All Judokas Were Scared By His Incredible Judo Skills. The Greatest Judoka Ever - Masahiko Kimura

[@Lexthebarbarian]

This was gold. I have submitted several bjj black belts with the kimura lock. I love Kimura. A true hero and warrior.

[@Rain-xe5vr]

lol

[@micaylapresley]

And I've submitted a few Judo black belts with the Kimura as a BJJ blue belt.

[@KaiMax_23]

​@@Rain-xe5vrIt rly is hilarious 😂

[@bikeyoshiro]

My father was the same age as Kimura. He sometimes used to refer to Kimura: there is nobody before him and nobody after him. Thank you for your video.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

What about Mifune? Many say he was the best.

[@dmailerdude]

Other than the documentary about Doug Rogers (CAN) and the Gracie match, none of the videos are about Kimura in his fighting time - there are none available unfortunately. This video is mostly showing Isao Okano, another judo great from Japan. Kimura died of lung cancer - he was a big smoker. Met him when he came to Canada in the 1980s.

[@davidmckeown9936]

The Judoka who beat him twice was one of my original Sensei's, Kenshiro Abe, a brilliant Judoka. Kimura said that fighting Abe Sensei was like pushing against a curtain.

[@davidchastell3110]

Where did you train with Abe? One of my very first instructors Bill Burnside also trained with him!!

[@AndreiH1605]

@@davidchastell3110 must've been a long time ago, considering he died 40 years ago

[@davidchastell3110]

@AndreiH1605 well Sensei Bill died about 2 years ago at the age of 89 so yeah I have no doubt he did train with him. Look up the History of the IBC (International Budo Council) which was founded by Abe long before the BJC.

[@AndreiH1605]

@@davidchastell3110 I can believe that. My judo teacher in Japan met Kimura a few times, apparently Kimura was buddies with his teacher and they often did ne-waza together. It's kinda interesting that we think of all these people as legends from times long gone when Kimura was still around to use an internet browser.

[@benparrish672]

​@davidchastell3110 I defeated both of them in No-Gi. I am The NashVillain. Ask them about me. Well damn, I wish i could. They would remember. They'd say, "tht tall, skinny redneck was crazy & unpredictable" I told them that if they defeated me, I'd commit seppuku! Clearly, I'm just being a jackass. If yawl really did train with these legends than very coo & I hope yawl learned a lot. Have a good day fellas

[@Shadowrulzalways]

Kimura was also a street fighter in his youth. Got into several altercations. And when he was a young adult, he got into a fight with Amercian Military Police and used dirty tactics with his Judo. He used Judo the way Kano designed it for. Self-defense.

[@Eng_Simoes]

Well, no. Kano "polished" existing techniques to create a sport suited to education and chivalry.

[@Shadowrulzalways]

@@Eng_Simoes that’s incorrect. He never intended the martial art to be for sport. He intended primarily for self-defense. Chadi made a video on this subject matter. Even Kano’s old notes confirmed self-defense was Judo’s main priority. Hence why he hated the idea of Ne-waza as it was deemed too risky for it.

[@Eng_Simoes]

@@Shadowrulzalways according to wikipedia entry, Jigoro Kano wrote: "By taking together all the good points I had learned of the various schools and adding thereto my own inventions and discoveries, I devised a new system for physical culture and moral training as well as for winning contests." Also, that's what I learned when training judo under japanese sensei.

[@micaylapresley]

@@ShadowrulzalwaysIf Judo had been intended only for defense, it would still be Jujutsu.

[@vamoneygroup]

Actually kano designed judo to strengthen the body to make on a better servant to society. Kano did not like fighting or violence at all.

[@Shazali-ke4sd]

Famous submission lock after his name..so this is the man..

[@tcg413]

the technique's name is gyaku ude garami, not kimura

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

LOL always existed that Skill in Judo.

[@__________o____________]

@@tcg413 Kimura >

[@MFvonDOOM]

​​@@tcg413It's called kimura for a reason. Do your research bud

[@brightnesssilver]

この動画に引用されている試合映像は、ほとんど岡野功先生のものです。

[@thirdaccount106]

Can you do other videos? I want to see about the 4 demons of judo and various people after that around that time period

[@joshsera]

AI voiceovers suck.

[@أفكاريوأطواري]

The video maker is not serious ! He is talking about kimura but he is putting isao okano image...! 🤦

[@blakewangler230]

I heard allegedly the weight difference was more around 20 lb between Kimura and Helio. Judo truely is underrated i love the Kansetsu Waza and Nage Waza.

