was a
Japanese
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judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
and
professional wrestler
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who is widely considered one of the
greatest judoka of all time.
[Jim Chen, Theodore Chen]
The Man Who Defeated Helio Gracie.
July 3, 2003. He won the All-Japan Judo Championships three times in a row for the first time in history and had never lost a judo match from 1936 to 1950. An author said," In the history of judo, no one is the strongest before Kimura and no one is the strongest after Kimura." He has often been described as the strongest judoka in history. In
submission grappling
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, the
reverse ude-garami
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arm lock is often called the "Kimura",
[Attack The Bac]
The Kimura – A History & Techniques
Retrieved on August 9, 2018 due to his famous victory over
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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founder
Hélio Gracie
Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009) was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, also ...
. In the
Japanese professional wrestling
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world, he is known for the controversial match he had with
Rikidōzan
(born Kim Sin-rak; ; November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963), better known as Rikidōzan (), was a Korean-born Japanese wrestler who competed in sumo and professional wrestling. He was known as The Father of Puroresu, and one of the most inf ...
.
Biography
Kimura was born on September 10, 1917, in
Kumamoto
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had a population of 1,461,000, ...
, Japan. Masahiko Kimura began training Judo at age of 9 and was promoted to yondan (4th dan) at the age of 15 after six years of Judo. He had defeated six opponents (who were all 3rd and 4th dan) in a row. In 1935 at age 18 he became the youngest ever godan (5th degree black belt) when he defeated eight consecutive opponents at
Kodokan
The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The ''kōdōkan'' was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. Etymology
Literally, ''kō'' ( ...
(headquarters for the main governing body of Judo).
![Tatuguma Ushijima Kimura Masahiko](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Tatuguma_Ushijima_Kimura_Masahiko.JPG)
Kimura's remarkable success can in part be attributed to his fanatical training regimen, managed by his teacher,
Tatsukuma Ushijima
Tatsukuma Ushijima (牛島辰熊, March 10, 1904 – May 26, 1985) was a Japanese judoka and former All-Japan judo championships, All-Japan judo champion, who was also known as a teacher of Masahiko Kimura, a famous judoka. His nickname was "The ...
.
Kimura
reportedly lost only four judo matches in his lifetime, all occurring in 1935.
[Jim Chen M.D]
Masahiko Kimura Biography
He considered quitting judo after those losses, but through the encouragement of friends he began training again. He consistently practiced the leg throw
osoto gari
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo
as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also included in the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. ...
(large outer reap) against a tree.
[ Daily ]randori
is a term used in Japanese martial arts to describe free-style practice (sparring). The term denotes an exercise in 取り ''tori'', applying technique to a random ( 乱 ''ran'') succession of ''uke'' attacks.
The actual connotation of ''rando ...
or sparring sessions at Tokyo Police and Kodokan dōjō
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s resulted in numerous opponents suffering from concussion
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s and losing consciousness. Many opponents asked Kimura not to use his osoto gari.[
At the height of his career, Kimura's training involved a thousand push-ups and nine-hours practice every day. He was promoted to 7th dan at age 30, a rank that was frozen after disputes with Kodokan over becoming a professional wrestler, refusing to return the All Japan Judo Championship flag, and issuing dan ranks while in Brazil.][
Kimura also entered ]Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
in his pursuit of martial arts, believing that karate would strengthen his hands. First, he trained what today is known as Shotokan
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" throu ...
Karate under its founder Gichin Funakoshi
was a japanese martial artist who is regarded as the founder of Shotakan karate, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato,Funakoshi, Gichi ...
for two years, but eventually switched to training Goju-Ryu Karate under So-Nei Chu (a pupil of Goju-Ryu karate founder Chojun Miyagi) and finally became an assistant instructor, along with Gogen Yamaguchi and Masutatsu Oyama
, more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. A Zainichi Korean, he spent most of his life living in Japan and acquired Japanese ci ...
in his dōjō (the latter also going to university together with him and Aikido master Gozo Shioda
was a Japanese master of aikido who founded the Yoshinkan style of aikido.[makiwara
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(a karate training implement) as taught to him by So Neichu and his friend and training partner Masutatsu Oyama, as being a significant contributor to his consequent tournament success. He began using the makiwara daily prior to his first All Japan success and never lost another competition bout.
Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie
In 1949, after touring for Hawaii, Kimura and his troupe formed by judoka Toshio Yamaguchi and Yukio Kato went to Brazil after an invitation by the '' Sao Paulo Shimbun''. There they were challenged by Hélio Gracie
Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009) was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, also ...
of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu
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.[Chen, J. (''c.'' 2003)]
Masahiko Kimura (1917–1993): The man who defeated Helio Gracie
Retrieved on April 7, 2010. Gracie proposed a match under what would be known as the " Gracie Rules", in which throws and pins would not count towards victory, with only submission or loss of consciousness.[ This played against judo rules in which pins and throws can award someone a victory, but they accepted nonetheless. Kato was the first to accept the challenge, drawing with Hélio Gracie in their match at the Maracana stadium. However, he lost to Gracie by gi choke in the rematch at the ]Ibirapuera
Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million ...
in Sao Paulo
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. Hélio proposed to continue with the challenge, and Yamaguchi appointed himself the next to fight. Kimura, however, volunteered to fight in his place.
