin­ er around their ankles. The box­ loved it and want to see more.
istration. the MPD said.
ers may also wear a soft cloth 1
Kaishu Mainich background, and be a self-starta|j^
Ultrarightists held 287 protest arm band on his biceps to pro­
Knowledge of Japanese language
It 1* a good policy to
| rallies and demonstrations, a 300 tect himself against his oppon­
an asset. Reply to Box 3; ^^^
have the RIGHT POLICY
; per cent increase over last year, ent’s kicks.
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and
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i The MPD attributed the de­
Toronto 133, Ont.
As in boxing the rounds are
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Through
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year to the reversion of OkiInsurance Agents
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