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I always thought it was part of the show sometimes There's one famous one where I think Kurt angle gets caught in a kimura by like a young upcoming wrestler that new jujitsu and like puts it on him for real Yeah, it's kind of messed up. They have like they have local pro wrestling, you know, oh for you can go check that out. It was freaking awesome Guys were going crazy like you're looking at them impressed like this is dangerous like whatever they're doing. A guy jumped off of a building in Ocean Beach, California in a wrestling match jump off of aBuilding and land in the ring on somebody Oh damn, okay. If I did that or if

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.