The bout between Gracie and Kimura took place again in the Maracana stadium, before an audience of 20,000 people, including president of Brazil
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Getúlio Vargas
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. The expectation was such that, according to a source, Kimura had been warned by the Japanese embassy that he would not be welcomed back in Japan if he lost the match.[Mehdi]
Roberto Pedreira, Global Training Report. December 2001 Kimura was received in the arena with raw eggs and insults by the Brazilian crowds, and the Gracie challengers brought a coffin to symbolize Kimura would be dead, just like they had done with Kato. At the start of the match, Hélio tried to throw him down with osoto gari
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo
as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also included in the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. ...
and ouchi gari Ouchi or Ōuchi may refer to:
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Japan
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, but Kimura blocked them and scored multiple throws by ouchi gari, harai goshi
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. It belongs to the second group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo, and cl ...
, uchi mata and ippon seoi nage
The is a throw in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p. It is a variant of Seoi nage, and is one of the nineteen accepted techniques in Shinmeisho No Waza of Kodokan Judo. It is classified a ...
.[Jim Chen, M.D. and Theodore Che]
Masahiko Kimura The Man Who Defeated Helio Gracie
Retrieved on April 24, 2012 However, Helio Gracie was able to perform ukemi
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thanks to the soft mat used in competitions, so Kimura couldn't subdue him by throwing alone. The judoka started planning a way to win between throw and throw, and at the second round he took the fight to the ground, pinning Gracie with kuzure-kami-shiho-gatame
is one of the seven mat holds, Osaekomi-waza, of Kodokan Judo, a variation of Kami shiho gatame. In grappling terms, it is categorized as a north-south hold.
Technique description
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. After a number of holds by the Japanese, including kesa-gatame, sankaku-jime and do-jime
is a chokehold in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Do-jime is one of the four forbidden techniques, ...
, the Brazilian looked unable to breathe under Kimura, but he persevered until he tried to switch position by pushing with his arm. At that moment, Kimura seized the limb and executed gyaku-ude-garami. Hélio did not surrender, and Kimura rotated the arm until it broke. As Gracie still refused to give up, Masahiko twisted the arm further and broke it again. Finally, when the judoka was about to twist it a third time, Gracie's corner threw the towel, and Kimura was declared winner. A crowd of Japanese came and tossed Kimura high in celebration, while doctors treated Hélio's arm. As a tribute to Kimura's victory, the armlock technique he used to defeat Gracie has since been commonly referred to as the ''Kimura lock
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'', or simply the ''Kimura'', in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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and, more recently, mixed martial arts
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circles.
Kimura in professional wrestling
In the early 1950s, Kimura founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling Association.[''Sports Graphic Number'']
vol. 70 February 19, 1983. He was also invited by Rikidōzan
(born Kim Sin-rak; ; November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963), better known as Rikidōzan (), was a Korean-born Japanese wrestler who competed in sumo and professional wrestling. He was known as The Father of Puroresu, and one of the most inf ...
to compete as a professional wrestler
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in his Japan Pro Wrestling Association. They performed both as tag team partners and as opponents, but Kimura was not marketed or publicized as much as Rikidōzan. The Rikidōzan vs. Kimura match for the Japanese Professional Wrestling Heavyweight title was the first high-profile match, but, according to Kimura, it didn't go as planned, being one of the earliest examples of a shoot
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in modern professional wrestling.
The match was supposed to go to a draw and set up a series of rematches, but they never happened. During its course, in a spot in which Kimura would let Rikidōzan strike him with a karate chop in the chest, Rikidōzan broke the script and attacked Kimura for real, striking him in the neck instead and using full force. According to the judoka, the chop hit his neck arteries and he was rendered unconscious, while his opponent started to kick him on the ground. Rikidōzan won the match by knockout, and Kimura never received a rematch.
On December 8, 1963, while partying in a Tokyo nightclub, Rikidōzan was stabbed with a urine-soaked blade by gangster Katsushi Murata who belonged to the ninkyō dantai Sumiyoshi-ikka
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. He died a week later of peritonitis
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on December 15. Kimura's participation in the incident was suspected, as he is quoted in his autobiography as saying: "I could not forgive his treachery. That night, I received a phone call informing me that several ten yakuza are on their way to Tokyo to kill Rikidozan." However, Japanese author Toshiya Masuda would release in 2011 the book ''Why Kimura Didn't Kill Rikidozan'', in which this theory is dismissed.
