Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

JUDO PANTS

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

95.5

Width

67.8

Description

PAIR LIGHT WHITE COTTON STRAIGHT-LEG JUDO PANTS WITH DRAWSTRING WAIST. ONE BELT LOOP AT FRONT OF WAIST. EXTRA PATCH OF FABRIC STITCHED TO CROTCH AREA. LARGE TEARS; PANTS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN NUMEROUS AREAS, ESPECIALLY AT BOTTOM OF LEGS AND ALONG BACK OF RIGHT LEG. RECTANGULAR REINFORCEMENT/PATCH ON EACH KNEE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

OUTFIT BELONGED TO DONOR'S BROTHER, DONALD EDWARD SMYKE. WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN JUDO TEAM, AND THE JUDO CLUB IN LETHBRIDGE UNDER YOSH SENDA'S INSTRUCTION BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960. UNIFORM WAS PURCHASED FROM JUDO CLUB. DONALD WAS THE LAST OF DONOR'S THREE OLDER BROTHERS; HE PASSED AWAY IN 1998. ACCORDING TO DONOR, FAMILY LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE ALL THEIR LIVES, BUT SOME WERE BORN IN COUTTS; ALL WENT TO SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR'S GRANDPARENTS MOVED TO COUTTS, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEIR DEATH. PARENTS MOVED FROM THE DAKOTAS TO COUTTS. DONALD SMYKE LIVED ON AN ACREAGE OUTSIDE COALHURST, AND HAD WORKED FOR THE C.P.R. TRANSPORT. JUDO WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE PROVINCE IN 1943 WHEN YOSHIO KATSUTU ESTABLISHED THE RAYMOND JUDO CLUB. MR. KATSUTU WAS BORN IN 1904 IN OKAYAMA, JAPAN, WHERE HE STUDIED JUDO. HE EMIGRATED TO BC IN 1934, AND WAS RELOCATED TO RAYMOND AREA IN 1942. HE WAS INSTRUCTOR WITH THE CLUB FOR 23 YEARS. YOSH SENDA WAS AN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR WHEN THE CLUB FIRST STARTED, AND STAYED 9 YEARS THERE. HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952 AND TAUGHT JUDO HERE. THE CLUB WAS DISBANDED IN 1966. SENDA COACHED THE YMCA JUDO CLUB FOR 26 YEARS; WAS U OF L JUDO COACH FOR 11 YEARS, WAS A CHAMPION AT A 1937 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP, AND A PROVINCIAL CHAMP IN 1958 AND 1959. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN AMATEUR ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ON JULY 18, 1979. HE WAS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INSTRUCTOR. ***PLEASE NOTE: DONOR WISHES DONALD SMYKE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS DONOR WHEN ITEMS ARE DISPLAYED. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A JUDO SUIT DONATED BY BUD SMYKE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. BUDDY “BUD” MELVIN SMYKE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 64 ON FEBRUARY 22, 2001. HE WAS THE SON OF FRANK WILLIAM SMYKE AND EMILY JEANETTE SMYKE (NEE RHODE/ROADY). HIS BROTHERS WERE JAMES FRANK SMYKE (DIED AGE 61 ON MARCH 12, 1993); DONALD EDWARD SMYKE (DIED AGE 64 ON JUNE 28, 1998); AND LYLLE DOUGLAS SMYKE (DIED AGE 56 ON AUGUST 5, 1992). FRANK WILLIAM SMYKE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 76 ON NOVEMBER 3, 1977. EMILY JEANETTE SMYKE (NEE RHODE/ROADY) WAS BORN IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVED TO JENSEN, SK AS A CHILD. IN 1929 SHE MOVED TO COUTTS, THEN TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1942. SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MARQUIS HOTEL AND PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 57 IN AUGUST 1963. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19980052001

Acquisition Date

1999-02

Collection

Museum

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