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** Massive weight? Gory Guerrero was 5'9 and billed at 210 pounds.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness due to exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, and when he woke up, he characteristically asked his students why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness due to exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, out of body experience, and when he woke up, he characteristically asked his students why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Kimura The Other Wiki]].
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Wrestling/BillyRobinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat in a catch wrestling match "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
** If true, it's not so surprising; the catch wrestler would have been more familiar with the rule set and had an advantage.
** If true, it's not so surprising; the catch wrestler would have been more familiar with the rule set and had an advantage.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Wrestling/BillyRobinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat in a catch wrestling match "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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** At the all Japan judo championships, he defeated the judoka Tokizane, who was an expert in the use of osoto gari, with an osoto gari of his.
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** At the all Japan judo championships, he defeated the judoka Katsumi Tokizane, who was an expert in the use of osoto gari, with an osoto gari of his.
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* BloodFromEveryOrifice: Downplayed. His headlock on Hélio Gracie was so strong that it supposedly broke a blood vessel in his ear, causing it to bleed all over Kimura’s sleeve.
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* BloodFromEveryOrifice: Downplayed. His headlock on Hélio Gracie was so strong that it supposedly broke a blood vessel in his ear, causing it to bleed all bleeda bit over Kimura’s sleeve.
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* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be thoroughly beaten up.
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* BullyingADragon: BullyingADragon:
** In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be thoroughly beaten up.
** In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be thoroughly beaten up.
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* {{Determinator}}: In 1949, he fought a match against the judoka Ishikawa which lasted fifty minutes, the second longest judo match to the date.
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* {{Determinator}}: In 1949, he fought a match against the judoka Takahiko Ishikawa which lasted fifty minutes, the second longest judo match to the date.
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** Some believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match and entertain the audience before going to finish him. Whether true or not, he did take his time to throw him around despite knowing it would not knock Gracie, and there is documentation of him locking triangle chokes and bodyscissors (the latter admittedly causing Hélio to faint for a moment) only to release them and follow with another thing. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much with Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
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** Some believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match and entertain the audience before going to finish him. Whether true or not, he did take his time to throw him around despite knowing it would not knock Gracie, and there is documentation of him Kimura locking triangle chokes and bodyscissors on Hélio at will (the latter hold admittedly causing Hélio to faint for a moment) only to release them and follow with another thing. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much with Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
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* OddFriendship: With pro wrestler Wrestling/KarlGotch. Not so odd, considering that Gotch was a similar training fanatic with little social skills.
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* OddFriendship: With pro professional wrestler Wrestling/KarlGotch. Not Wrestling/KarlGotch, a grappler of a completely different background, style, attitude and philosophy (although possibly not so odd, considering that both Gotch was a similar and Kimura were training fanatic fanatics with little social skills.skills). One of Kimura's apprentices, Kiyotaka "Hishakaku" Otsubo, would become Gotch's gym assistant and even had a hand in training Wrestling/AntonioInoki.
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* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity for hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.
* PersonAsVerb: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".
* PersonAsVerb: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".
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* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Jiu-Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity for hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.
* PersonAsVerb: He popularized thegyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, gyaku-ude-garami, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" lock", "Kimuriana" or simply "Kimura"."Kimura". Contrary to popular belief, this happened during his earlier professional career and not during the Hélio match, although the latter certainly helped to make the hold famous.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness due to exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, and characteristically asked his students when he wake up why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
* UnknownRival: Possibly Billy Robinson as Billy told people the stories of how Kimura learned the famous hold from Wrestling/KarlGotch, and how Kimura once went to Wigan only to be trashed by someone Billy claims was not that good. We'll probably never know the truth of these matters as both men are gone.
* TheWorfBarrage: A do-jime or bodyscissors was enough to put Hélio Gracie to sleep in his match with Kimura, but when the judoka faced Waldemar Santana years after, the latter shrugged off the technique thanks to his much stronger build.
