Compassionate pugilist.EX-BOXER Eiji Yoshikawa has been getting a lot of press lately, though not for his exploits in the ring. Three years ago, the compassionate pugilist put together the "Peace Makers," Japan's first-ever neighborhood watchdog group to take a bite out Verb 1. bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" of rising crime. Shortly after 9/11, Yoshikawa flew to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. via Amsterdam to make sandwiches for rescue teams. A year later he began lecturing at primary schools and universities across Japan--a golden-gloved Gandhi preaching the virtues of nonviolence, social justice and free-thinking. Eh? A nonviolent boxer? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Actually I encourage the fighting sports," Eiji tells us from a Shikoku primary school. "I want kids to expend all their energy in the dojo do·jo n. pl. do·jos A school for training in Japanese arts of self-defense, such as judo and karate. [Japanese d . Once you have fighting skills, you have the strength not to use them. I title my lectures: 'Ex-fighter on Nonviolence.' I learned from boxing--3 minutes, one round, that's it. You have to do your best. Life is the same. Three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. or 80 years, you must always do your best." Suffice to say, during his years in the ring Yoshikawa never once tried to masticate mas·ti·cate v. To chew food. mas  ti·ca tion n. an opponent's ear.
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