[@abner2193]

BJJ folks like to inflate how great their founders were and make up myths of them. Kid Peligro's book claims that Kimura was much larger and heavier than Helio which is untrue. Kimura was only 5'7" and not a heavyweight by any means.

[@Rain-xe5vr]

20 Pounds? Helio was a bean pole. Kimura was a fatty. Lol.

[@kipchika5989]

@@Rain-xe5vr a fatty?? u must be blind

[@micaylapresley]

@@abner2193Helio Gracie weighed 130-135 lbs and was anemic.

[@abner2193]

@@micaylapresley Thats a myth spread by Gracies. Helio was not 'anemic' or 'sickly', he was a competitive swimmer and rower. Helio Gracie ganged up with his relatives/brothers to beat up rival wrestler Rufino Santos so badly that he was given prison time. You should read Choque instead of believing Gracie BS wholesale.

[@Itzacoatl84]

A legend!

[@AikidoApplied]

Which makes Abe Kenshiro all the more amazing ....

[@PeterSolerom]

it is Goro Daimon from KOF

[@sombojoe]

No reference to his matches against Ishikawa?

[@Haolekine888]

Don't want to go against the rhetoric

[@lancegoulet8100]

My coach actually trained under him in Japan.

[@lancegoulet8100]

My coach tells a story of a tree that was dying. Kimura Sensei decided he would do Uchi Komi on the tree and his spirit would go into the tree and it would grow. Apparently he ended up tearing all the bark off the tree, and it died.

[@thirdaccount106]

@@lancegoulet8100your coach must be a real man.

[@kipchika5989]

my coach was his Kimuras student too

[@スコブル-u9n]

映像は岡野だが、岡野も素晴らしい選手だった👍

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

I don’t know what this says, but if it’s something good then you’re right !!

[@hawadeemuhtar2754]

The video is Okano, but Okano is also a great player👍.

[@スコブル-u9n]

@@hawadeemuhtar2754 翻訳ありがとうございます🙇

[@hawadeemuhtar2754]

どういたしまして

[@tokiliam6015]

This guy invented the anime training arc

[@BillyTheKidsGhost]

Hélio was the underdog, so I was rooting for him despite knowing the outcome and being a judoka.

[@johnpauljones9310]

Helio is a lying POS, as are all the Gracies. Kimura was constantly on the attack. Helio never threatened Kimura during their match and was always on defense. Still, Kimura slammed him, choked him unconscious, and broke his arm. The Gracies then ran their mouths that just surviving was a victory for them. They're delusional.

[@beyondmeaning]

Baki character background be like

[@Rain-xe5vr]

Does GM Helio Gracie count as a Judoka? Kimura himself awarded him a black belt, that's good enough for me. Anyway, Helio was excited to fight him, not scared.

[@kipchika5989]

he whooped his ass

[@chaoticdays]

Rikidozan beat the living crap out of him in a prowrestling match that turned into a shoot after Kimura kicked Rikidozan in the groin. Huge respect to Kimura though.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

Rikidozan are a Strong Sumo Wrestler too and a natural counter for Kimura Judo.

[@hotpopcorncake]

Kimura stood out from other judoka due to his incorporation of Catch Wrestling into his training.

[@darsequraanwalhadithmuhamm3249]

No bowing to creation

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

Kimura seems an Average Guy and Gracies lied when said Kimura are a Giant.

[@simbabwe2907]

Everything but average. He was a giant. Just a little one.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

@@simbabwe2907 Mark Kerr are a Giant and Ķimura seems Average and that's good because that Prove you don't need be a Giant to have a Scary Judo.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

@@simbabwe2907 Kimura are 5'7 and Hélio Gracie 5'8 is funny how the Gracie are a little Bigger.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

@@simbabwe2907 Conor are taller than Kimura lol.

[@simbabwe2907]

@@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh people said when fighting kimura he looked much bigger than he was. It was his aura,. That was my comment reffering to. Look up micheal jordans aura on KZbin and you will understand.

[@nescafe1049]

even eearly on they set the rules to their advantage. and even then. they still lose. bunch of arrogant, lying losers.

[@Hhhlll7778]

That’s the Gracie family

[@johndevine6687]

If you’ve seen one Kimura, have you seen them all?

[@Rain-xe5vr]

yes and no

[@Hugh_Seaton]

The AI read of this script is really bad

[@dalegribble60]

Good thing Gracie never battled Urgushi Guillotine another fierce judoka. Would have slept him good.

[@misnomer4231]

they... kimura/gracie was a 7-8 kg difference. i wish the whole bout in brazil was still available. they treated kimura very poorly, it was shameful.

