You Know You're a Surf Champion in High School?

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It's the same exact thing, but it's like kids randomly hanging out at the park two guys doing we tie over here. You know just you guys doing more time over there is kicking a freaking palm tree over there. Yeah And that's what judo was at this time For Japan. So him being a champion. It's kind of like being a surfing Champion in high school in California. You're you're compete. Do they have surf teams in Hawaii? No, not not for high school. No What's I on it? No No, not in high school in fact now I'm thinking of it. They're like clubs. They're not for like high school

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.