* UnknownRival: Possibly Billy Robinson as Billy told people the stories of how Kimura learned the famous hold from Wrestling/KarlGotch, and how Kimura once went to Wigan only to be trashed by someone Billy claims was not that good. We'll probably never know the truth of these matters as both men are gone.
* TheWorfBarrage: A do-jime or bodyscissors was enough to put Hélio Gracie to sleep in his match with Kimura, but when the judoka faced Waldemar Santana years after, the latter shrugged off the technique thanks to his much stronger build.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness due to exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, and when he woke up, he characteristically asked his students when he wake up why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
* UnknownRival: Possibly BillyRobinson Robinson, as Billy told people the stories of how Kimura learned the famous hold from Wrestling/KarlGotch, and how Kimura once went to Wigan only to be trashed by someone Billy claims was not that good. We'll probably never know the truth of these matters as both men are gone.
* TheWorfBarrage: A do-jime or bodyscissors (possibly it was a yoko-sankaku-jime or reverse triangle choke, though) was enough to put Hélio Gracie to sleep in his match with Kimura, but when the judoka faced Waldemar Santana years after, the latter shrugged off the technique thanks to his much stronger build.
* UnknownRival: Possibly Billy
* TheWorfBarrage: A do-jime or bodyscissors (possibly it was a yoko-sankaku-jime or reverse triangle choke, though) was enough to put Hélio Gracie to sleep in his match with Kimura, but when the judoka faced Waldemar Santana years after, the latter shrugged off the technique thanks to his much stronger build.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, history, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat in a catch wrestling match "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson Wrestling/BillyRobinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat in a catch wrestling match "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* PersonAsVerb: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".
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* {{Badass}}: He beat Hélio Gracie without much resistance and after 4 straight loses early in his life was undefeated in judo matches for the rest of his life.
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* UnknownRival: Possibly Billy Robinson as Billy told people the stories of how Kimura learned the famous hold from Wrestling/KarlGotch, and how Kimura once went to Wigan only to be trashed by someone Billy claims was not that good. We'll probably never know the truth of these matters as both men are gone.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a career experiment with pro judo, he became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world and eventually landed in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match. At his return to Japan he founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training. Badass as he could later be, it is not difficult to imagine an anime-like scene of a young Masahiko dozing off over his desk [[ConvenientlySeated next to the classroom's windows]] with Gozo Shioda poking him with the elbow to awake him before the stern Japanese teacher realized and [[ChuckingChalk threw him a chalk.]]
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* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training. Badass as he could later be, it is it's not difficult to imagine an anime-like scene of a young Masahiko dozing off over his desk [[ConvenientlySeated next to the classroom's windows]] with Gozo Shioda poking him with the elbow to awake him before the stern Japanese teacher realized and [[ChuckingChalk threw him a chalk.]]
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* IKnowKarate: He learnt the Shotokan and Goju-Ryu styles of karate, mostly to strengthen his hands, and was also friends and training partners with Masutatsu Oyama. Also his judo skills speak or itself.
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* IKnowKarate: He learnt the Shotokan and Goju-Ryu styles of karate, mostly to strengthen his hands, and was also friends and training partners with Masutatsu Oyama. Also his judo skills speak or itself.for themselves.
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* CombatPragmatist: When pitted in self-defense situations, he would use headbutts and groin attacks along with his already dreadful judo.
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* CombatPragmatist: When pitted in self-defense situations, he would use headbutts and groin attacks along with his already dreadful dreaded judo.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat in a catch wrestling match "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* ArchEnemy: The Sharpe Brothers during his tag team with Rikidozan.
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* ArchEnemy: The Sharpe Brothers during his tag team with Rikidozan.{{Wrestling/Rikidozan}}.
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* BashBrothers: With Rikidozan, at least until their falling out.
