If I were to make a T-Shirt for Masahiko Kimura, it would say "Your Jiu-Jitsu is no good here". The man was above and beyond anything and the prototype for a well-rounded martial artist. A FANATIC about Judo who trained in the days when Kosen Judo heavily influenced the ne-waza, EXCELLENT Tachi-Waza and the Atemi-waza was still popular, he even went and got a black belt in the style of Karate that Judo's Atemi-waza borrowed from. He was one of the few, true COMPLETE Judoka's.
@@blakebernard9416 indeed. He was even an Aikido black belt as well. Being good friends with Gozo Shioda. Aikido, Karate, and Judo often cross trained with each other back then. True spirit of Budo.
@@emperorjimmu9941 Kimura passed his guard like it was non-existent. He was just better. If Helio had trained like Kimura, he would have been bigger. Why don't we ever hear THAT one?
To be able to stomach Kimura's training regiment is like training with the U.S. Marine Corps. I've checked the training methods and I find it you're going to bare physical torture just to make it. Maybe there's a purpose to it. I don't know. But to be trained by a man regarded as one of Martial Art's best, you better man up and do it. I'm sure Doug Rogers overhyped his statements. Yet I do believe Kimura is a tough Sensei.
"Each member of our university team does 600 push-ups a day! Once in a while he does a thousand (1000)!!! This is unreasonable, we know that. But it pushes us beyond the physical limit, to another place!" 6:24 .... I really loved those words a lot! They made me feel so very eager to train!
I don't think any one martial art is better, it comes down to the individual. I've seen some Judokas with fantastic Newaza, equally as good as some top BJJ players. But it's really the individual and how much they are willing to sacrifice to become a better martial artist. Everyone thought karate was a useless martial art for a long time after the UFC came about, as no karateka used their technique to great success, however then Lyoto Machida came along and proved everyone wrong.
@tksmurf What would you say has been thrown out? Well I suppose in some BJJ competitions they don't allow throws above the waist, but as for general training I have not heard of anything being taken out.
@tksmurf Actually Judo does do the same! Everything added to BJJ (with the exception of legs locks) pretty much gets added to Judo too, and vise versa. It's true many Judo clubs neglect ground work when they are more competition oriented, but many clubs like mine who aren't do a lot of ground work! We hold our own against high ranking Jiu jitsu guys regularly!
What happened to judo today? It is all about the olympics now and less about the perfecting the art form. To learn the essence of judo you actually have to study BJJ, because the average judo school in the West only teaches for the olympics, not self defense.
6 лет назад
or you could find a traditional jujutsu (japanese) school ... what judo evolved from... some dojo focus specifically adapted techniques for self defense in the worst parts of LA... staying on your feet, disarms, counters to chokes , etc. wouldnt want to be on the ground in the ghetto grappling... might get kicked in the head by one of their homies.
"Kimura the greatest fighter japan ever produced" Sorry i gotta call BS on that one, kimura despite being a great judo practioner would be killed with simple ease via any koryu school of aiki-jujutsu especially aiki-jujutsu of daito-ryu. Judo was designed to fight itself not combat arts hence the "Do" attached to the name. Arts like Goju-ryu, Kempo, Jujutsu, aiki-jujutsu and of course basic "te" give a person a huge leg up over a thrower.
sabakimsg The whole "was the best" is always in flux and is basically immature and ridiculous. It is similar to the "kids today" thing. One always hopes that students of Martial Arts always bring one basic thing to whatever art - INTELLIGENCE. A little more intelligence training is required here. Modern Judo is a sport but the cannon of judo includes many things that are never seen today but are still preserved in Japan such as the Kata in armor, the strikes or Atemi, and the bone breaking neck back, leg and arm locks. These are not used in modern sport judo and have fallen by the wayside and are being forgotten.
