Kamira Wins the Japan National Championship

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Kimura's principal coach during his prime competing years was ushijima Tatsu kumu tatsu kuma Ushijima's teaching was as ferocious as his own training according to Hirano. Kimura reportedly celebrated by eating 13 bowls of rice During his prime he ate seven to eight bowls of rice in the morning and 12 bowls of Rice in the evening plus some fish Such as red snapper and yuashi which is sardines this dude's grubbing down fishing rice. He won a tournament because he willed himself to win no matter how many tough opponents you face, says historian john stevens. There was no such thing as a draw until one of

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.