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Legendary San Jose State judo coach Yosh Uchida dies at age 104


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San Jose State University judo coach Yoshihiro Uchida smiles after being honored for 70 years of service coaching judo for the University, at the Diaz Compean Student Union at San Jose State University, in San Jose, on Thursday, April 5, 2017. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Uchida was a fixture at San Jose State over eight decades while turning the school into a national power in the martial art that made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games, where he coached the U.S. team.


Originally published at Elliott Almond

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