Wrestling School

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There's like all these techniques and even funny that you to the complete opposite of that You're just trying to hurt the other person. There's a there's a lot of stuff going on there A lot of stuff that it's hard to follow. The guy Deviated from the script and then the yakuza was immediately on his trail That is not funny, but that's interesting right there Yeah, and then you wondered did they have bets on it? I mean were they betting on this even though everyone knew his fake like what's going on? Or he's not allowed to do that kind of violation. Ruining the show for us. Maybe that there.

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.