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* BashBrothers: With Rikidozan, {{Wrestling/Rikidozan}}, at least until their falling out.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Back when Kimura was in military service, an instructor of jukendo or bayonet fighting called him for a demonstration in front of the rest of recruits. Knowing that he would get beaten down or even injuried if he attacked and probably punished if he did not, Masahiko took a different approach: he threw his rifle to the instructor, and when the guy guarded up to deflect it, Kimura tackled him low to with a double leg takedown and pinned him on the ground until the fight was broken up.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Back when Kimura was in military service, an instructor of jukendo or bayonet fighting called him for a demonstration in front of the rest of recruits. Knowing that he would get beaten down or even injuried injured if he attacked and probably punished if he did not, Masahiko took a different approach: he threw his rifle to the instructor, and when the guy guarded up to deflect it, Kimura tackled him low to with a double leg takedown and pinned him on the ground until the fight was broken up.
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* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot. To be fair, Rikidozan had naturally the advantage of surprise over the unaware Masahiko, and he went for Kimura's neck in his first attack to incapacitate him fast and ensure the judoka didn't hit back.
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* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot. To be fair, Rikidozan {{Wrestling/Rikidozan}} had naturally the advantage of surprise over the unaware Masahiko, and he went for Kimura's neck in his first attack to incapacitate him fast and ensure the judoka didn't hit back.
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* BloodKnight: Kimura lived to train and fight.
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* BloodKnight: Kimura lived The kind of person who recalls having a little devil whispering on his ear to train kill his opponent even when he is being headbutted and fight.pounded on the ground by said opponent.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His way of train gave him a prodigious strength, supposedly making him able to rip maples trees up from the ground with throws.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His way of train gave him a prodigious strength, supposedly making him able to rip maples trees up from the ground with throws. Not less impressive, he was able to throw around Gory Guerrero (yep, that Gory Guerrero), who was known for crushing judokas under his massive weight like if they were frogs.
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* CombatPargmatist: When pitted in self-defense situations, he would use headbutts and groin attacks along with his already dreadful judo.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was the time and then submitted him at will with the famous armlock.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was the time and then submitted him at will with the famous armlock.
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* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was thetime time, and then submitted him at will with the famous armlock.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was the
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after a failed career experiment with pro judo, he left the school and roamed the world, eventually landing in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match and had some other vale tudo bouts. At his return to Japan he became a professional wrestler by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, forming a star tag team with him and helping to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time. After leaving pro wrestling, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after leaving the school and failing a failed career experiment with pro judo, he left the school and became a professional wrestler in order to gain money for his ill wife. He roamed the world, world and eventually landing landed in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match and had some other vale tudo bouts. match. At his return to Japan he became a professional wrestler founded Kokusai Pro Wrestling association and resumed competing by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, forming Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}. Kimura formed a star tag team with him and helping helped to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time. time, and also competed in Brazilian vale tudo again. After leaving pro wrestling, the business, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
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* AlmightyJanitor: After graduating from university, he stayed on it for a time working as just an assistant to the judo club, but he actually got paid more than other teachers due to his achievements as a student.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed and probably not true, but should be stated: Billy Robinson claims to remember that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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** He defeated Hélio Gracie, master of a groundfighting an art based art, in groundfighting, via ground hold.hold. Considering Kimura himself had been a champion of kosen judo (a mat-based judo competition) in 1936, it should not come as a surprise.
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* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe the floor.
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* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe thoroughly beaten up.
** Kimura's first boxing trainer was a big guy who enjoyed brutalizing his student whenever they were gloves on instead teaching him properly. This lasted until Masahiko got angry on him, blocked a hit and picked up thefloor.boxer high for an ippon seoi nage, and only got him down when he implored for his life. From then, he resolved to teach Kimura the right way.
** Kimura's first boxing trainer was a big guy who enjoyed brutalizing his student whenever they were gloves on instead teaching him properly. This lasted until Masahiko got angry on him, blocked a hit and picked up the
* CombatPargmatist: When pitted in self-defense situations, he would use headbutts and groin attacks along with his already dreadful judo.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: An indirect, but otherwise certain example: he was greeted by an American occupational captain and even invited to teach judo at his base after Kimura wiped the floor of a train station with some troublesome soldiers who were harassing people. The captain remained as a friend to Kimura and earned his black belt under him in one year.
