Rikidozan vs Masahiko Kimura (1954 - Part 1/2)

JWA 12/22/54 - PART 1/2

[@grumblekin]

Rikidozan was the baddest S.O.B. in wrasslin'. A legend.

[@JuliusC1973]

I've read about this, but never seen it. Thank you for posting this.

[@z31rider24]

Chuck Nordell well said. Gene Le Bell has said he learned the Double wrist lock from Karl Gotch. Gene who's in his 80's has trained in Judo in Japan and United states in many schools thru out his career. Gene has always given credit to the Pro Wrestlers for teaching him certain finishing holds. You would think with a credible Martial Artist like Gene that he would give credit to Judo for learning the Double wrist lock aka Kimura technique.

[@derrickguerrero7704]

i t was supposed to be a staged draw yet rikidozan isnt letting kimura do anything this was planned from the start i bet

[@jimmyalderson1639]

Derrick Guerrero this is one of the earliest examples of straight shooting

[@kk-rp6yw]

Rikidosan is korean

[@RobertSmith-us7gs]

Kimura ,greatest legend,that ever lived,and Rikidozan too...this match is show!all respect to these fighters!

[@skrimpshidy]

Well, Japanese gave us Judo. Apparently we gave them Pompadors. I'd say we're even.

[@jeegunugger1871]

Pompa what?

[@panther2552]

@superlyger funny thing was Kimura was taught the double wrist lock later to be known as the kimura by Karl Gotch. These days that move should be renamed the Sakuraba.

[@itiswhatitis8531]

quit spamming fake history pinkboy

[@dohoangquan35]

can someone explain to me why Rikidozan was killed in 1963 for his betrayal nearly ten years ago?

[@randomguy8752]

Rikidozan wasnt exactly an upstanding citizen lmao

[@dohoangquan35]

@@randomguy8752 sure, but the point here is why he was murdered after a double-cross that happened a long time ago.

[@BigBoy-fl1rv]

NO

[@BigBoy-fl1rv]

@@dohoangquan35 No

[@bestlobjagamer348]

how it feels to have your question answered after 9 years

[@kellanroyds9400]

Kimura made a bad kick, rikidozan took it too far and went off on kimura, kimura thought it was still fake and just alittle improve thus he accepted the beating until it was too late. Rikidozan should not have done what he did but later on, he was stabbed to death by yakuza because of the match

[@gbody2617]

Kimura talked too much crap and got beat up fair and square so hush up that Kimura didn't realize it was a shoot until it was too late. I'm sure you'd know the difference between a work punch and a shoot punch and then several of them coming. 😂

[@ejektro]

@BakaYaru13 actually it is claimed by Masahiko that the match between him and Rikidozan was ment to be staged and was the first of what was supposed to be several matches to raise a fanbase for the union of thier wrestleing federations.. But that Rikidozan started hitting Masahikio for real because he was greedy and eventually knocked Kimura out.. Later Masahiko got a call from Yakuza that said they were going to kill Rikidozan.. Not much later Riki was stabbed and died a week later.

[@richardtaylor422]

Love Japanese rasslin!!!

[@user-wm3co5uo5r]

It was staged until he slapped him really hard. ..I think he went blurry after that

[@drscruffylupagus]

2:15 of part 2 will tell you why.

[@MindOverMatterBjj420]

Kimura was da man!

[@superlyger]

@panther2552 the double wristlock is a staple of Judo known as the UDE GARAMI. The application is identical to the catch applications. FYI Kimura knew this submission long before he met Karl Gotch in the 60s. He actually broke Helio Gracies arm with this hold- a full decade before he met Gotch. Gotch also trained extensively in Judo, and admired the sport.

[@bpnk5237]

Gotch never trained in judo

[@superlyger]

@@bpnk5237 yes he did- Kimura’s dojo. His wife had to wash blood off of the Gi. Also Gotch lived in Japan and cross trained extensively. His style is not simply from Wigan.

[@bpnk5237]

@@superlyger gotch lived in japan and trained japanese wrestlers in catch wrestling, i have studied his bio and no proof of him training in judo, but yes catch was a hybrid wrestling system that derived from many martial arts and wrestling style.

[@superlyger]

@@bpnk5237Matt Furey mentions this at the Saylor Dojo. You can email Matt Furey who was in Gotch’s company. Did you know that Karl Gotch studied pehelwani? He also knew yoga and Savate. Gotch Cross trained extensively. He even said he likes Sambo. Gotch wasn’t just a catch wrestler. Hence, he and Inoki are considered the fathers of Shoot Wrestling.

