A Brief History of Kumura's Judo

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Ushijima nearly trained himself to death developing a life threatening viral infection that ended his career. The night before a match he drank turtles blood On the morning of the match he ate powder made from the body of a poison adder. He would seclude himself in a cave for a week Doing zazen and reading musashi's book of five rings. Ushijima retired from competition in 1934 there after devoting himself to making kumura's the world's top fighter so there you go, I mean no slack.

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.