Hey Judo Tom

[Yarg!]

We gotta have a Kimura appreciation thread, man. I think Kimura was the GREATEST fighter whoever lived. No joke. That guy was NUTS. And I am a BJJ nut, and I don't Rickson worship or anything- I gotta give props to where props are due, and Kimura gets them. He beat the creator of BJJ in the ground game, even though Judo had throw priority, and he was a great boxer to boot not to mention that never-give-up Samurai attitude. They just don't make them like they used to, man. So heres to Masahiko Kimura, the greatest Judoka and the greatest fighter who ever lived.

 

[Ianhockey91]

Here here!

 

[Judo Tom]

good thinking here is some info.

http://judoinfo.com/kimura.htm
http://judoinfo.com/kimura3.htm
http://judoinfo.com/kimura2.htm
http://judoinfo.com/kimura/masahiko_kimura.htm

guy was def. a truly motivated warrior.. he trained harder then anyone and that is why he won.

i got more that i will post

 

[rgjujitsu]

i respect Kimura greatly, but he did outweight Helio by quite a bit. He said before the match that if Helio lasted 10 minutes he should be declared the winner. That being said he did pound the shit out of him.

 

[Judo Tom]

oh trust me i find nothing crazy about a judo guy beating a bjj guy

what i think is cool about kimura is just how dominating he was when he fought and how he dedicated his life to training over 12hrs a day at times

also he did make a lot of money fighting but it was for a very honorable cause as well

 

[Kane Fan]

well it's not odd considering BJJ is more closely related to Judo then JJ anyway