Kimura formed the International Pro Wrestling Force (IPWF), a promotion based in his hometown of Kumamoto, as a local affiliate of The Japan Wrestling Association (JWA). Although JWA later took over operations, IPWF is remembered for being the first Japanese promotion to introduce Mexican Lucha Libre
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wrestlers.
Some biographers note that his professional wrestling career began shortly after his wife was diagnosed with tuberculosis
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, and it is speculated by some that he began professional wrestling to pay for her medication. Indeed, the predicament was likely beyond the financial means of a police
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instructor, which was his paying job prior to professional wrestling.
In the Korean film about Rikidozan released in 2004, Kimura is portrayed by Masakatsu Funaki
is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), ...
but his surname is written ''Imura'' rather than Kimura.
Kimura vs. Waldemar Santana
Kimura went to Brazil again in 1959 to conduct his last professional wrestling tour, and he was challenged by Waldemar Santana to a "real" (not choreographed) submission match.[ Santana, a champion in ]jiu-jitsu
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and capoeira
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managed by Carlson Gracie
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Carlson Gr ...
, was 27 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighed 205 lb, 40 lbs more than Masahiko, and had knocked out Hélio Gracie
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in a fight lasting more than three hours. Carlson and Santana declared not to be afraid of Kimura, which Kimura answered by letting the press witness his trainings at Academia Cinelândia, where he allowed partners to try to choke him and smiled while they failed.[ The Gracie side proposed a grappling match followed by a rematch under ]vale tudo
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rules ten days later, with Kimura accepting both. It was also suggested a match against Carlson, but the latter declined due to a hand injury.[
The first match was placed on July 1 at Maracanãzinho stadium, and it was fought in ]judogi
''Judogi'' (柔道着 or 柔道衣), also called keikogi or dogi, is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Judo practice and competition.
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s and four ten-minute rounds. Expectation was low, as Santana was expected not to be a match for Kimura.[ Indeed, Santana fought through the match with what newspapers described as a defensive strategy, at one point trying to throw himself and Kimura out of the ring, although he scored one solid takedown at one point.][ Nonetheless, the judoka threw Santana with ]seoi nage
is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Thro ...
, hane goshi
is a throw in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p.74–75,204 It is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the third group, Sankyo, of the tradition ...
and osoto gari
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo
as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also included in the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. ...
, and finally applied his famous gyaku-ude-garami.[ Newspaper '']Correio da Manha
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'' described the match as a "cat and mouse
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affair", while '' Diario de Noite'' stated "Kimura won at will".[
The second, on the other hand, attracted much more interest, as Santana was a veteran of vale tudo competition while Kimura was not.][ Hosted on July 12 at Antônio Balbino arena, it would pit Santana against a Kimura on low physical conditions due to illness, as registered in ''Diario de Noite'' and Kimura's own autobiography. According to the latter, promoters supposedly threatened the judoka with police presence in order to compel him to fight against his doctor's orders.][Masahiko Kimur]
Excerpt from ''My Judo''
1984. The two fighters started trading punches and kicks, but the capoeirista soon showed his superiority on this field, damaging Masahiko with high kicks and open-handed strikes. The judoka headbutted him in the abdomen and took him down, where he punished Santana with elbow strike
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s and more headbutts. Waldemar escaped, however, and answered with another headbutt from the clinch
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against the ropes.[ Kimura tried to execute ]ippon seoi nage
The is a throw in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p. It is a variant of Seoi nage, and is one of the nineteen accepted techniques in Shinmeisho No Waza of Kodokan Judo. It is classified a ...
, but he slipped and fell to the ground, where Santana started striking him with punches and headbutts through his guard
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* Prison ...
. Eventually, the judoka caught the Brazilian in the momentum of a headbutt and broke his nose with a punch from the bottom. The competitors, both tired and bleeding, disengaged and returned to standing, where they continued exchanging strikes until the clock marked the end of the match.[
]
Death
Kimura died on April 18, 1993, after a long battle with lung cancer
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. He was 75 years old.
Achievements
*All-Japan Collegiate Championships (1935)
*7th All Japan Judo Championship (1937)
*8th All Japan Judo Championship (1938)
*9th All Japan Judo Championship (1939)
*Ten-Ran Shiai tournament (1940)
*1947 West Japan Judo Championship
*1949 All Japan Judo Championship
*1936 Takudai Kosen Judo Championship
See also
*Takushoku University
Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).
*Armlock
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* Shoulderlock
Footnotes
Sources
*Jim Chen M.D
Masahiko Kimura Biography
*Masahiko Kimura (1984
- interviewed in 1994 by Nishi Yoshinori from ''Kakutou Striking Spirit''
*Attack The Bac
The Kimura – A History & Techniques
External links
* - Long TV documentary of Japan
Performing the reverse ude-garami (Kimura) from closed guard
*
Aikido and Judo – Interview with Gozo Shioda and Masahiko Kimura
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1917 births
1993 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Japanese male judoka
Japanese male professional wrestlers
Takushoku University alumni
20th-century Japanese people