* DefeatMeansRespect: Contrary to Brazilian sources, Kimura never claimed that Hélio Gracie should be declared the winner if he lasted more than three minutes with Kimura, nor he invited him to teach in Japan as it is sometimes said, but the judoka nonetheless gained respect for him after Gracie refused to tap and got his arm broken in their match.
* DefeatMeansRespect: Contrary to Brazilian sources, Kimura never claimed that Hélio Gracie should be declared the winner if he lasted more than three minutes with Kimura, nor he invited him to teach in Japan as it is sometimes said, but the judoka nonetheless gained respect for him after Gracie refused to tap and got his arm broken in their match.
* GroinAttack: He once finished an opponent in a street fighting by ''squeezing his testicles'' after throwing him down. According to him, Kimura was known for using this technique on the streets from his high school times.
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** Many pundits believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match in order to entertain the audience. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much wit Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
** According to Donn Draeger, Kimura liked to lie down on his back during the grappling training and let any partner to have one of his arms, only to escape any hold they tried.
** According to Donn Draeger, Kimura liked to lie down on his back during the grappling training and let any partner to have one of his arms, only to escape any hold they tried.
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** Some believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match and entertain the audience before going to finish him. Whether true or not, he did take his time to throw him around despite knowing it would not knock Gracie, and there is documentation of him locking triangle chokes and bodyscissors (the latter admittedly causing Hélio to faint for a moment) only to release them and follow with another thing. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much with Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
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* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity during hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.
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* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity during for hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.opponent.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Pitted against an agile judoka named Yoshimi Osawa, Kimura's solution to take him to the mat was forgetting the finesse and tackling him straight down. He immediately won by osaekomi.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Pitted against an agile judoka named Yoshimi Osawa, Kimura's solution to take him to the mat was forgetting the finesse and tackling him straight down. He immediately won by osaekomi.
* TakeAThirdOption: Back when Kimura was in military service, an instructor of jukendo or bayonet fighting called him for a demonstration in front of the rest of recruits. Knowing that he would get beaten down or even injuried if he attacked and probably punished if he did not, Masahiko took a different approach: he threw his rifle to the instructor, and when the guy guarded up to deflect it, Kimura tackled him low to with a double leg takedown and pinned him on the ground until the fight was broken up.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, and characteristically asked his students when he wake up why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of due to exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience, and characteristically asked his students when he wake up why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
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* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot.
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* TheWorfBarrage: A do-jime or bodyscissors was enough to put Hélio Gracie to sleep in his match with Kimura, but when the judoka faced Waldemar Santana years after, the latter shrugged off the technique thanks to his much stronger build.
* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot. To be fair, Rikidozan had naturally the advantage of surprise over the unaware Masahiko, and he went for Kimura's neck in his first attack to incapacitate him fast and ensure the judoka didn't hit back.
* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot. To be fair, Rikidozan had naturally the advantage of surprise over the unaware Masahiko, and he went for Kimura's neck in his first attack to incapacitate him fast and ensure the judoka didn't hit back.
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* {{Badass}}: He beat Hélio Gracie without much resistance and was undefeated in judo matches after 4 straight loses early in his life.
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* {{Badass}}: He beat Hélio Gracie without much resistance and was undefeated in judo matches after 4 straight loses early in his life was undefeated in judo matches for the rest of his life.
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* {{Badass}}: He beat Hélio Gracie without much resistance.
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* {{Badass}}: He beat Hélio Gracie without much resistance.resistance and was undefeated in judo matches after 4 straight loses early in his life.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed, probably not true but should be stated, Billy Robinson once said that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed, Unconfirmed and probably not true true, but should be stated, stated: Billy Robinson once said claims that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training.
