Prior to entering professional wrestling, Pigeon gained combat sport experience by studying judo.

I used to study judo, for sport, when I was younger.

Senercia also studied judo prior to entering the professional wrestling circuit.

Seo also studied judo and gained his black belt in the art while still quite young.

In junior high school, he also studied judo and kendo.

On the spot, the Japanese offered to send him to Japan to study judo.

As a young man, he grew up studying judo, kendo, and aikido.

He began studying judo at age 10, a student of the Class 4 rural school in Old Atagi.

While there, he studied judo at an advanced level, and he continued his studies in this art after returning to the United States.

Already by the age of 7 years, Kobayashi was studying karate, kendo and judo.