[@superlyger]

@@bpnk5237 "I was so glad when Karl quit going to judo and jiu-jitsu. It was so hard washing everyone else’s blood from his gi every night." - Ella Istaz, Gotch's wife

[@user-di5lh1dj4i]

力は北チョコ

[@RobertSmith-us7gs]

Legends

[@Kenchan2012]

Kimura lost at the quarrel which Kimura started. However, so much. In a ring top, results are all. Whatever the rest may say, it becomes only an "excuse." Kimura was only weeded out through natural selection of Pro-Wrestling.

[@hidosogood]

#Aleluya! Gloria a Dios!!! Saludos desde COREA!~~

[@firdaus125]

The original Gracie Hunter

[@itiswhatitis8531]

Gracies were overrated pussies.

[@victorhuarcaya3550]

judo hunter sera

[@mori1145]

八百長に同意した木村さんは名声を落とし、裏切った力道山は若くして命を落とした。どちらも本当の勝者になれなかったのが悲しい

[@Carlos-fh8wk]

Kimura looks like he was still in impressive shape, he looks like an athlete, not someone that lifts weights to look good. In real life Kimura would have killed him.

[@gbody2617]

What are you on about, it turned into real life and he got his ass kicked. 😂

[@hanger2011]

真剣勝負がどうとか次元が低いのよ。これだけの観衆を入れて、ムーブメントが作り出せたかどうか。「私は真剣勝負かどうかなんか観ればわかる」と考えているならば恥ずかしいことなのよ。そこに興業がある。それを熱狂させることが出来ている。これが重要。真剣勝負＝ド真面目な戦いだけと捉えるのは乏しいのよ。「真剣勝負＝口八丁、手八丁も含みながら真剣に勝ち負けを決めない」のも真剣勝負なのよ。ガチンコ＝偽りの無い戦いとして求めるならば、直線的な戦い方だけでなく、サイド的や、嘘八百、全ての五感（それ以上の感覚）を駆使して全身全霊で臨む事こそ、貴方が求めなければならない闘いなのよ。ストイックや制限のある中での鍛錬なんて、２ｍの天井に指が届くかどうかを自己満足で追及しているに過ぎない。要はそれ以上のモノが２ｍ先にあるということ。それがこの試合なワケ。

[@tetsu2436]

この動画を見た全ての人に 「木村政彦はなぜ力道山を殺さなかったのか」（増田俊也著） を読んでからもう一度この動画を見ることをおすすめします

[@yonakanoneko1]

ボクもその本読みましたよ。柔道やってた自分は木村先生は神の様な存在です。

[@user-yd5jr7rw8t]

+tetsu2436 　「木村政彦はなぜ力道山を殺さなかったのか」（増田俊也著）において柔道派、木村派の著者はなんとか木村が真剣勝負なら勝っていたとしたかったようでしたが著者が確認した格闘技の専門家は全て力道山が勝っている、優っているという意見でした。

[@tetsu2436]

+203 東銀座 はい、著者自身もこの本の中で「木村はやはり負けたのだ」と、ひとつの結論を出しております。 私は20年ほど空手をやりましたが、柔道の経験はなく、元々は熱狂的なプロレスファンなので、 特に柔道の肩を持つ理由もなく、本当は木村の方が力道山より強いということを言いたいわけでもありません。 リング上で起こった結果が全てという勝負の鉄則も十分に理解しております。 ただ、この一戦に至るまでの経緯や当時の両者を取り巻く状況などを知ったうえで見るのと知らずに見るのとでは、 この動画から受け取る印象も自ずと変わってくるのでは？という思いから上記のようなコメントをしました。 リング内外で交錯する虚々実々の駆け引きを読み取るのがプロレスの醍醐味とするならば、 60年以上も前に行われたこの世紀の一戦こそまさにプロレスの魅力と魔力が凝縮された 日本プロレス史の原点かつ記念碑的な試合。 この伝説の一戦を、まずは一切の先入観なく真っ新な眼で一度見て、 然る後に、著者の心血を注いで記された乾坤一擲とも言えるこの一冊の書籍を読み終えてから再度見たならば、 必ずやそれが極上のスパイスとなってリング上の虚と実をくっきりと浮かび上がらせてくれるはず。 即ちこれは柔道派でも木村派でもない、 プロレスに少なからず人生の航路を狂わされた、いちプロレスファンの世迷い言と思って頂ければ本望、 そこからどのような結論を導き出すかは人それぞれ、そこに何かを強制する意図は毛頭ありません。 追伸 他の動画では少し違ったニュアンスのコメントを残しているので、 こういった返信が来るのもさもありなんと理解しております。 一年前にコメントした時点ではまさにこの書籍を読み終えたばかりだったので、 自ずと木村の方に肩入れしてしまっていたのは事実です（笑） 今回のコメントは一年経ってより冷静に、 本来のプロレスファンという自分の立ち位置に戻って 改めてこの一戦に対する自分のスタンスを図り直したものと思って頂ければ幸いです。 長文・駄文、失礼致しました。 返信ありがとうございます。