* {{Badass}}: He beat Helio Gracie without much resistance.
* {{Badass}}: He beat Helio Gracie without much resistance.
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* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training.
training. Badass as he could later be, it is not difficult to imagine an anime-like scene of a young Masahiko dozing off over his desk [[ConvenientlySeated next to the classroom's windows]] with Gozo Shioda poking him with the elbow to awake him before the stern Japanese teacher realized and [[ChuckingChalk threw him a chalk.]]
* {{Badass}}: He beatHelio Hélio Gracie without much resistance.
* {{Badass}}: He beat
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* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe the floor by a judo legend.
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* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe the floor by a judo legend.floor.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kimura's interviews and autobiography sometimes have him sharing rather ''abnormal'' thoughts. For instance, he didn't like the concept of sleeping because he considered it was too similar to death and he would rather be training than slumbering. And if it doesn’t look that grave, here is another: he once stabbed himself in the abdomen with his wakizashi to see if he can really die or not.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kimura's interviews and autobiography sometimes have him sharing rather ''abnormal'' thoughts. For instance, he didn't like the concept of sleeping because he considered it was too similar to death and he would rather be training than slumbering. And if it doesn’t doesn't look that grave, here is another: he once stabbed himself in the abdomen with his wakizashi to see if he can really die or not.
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* IKnowKarate: He learnt the Shotokan and Goju-Ryu styles of Karate, mostly to strengthen his hands and was friends with Masutatsu Oyama.
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* IKnowKarate: He learnt the Shotokan and Goju-Ryu styles of Karate, karate, mostly to strengthen his hands hands, and was friends and training partners with Masutatsu Oyama.
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** Many pundits believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match to entertain the audience. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much wit Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
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** Many pundits believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match in order to entertain the audience. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much wit Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
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* OneHitKill: It's said that most of judo matches with Kimura did not last more than 10 seconds.
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* OneHitKill: It's said that most of judo matches with Kimura did not last more than 10 seconds.seconds, the time he needed to crush any resistance and throw them to the ground.
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* ReligiousBruiser: His "religious" beliefs are hard to describe, but he prayed to the gods and buddhas before important matches.
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* ReligiousBruiser: His "religious" beliefs are hard to describe, if any, but he prayed to the gods and buddhas before important matches.
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* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/Rikidozan in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot.
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* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/Rikidozan Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unconfirmed, probably not true but should be stated, Billy Robinson once said that Kimura once travelled to the Snakepit in Wigan and got beat "easily", and not by someone highly skilled.
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* UrExample: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".
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* UrExample: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura"."Kimura".
* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/Rikidozan in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot.
* TheWorfEffect: He got beat up by Wrestling/Rikidozan in a pro wrestling match that turned into a shoot.
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* IKnowKarate: He learnt the Shotokan and Goju-Ryu styles of Karate, mostly to strengthen his hands and was friends with Masutatsu Oyama.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: After four loses which made him devote to training, Masahiko seriously swore that if he lost a judo match again, he would perform ''seppuku''. Fortunately for him, he retired unbeaten.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: After four loses which made him devote to training, Masahiko seriously swore that if he lost a judo match again, he would perform ''seppuku''.''{{Seppuku}}''. Fortunately for him, he retired unbeaten.
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* OneHitKill: It's said that most of judo matches with Kimura did not last more than 10 seconds.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience.
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* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience.OutOfBodyExperience, and characteristically asked his students when he wake up why they had been looking at his unconscious body instead of training.
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* BloodFromEveryOrifice: Downplayed. His headlock on Hélio Gracie was so strong that it supposedly broke a blood vessel in his ear, causing it to bleed all over Kimura’s sleeve.
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* {{Determinator}}: In 1949, he fought a match against the judoka Ishikawa which lasted fifty minutes, the second longest judo match to the date.
