When I was promoting ('76-'87) it was all about Kung Fu but I did use the judo monicker twice. Once was at Walsall Football Club when I promoted "Judo" John Brown against Klondyke Jake and once was at The Champness Hall in Rochdale when I promoted King Kendo versus The Judoka. King Kendo was, of course, Bill Clarke and The Judoka was Ian Wilson who was quite annoyed to find himself billed as such when arriving at the hall and even more annoyed when the judo outfit I handed to him didn't fit. Gamely he agreed to wear it to the ring for the introduction then he shed it immediately and wrestled Clarke in his normal wrestling attire.
As a punter I recall Stockport's "Judo" Al Marquette who wrestled singly and in tag as The Judokas (most regularly with Pete Roberts and occasionally with Terry Jowett).
When I was promoting ('76-'87) it was all about Kung Fu but I did use the judo monicker twice. Once was at Walsall Football Club when I promoted "Judo" John Brown against Klondyke Jake and once was at The Champness Hall in Rochdale when I promoted King Kendo versus The Judoka. King Kendo was, of course, Bill Clarke and The Judoka was Ian Wilson who was quite annoyed to find himself billed as such when arriving at the hall and even more annoyed when the judo outfit I handed to him didn't fit. Gamely he agreed to wear it to the ring for the introduction then he shed it immediately and wrestled Clarke in his normal wrestling attire.
As a punter I recall Stockport's "Judo" Al Marquette who wrestled singly and in tag as The Judokas (most regularly with Pete Roberts and occasionally with Terry Jowett).