378: If You Want to Be a Champion, You Can't Just Lie Around Sleeping Like Everybody Else. "Kimura".
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🗓️ 22 March 2023
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦, Kimura Masahiko, September 10, 1917 – April 18, 1993) was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler who is widely considered one of the greatest judoka of all time.[1][2][3] 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."[4] He has often been described as the strongest judoka in history.[5] In submission grappling, the reverse ude-garami arm lock is often called the "Kimura",[6] due to his famous victory over Gracie jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie. In the Japanese professional wrestling world, he is known for the controversial match he had with Rikidōzan.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Jockel podcast number 378 with echo Charles and me jockel willing good evening echo good evening |
| 0:07.6 | I was in his control as soon as we stood close to each other. I had no time to even hold or grapple him |
| 0:14.7 | I |
| 0:15.8 | Was taken into the ground and I got choked at first. It was difficult to breathe. I |
| 0:21.9 | Felt it working enough. So I was wondering if I should tap as I promised Carlos |
| 0:27.4 | Well, this is what I've never told anybody before it seems I went unconscious |
| 0:35.3 | While I was thinking about what to do to give up or not |
| 0:40.2 | If Camira had continued to choke me I would have died for sure |
| 0:46.2 | But since I didn't give up Camira let go of the choke and went into the next technique |
| 0:51.8 | Being released from the choke and the pain from the next technique revived me and I continued to fight |
| 0:58.9 | Camira went to his grave without ever knowing the fact that I was finished if possible |
| 1:04.5 | I wish I could have talked about the fight with him and let him know about it |
| 1:11.7 | Camira was strong strong and a gentleman |
| 1:16.6 | He spoke in my ear in Japanese good good while catching me with an arm lock |
| 1:21.5 | I don't understand Japanese at all, but strangely I was encouraged by his voice. It gave me power |
| 1:28.1 | I was anxious about it. So I asked him later. He said I was admiring your heart |
| 1:35.1 | Same to him. I think I got the authentic samurai spirit from him |
| 1:40.6 | I might have been Japanese in my previous life |
| 1:46.2 | And that right there is a little quote from the great |
| 1:51.5 | Alio Gracie founder of Gracie, Jiu-Jitsu |
| 1:56.6 | Which in my opinion what they say in my humble opinion |
| 2:00.3 | Sure in my humble opinion kind of makes him the founder of modern martial arts agree disagree |
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