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Teddy Roosevelt apparently sparred with a sumo wrestler and other fighters while president. Was this considered strange in the US or abroad? Are there any sources on how the martial artists felt when asked to fight with the president of the US?

by /u/PeculiarPangolinMan in /r/AskHistorians

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