| Nobody really knows when Sakujiro Yokoyama | | | | something nasty was going to happen. Yokoyama |
| was born in Nogata of Toyotama, but everybody | | | | and Mifune were talking and drinking their sake, |
| was aware of the fact, that he was a tall, strong | | | | without taking too much notice of the youngsters |
| and bulky fellow with outstanding judo techniques, | | | | in the corner. |
| such as the yoko sutemi wazas (going on the | | | | At a certain point one of them got up, picked up |
| ground sideways on purpose in order to throw | | | | Yokoyama's coat and hat trying to leave. Of |
| the opponent) and often looking for trouble. | | | | course Yokoyama blocked him, but the young |
| When he moved around, due to his weight and his | | | | fellow started to argue, that it was his coat and |
| big muscles, he resembled more a bear rather | | | | hat. |
| than a panther, but it was what made him | | | | The discussion got out of hand and quite filled |
| successful when he performed his techniques: he | | | | with tension. Within a few seconds the other |
| really had an outstanding power. | | | | twelve got up to help their friend. Mifune avoiding |
| He was a student of Heitaro Inoue of the School | | | | useless violence knocked half of them down |
| of Tenshin Shinyo Ryu. In 1886 (the 19th Year of | | | | within a few seconds with a rapid follow up of |
| the Meiji Era) he entered the Kodokan, but was | | | | judo techniques. |
| not considered a full member even though he had | | | | The rest of the group faced Yokoyama, but he |
| the same skills as a 1st dan of that time. He | | | | did the same as Mifune and knocked them all |
| spent many years at the Kodokan and as one of | | | | down. While all of them ran off, one was blocked |
| the leading people there trained many young | | | | and admitted, that their main objective was to |
| students. | | | | rob their money. |
| In January 1909 he went to a restaurant to have | | | | Due to his quarrelsome behavior Yokoyama liked |
| dinner with Kyuzo Mifune a 5th dan then. While | | | | to start fights and was quite often suspended by |
| they were sitting at their table, there was a group | | | | the Kodokan. He often got involved on street |
| of thirteen young people sitting in a corner talking | | | | fights, the so called "mixed martial arts" |
| under voice and glancing at them once in a while | | | | experiences, which ended with the death of his |
| while they were drinking their sake. | | | | opponents many times. Occasionally he got killed |
| Apparently the situation was perfectly calm, under | | | | by one of his rivals. |
| control and there really was no hint that | | | | |