[@user-rw5iu9es7s]

tetsu2436 é bonito a sua escrita, a infelicidade minha não saber.

[@user-kf6np9dg9g]

私も読みました。

[@carlsarayno5191]

Riki trick kimura by his every day WWE move,kimura believed that riki was just acting,like other game,so he is helping riki's move,but then riki is not stopping

[@Disastorm]

@BakaYaru13 Actually you are wrong. Professional Wrestling was still staged back then and in fact, Kimura said the match was originally supposed to be a draw but Rikidozan broke their plan and surprise attacked him for real at the end and knocked him unconscious.

[@dhksrksalem]

キム　シンラクｖｓ木村雅彦

[@miguellopes6687]

O Kimura levou uma surra !

[@carlsarayno5191]

And kimura didint hit the groin hard after the fight kimura confess that rikidozan suddenly acting weird and he apologize to kimura later

[@davidsonh29]

Mizuno forever.

[@leopurpleman]

It's look like just a some wwe stuff

[@chaos_omega]

It's pro wrestling... but it turns into a real fight in the second part.

[@panther2552]

@superlyger from what i've read on his bio he met Gotch in 1950 the year before he fought Helio, while they were wrestling for Rikidozan and he learned Catch as can Catch wrestling.

[@halfmanhalfmetal]

If you turn on the translate caption at 8:39 the commentary is "3 increasing the proportion of women participating suggest all possibilities".

[@bathiya01]

hay i dont c this as a real fight is it?

[@Kenchan2012]

Part 1/2 is obviously Wrestling show.

[@insertsloganhere]

This is so obviously fixed, Kimura must have been broke or a true fake wrestling fan to agree to this.

[@IskandarTheWack]

@MrRichard13077 Kimura does judo.

[@superlyger]

@exe2517 According to Kimura's Biography The Kimura Rikidozan matches were to be draws. And that this particular match was a shoot due to Rikis greed. Kimura was stunned and suprised. Yes he did get in to Pro Wrestling for the money and to possibly afford treatment for his wife.

[@Moodymongul]

Oddly, they do shake hands (and Kimura appears to bow his head) after this fight. So I wonder. I don't think Kimura admitted (even privately) being involved in the killing. It could simply have been some one who deciding to defend Kimuras pride (without telling him first).

[@carlsarayno5191]

Even this terrible thing happen,if u study more about kimura u will love him,his good nature his strengh,riki never accept 2ndmatch cuz he is coward and cheater

[@shiroroy]

kimura is a great fighter he defeated helio gracie and the kimura lock was named after him

[@xleax6479]

@dudesrock2 I don't understand - where did he betray him?

[@J8den]

xleax 7years later; he betrayed him in part 2 after the accidental groin shot

[@gengen6053]

力道山１７６Cmしかないのか、木村はもっと低い

[@BakaYaru13]

This is professional wrestling before it was corrupted and staged. Look up the entire history of catch wrestling and you'll understand

[@superlyger]

RIKIDOZAN double crossed Kimura in the last minute. This suprised Kimura. He was obviously stunned and the match went to the very greedy RIKIDOZAN. Bare in mind that Kimura handily beat Helio, and also defeated the then much younger and bigger Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter Waldemar Santana.. Someone who would have killed a Rikidozan, who Lou Thesz said was an OK wrestler. Not a Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, or a Bad News Allen.

[@gbody2617]

Uh huh, sure! Kimura just got beat plain and simple. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@UnitedPebbles]

@universetechnique So was I. I was also here. You must remember me!