[@shanghunter7697]

Exactly !!! This is why i despise the gracies ! Most don't know this fact.

[@murderyogafin]

Gracie would be BJJ purple belt nowadays. What would modernday BJJ blackbelt have done to Kimura?

[@chrischiang1512]

Depends what rules. MMA? Judo or Pure grappling. Don't forget that Kimura competed in Kosen judo as well. There is a Kosen judo guy from Kyushu University who came to my country for few months study , he is a small guy , he was competing in BJJ in blue belt right away and he defeated the whole local blue belt absolute weight division 3 weeks ago. He was promoted to Purple belt just 2 days ago after almost a year of BJJ training . And tomorrow he will fight Kosen judo tournament in Nagoya. I would say Kimura is no ordinary judoka who is just good with throws as he can fight on ground, see how he passes Helio's guard easily.

[@Daniel-mt3rw]

Kimura beat Helio Gracie and the Gracie's lie they told that Helio already knew he was going to lose

[@shanghunter7697]

@@Daniel-mt3rw gracies did a lot of lying, some of the gracies ARE and have been VERY disgraceful.

[@jamessimpson710]

I think Kimura would be elite by todays standards too

[@Eng_Simoes]

Just look at the jaw line of this mf, pre steroids era

[@patrickheath5011]

It was called a double wristlock in catch wrestling long before Kimura was born.

[@boneroaster88j7]

There's nothing new under the sun. Someone probably figured out how to lock up a shoulder with a 2 on 1 in the ~200k years people have been around before catch existed too.

[@hotpopcorncake]

Kimura stood out from other judoka due to his incorporation of Catch Wrestling into his training.

[@michaelterrell5061]

The technique was called a gyaku ude garami in Japan, a technique which had existed for centuries. Kimura never learned catch wrestling, he was a judoka through and through.

[@jimmynich4791]

​@michaelterrell5061 True, I think he's maybe getting confused with Maeda, who definitely did practice some catch wrestling. How much catch Maeda taught to the Gracie family or even how much Judo might not have been a lot, I've read that they were taught by a few Judokas who travelled to Brazil.

[@hotpopcorncake]

@@michaelterrell5061 Kimura implemented weight training from catch wrestling. German catch wrestling is much older then judo. Also in Cambodia they had that move before judo.

[@paulcaeruleus2794]

Is this AI voiced script??

[@Nunnayadambiness]

Probably... terrible pronunciation

[@Ragingmarmot]

Great Judoka, no argument here. But he did not invent that. Sorry BJJ guys. That is actually one of MANY Kobudo locks and throws that exist. Fun fact- Jigoro Kano did not invent the throws in Judo either. they were taken mostly from Kobudo, with the dangerous stuff removed or altered for sport safety. Many of the "gyaku" type throws, many which involve locks or breaks during the throw, exist in Kobudo.

[@simbabwe2907]

Are you stupid....

[@AchShelishi]

Jigoro took the techniques from jiujitsu

[@ChoseiFunahara]

@@AchShelishi柔術(jujutsu)was (古式武道)the traditional bujutsu. Jujutsu was the fighting technique used when the samurai lost their katana, Tachi, and other killing weapons.

[@Ragingmarmot]

@@AchShelishi Yes, yes holy cow. It was Jujitsu. Kobudo just means "The old Martial ways". It was Jujitsu. JutaiJitsu, etc. all of the throws, locks, breaks, strikes come from that. The Samurai trained jujitsu. They trained multiple "scrolls" or schools. Ground fighting, stand up, strikes, throws, locks, weapons-sword, spear, chain, archery, guns, etc, etc. They were literally mixed martial artists. When the Samurai were abolished, they began teaching to regular people. Jujitsu did not just pop up out of nowhere in the 1930s. The original stuff is pretty nasty. Just one easy example, "Gyaku Ippon Seoi Nage"(this is from one particular school, but there are others, I am sure), It is basically Ippon Seoi Nage, where the opponent's arm is locked straight over your shoulder(locked elbow, straight arm) your forearm against/above his locked elbow-like your throwing an elbow upward kinda-, break his arm as you throw him over in Ippon. That is just one easy one. "The Kimura", as you guys call it, is another similar technique. There are throws were the neck is broken as he goes over, another(looks like Tani otoshi a little) where you throw him back over your leg by pushing into his eyes(yes an eye gouge-know you guys love that), another where you kick his shin back hard and throw him down on his face. Many like this.

[@Rain-xe5vr]

Nobody cares

[@bearwooden660]

Why are you using AI? This video is awesome, but I won't listen anymore to AI narrators

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

AI voice = dislike