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Archive Home > 2006 > June > 13 > Judo: the gentle way

Judo: the gentle way

Bend man now an eight-time Oregon state champion

By Abbie Beane / The Bulletin
June 13, 2006

It's every runt's dream: the idea that someone who exaggerates when he claims to weigh 130 pounds could throw someone nearly 100 pounds heavier in defense of his lunch money, his dignity, or even his life.

At the age of 13, Nathan Pietsch was already figuring out how to live that very dream as a....

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