[@OprVer]

Can't you get a Japanese person to sub this thing? would really like to know what they are saying.

[@betoleal747]

Pro-wrestiling?

[@zhakeratrunojoyo9925]

Awal mula wcw dimulai. Ternyata berasal dari Jepang

[@gerard3344]

BBJ is definitely not the spring of Judo.

[@OVERCAPITALIZE]

@juicespirit Its fake.. they choreography the fight, suppose to be a draw, but Rikidozan betray kimura. Plus Judo off spring is BJJ so...

[@gerard3344]

BBJ is definitely not the spring of Judo.

[@santannakarate]

I can not understand!! Kimura was beaten easy was not he??

[@kaboton]

力道山ってしょっぱい試合も多いけど、この試合の序盤に限ってはなかなかいい試合をしている

[@john171988]

Kimura is a very dirty fighter. Sadly he sucks at it. hence the beating.

[@carlsarayno5191]

And john riki bully his people alot, exmple Inoki he was treat it like garbage,not just him there is so many people confess how riki is terrible person.

[@john171988]

actually. if you actually watch the whole video, you'll see Kimura kicking Riki in the groin. I am pretty sure that part wasn't part of the plan. A low blow should be punished. So who betrayed who? Kimura saw that coming. Glad he got a beating. Justice served

[@LJSJIUJITSU]

What a work. In a legit match Kimura would have beat this guy pretty easily.

[@gbody2617]

It was real but do you mean how he beat your god Helio? Like that? 😂

[@mrphilosophical]

Ippon for kimura !

[@carlsarayno5191]

Unfortunate of kimura is, he trust rikidozan, kikura had korian friend like ooyama but he is good person, not like rikidozan,and likes of u,korian boy.

[@sumoshinobi]

yeah but it started to get staged in the 1910's is swear i'm not lying

[@juicespirit]

Real or not, Rikkidozan definately looks the stronger and able in this match. judo is not made for wrestling//

[@bestlobjagamer348]

Judo against someone who isnt wearing kimono and is heavy af is struggle + he is wrestler no way he will let himself get in position to be threw by Kimura

[@aktorenurgozha2842]

Бусидо?))

[@luchador1764]

What you are watching here folks, is Pro-Wrestling.

[@carlsarayno5191]

John if u want to said kimura betray first and cheat,u should look many study and books did in japan,u will find u self wrong.

[@zero107akb]

ノーギの時点で力道山の圧倒的有利に見えるがアームロック本気で極める気だったら極められたように見える

[@mitenbaraiya3847]

I request RagingBull to add 1 more video of Rikidoza vs Dara Sing (Indian wrestler ) winner of title world cup holder.

[@yasumotonoboru]

@ejektro @dudesrock2 This fight was in 1954. Rikidozan died in 1963.

[@NWA1972AWA]

今では力道山の味方をする人居るのかな？ 木村政彦さんの方が正しい。

[@carlsarayno5191]

There is hardly no reason to do such terrible thing in front of all japanese people, kimura is good person, why?Becouse Riki had secret.

[@thaboyshawn5911]

It’s sad what modern day Japanese wrestling has turned into it used to be a respected and treated like a sport now it’s just an embarrassment in many cases

[@STUDIOGRAFICOPADOVA]

e va bè, peserà 10kg in meno poretto

[@Kenchan2012]

Unlike now, professional wrestling of those days is quite primitive. Half earnest, a half got-up affair. It might change earnest from the fake affair by the feeling at that time and audience.

[@carlsarayno5191]

Also kimura didint hit groin, his kick hit in lower abdomen.

[@Diabolik3]

Riki had ovaries you know!

[@mirceakemal1290]

?????????????????

[@davidholzer4155]

Stupid question. Is he where Lesnar's kimura lock comes from

[@carlsarayno5191]

Kimura and riki if they did real fight not WWE kimura will kick his ass,but riki dont want to fight real,so he never accept 2nd match,cuz then he will get beat

[@thefnaffan2]

This isn't a real fight ,,, this is wwf shit....

[@clubwin]

普通に力道山が強いだろ。木村さんは小さいし、動きも悪い

[@Anajeoyo]

So many japanese here... Who believe japanese theseday?

[@artlifemen]

아 쇼와의 간류지마

[@mrphilosophical]

what bullshit there, kimura is too much for rikidozan !

