Boy Judo Star (1960)
C, U of a blue shield on a judo jacket with the word Kyushindo embroidered on it. M, S of the judo class in a hall in Highgate, London; they practise falls by all toppling over onto their sides at once, then the instructor, Mr Mayo, demonstrates a forward fall and roll over and the rest of the class do the same. A group of seated spectators are all wearing judo gear. C, U of a small blondhaired boy, JP, watching with his father. M, S of the class as they start to disperse and a girl and man begin to wrestle; C, U as he throws her to the ground and pins her there as Mr M adjusts the man s jacket, then he releases her and they start to wrestle again. C, Us of JP looking up at his father and smiling, the feet of the wrestlers, the girl and man as they wrestle and the girl s head hitting the canvas she is smiling C, U of JP as he comes forward to the mat, then M, S as two other wrestlers bow to each other in the foreground, leave the mat, and JP waits (a bit impatiently) for his turn with Mr M. They
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