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Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦, Kimura Masahiko, 10 September 1917 – 18 April 1993) was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler.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.
The fight between Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, 1951. It was held as a special challenge, with no titles on the line: Gracie was the self-proclaimed national jiu-jitsu champion, [1] seen as a regular judo 6th dan by Kimura, [2] while Kimura himself was coming from a career in ...
Martial arts historian Toshiya Masuda has attributed its innovation to Masahiko Kimura, who would have created it during the Takudai kosen judo tournament at Takushoku University and accomplished prolonged success with it, though he also deems probable that Kimura only popularized the variation instead of creating it. [9]
After winning fights against boxers and savate fighters in Europe, Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura decided to accept an invitation from Gracie jiu jitsu co-founder Hélio Gracie to fight him in Brazil. In 1951, Kimura defeated Gracie in a submission judo match held in Brazil. [1] During the fight, Kimura threw Gracie repeatedly but Hélio was ...
Kimura would go on to defeat Hélio in 14 minutes. [6] Kimura broke Hélio's arm during the match with a reverse ude-garami after applying a number of submissions. [4] According to Kimura in his book My Judo, he thought of Hélio Gracie to be a 6th dan judoka at the time of his fight with him in 1951. [7]
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Japan, 1925-2013), Kōdōkan 9th dan, was the «father» of Portuguese judo and one of the founders of the Portuguese Judo Federation. Masahiko Kimura (Japan, 1917–1993), Kōdōkan 7th dan, defeated Helio Gracie, only lost four times in his entire career.
Masahiko Kimura, competitor at the Takudai tournament in Takushoku University and teacher at several schools. Tatsukuma Ushijima, competitor and teacher at several schools. Kanae Hirata, teacher at several schools and founder of the Newaza Kenkyukai dojo. Kiyotaka Otsubo, professional wrestler and training associate to Masahiko Kimura and Karl ...
According to Masahiko Kimura, Gracie held the rank of 6th dan in judo in 1951, [13] while according to Robert Hill, Kodokan records show Gracie at the rank of 3rd dan at the time, though Hill also noted that it was not unusual for Kodokan records to show a lower rank than that actually held by non-Japanese judo practitioners. [14]