[@HHHEEEYYYHHHEEEYYY]

ya ma ttae

[@kobeya2023]

木村氏にプロレスラーとしてお客さんを沸かす試合をしようという意欲があまりにも無いので、 力道山がだんだん苛立って来ているようにも見えるけど。 超実力派柔道家としてのプライドなのか、単にプロレスラーとしての技術が無かったのかやる気がなかったのか。

[@waruiotoko]

八百長崩れという話は聞いたけど、一体本当の真実は何なのかは別として にわかな格闘ファンの私から見たら、この戦い自体最初から木村氏にハンディが大きすぎる。当時力道山３０才１０８kgV.S木村政彦３８才９５kg 普通に考えたら勝ち目がない。階級も違うし、年のハンディも違いすぎる。

[@carlsarayno5191]

John You are shallow mind kimura's kick is regular prowrestling kick nothing crazy after all this is not real fight it japanese WWE

[@marchan320i]

真剣勝負ではないことが明らかだ。なぜ木村は投げっぱなしで腕がらみその他の関節技にすぐ行かないんだ？しかも木村がボディスラムなどの大技で簡単に投げられている。ありえない。なにかしらの打ち合わせがあったと考えるのが自然だ。

[@dudesrock2]

It's a shame Rikidozan betrayed Kimura like that just for the glory of wining since he got shanked with a urine-soaked blade by the Yakuza for it, shame

[@ukulelelenoojisan]

力道山の方が頭脳戦で上手だったということか

[@brianlogan4243]

gUYS, THIS MATCH RIGHT HERE IS THE ORIGINS OF WRESTLING AND mma IN jAPAN AND bRAZIL...

[@saporob]

You are an idiot.

[@brianlogan4243]

How is it not? JWA followed this, then NJPW and AJPW.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Because Brazil was holding Profession Wresting matches with Americans since the early 1920s and 1930s onward. lol Example George Gracie was a famous Pro Wrestler in the 1930s besides his already famous Jiujitsu family. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXnamoRoYph6aZY And Brazil was doing MMA in the 1930s and up. You welcome.... www.google.com/search?q=Helio+Gracie+vs.+Waldemar+Santana&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiliainl5LWAhXjlFQKHZzGDMwQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=662

[@ruggero33]

man, what a kind of theathrical fight. that's the reason why i rather Brazzillian Jiu Jitsu.

[@robertpost5088]

+Rogerio Silva Logic, 0.

[@stuartpost6407]

+Robert Post your name is like my name!!

[@ruggero33]

+Stuart Post Do you meaning Rogério?

[@stuartpost6407]

Clearly not...

[@ruggero33]

Ultraman vs Ultraseven. I just missed the fake paper buildings on the ring.😂

[@user-ne3oo2cd4k]

170センチ台半ばの力道山に比べて二回り以上木村選手小さいね

[@oomoji1]

八百長試合であり力道山は裏切った。しかし力道山の強さも本物であるのは確か。プロレス界の象徴、力道山が殺されたのは悲しいものである。

[@RonnySayfan]

work. bad.

[@juan.j7013]

This figth look fake

[@OVERCAPITALIZE]

If it was a real match, kimura would have killed him.

[@seteetlemonde7656]

FAKE

[@kracksmith4ejm1]

why would a guy as legit and reputable as kimura participate in a fake match??

[@richardman4977]

He needed money and back then there really wasnt any money in martial arts.

[@THEBAIRAMAN]

Anyone who call rikidozan fake are the same clowns who think mike tyson is an good boxer

[@translabotranslabo04]

普通の人たちにしか見えない・・・ オーラも迫力も全編なし・・

[@carlsarayno5191]

あと、付け加えるけど、2mcの先にあるものって、名声の事?金？失敗してるのに?力道山が卑怯者である事はもう未来永劫忘れないだろう、調べれば調べる程力道山の喧嘩の弱さ、格闘技で弱い事が分かる、本当に強い人はこんな事しない、(弱い人ほど、薄情である、真の優しさは強い人にしか期待出来ない)byナポレオン

[@carlsarayno5191]

興業とか、言ってる人いるけど、この試合の力道山のした事でプロレスが潰れかけたのに、ビジネスとして、失敗しているのに、何、ふざけた事を言うか、いつも、思うが、プロレスファンは卑怯だ、都合が良ければ、真剣勝負といい、悪ければ、ショーと言い、はたまた、そう言うかと思えば、格闘技とか言う、ふざけるな。

[@user-np3ef2qn4o]

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