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* JustToyingWithThem:
** Many pundits believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match to entertain the audience. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much wit Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
** According to Donn Draeger, Kimura liked to lie down on his back during the grappling training and let any partner to have one of his arms, only to escape any hold they tried.
** Many pundits believe that he actually toyed with Hélio Gracie to allow some action in the match to entertain the audience. The legendary Georges Mehdi, who witnessed the match, went to say that Kimura played so much wit Hélio that the fight "was a joke".
** According to Donn Draeger, Kimura liked to lie down on his back during the grappling training and let any partner to have one of his arms, only to escape any hold they tried.
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-->''"Kimura no maei ni Kimura naku, Kimura no ato ni Kimura nashi."''[[note]]''"There never was a Kimura before Kimura, and there will never be a Kimura after Kimura."''[[/note]]
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-->''"Kimura no maei ni Kimura naku, Kimura no ato ni Kimura nashi."''[[note]]''"There "'' [[note]]"There never was a Kimura before Kimura, and there will never be a Kimura after Kimura."''[[/note]]"[[/note]]
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-->''"Kimura no maei ni Kimura naku, Kimura no ato ni Kimura nashi."''[[note]]''"There never was a Kimura before Kimura, and there will never be a Kimura after Kimura."''[[/note]]
--->--attributed to '''Tsuneo Tomita''', son of Tsunejiro Tomita, about Kimura.
'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after a failed career experiment with pro judo, he left the school and roamed the world, eventually landing in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match and had some other vale tudo bouts. At his return to Japan he became a professional wrestler by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, forming a star tag team with him and helping to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time. After leaving pro wrestling, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Kimura The Other Wiki]].
!!! "The Demon of Tropes":
* TheAce: He mastered all the fields of judo: throwing, pinning and grappling.
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: After four loses which made him devote to training, Masahiko seriously swore that if he lost a judo match again, he would perform ''seppuku''. Fortunately for him, he retired unbeaten.
* ArchEnemy: The Sharpe Brothers during his tag team with Rikidozan.
* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training.
* {{Badass}}
* BadassTeacher: Later in his life.
* BashBrothers: With Rikidozan, at least until their falling out.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame
** At the all Japan judo championships, he defeated the judoka Tokizane, who was an expert in the use of osoto gari, with an osoto gari of his.
** He defeated Hélio Gracie, master of a groundfighting based art, via ground hold.
* BloodKnight: Kimura lived to train and fight.
* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe the floor by a judo legend.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His way of train gave him a prodigious strength, supposedly making him able to rip maples trees up from the ground with throws.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kimura's interviews and autobiography sometimes have him sharing rather ''abnormal'' thoughts. For instance, he didn't like the concept of sleeping because he considered it was too similar to death and he would rather be training than slumbering. And if it doesn’t look that grave, here is another: he once stabbed himself in the abdomen with his wakizashi to see if he can really die or not.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was the time and then submitted him at will with the famous armlock.
* DontThinkFeel: One of his principles when fighting, discussed in his autobiography and taught to his students.
* DownerEnding: His death by lung cancer at 1993.
* TheDreaded: Him and especially his osoto gari, which many opponents asked him not to use in fear of injury.
* FinishingMove: Osoto gari and gyaku-ude-garami.
* HeroicBSOD: Had one after being defeated four times. He found the experience of losing so humilating that he first considered quitting judo and later devoted himself to never lose again.
* HeroKiller: For the Brazilians, even if the Brazil press tried to pass the defeat of Gracie as a moral victory for them.
* LightningBruiser: Was a enormously strong guy and very fast for his size.
* NoSocialSkills: According to training partners, Kimura was better throwing people down than socially interacting with them.
* OddFriendship: With pro wrestler Wrestling/KarlGotch. Not so odd, considering that Gotch was a similar training fanatic with little social skills.
* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity during hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.
* RedBaron: "Keiko no Oni" ("The Demon of Training").
* ReligiousBruiser: His "religious" beliefs are hard to describe, but he prayed to the gods and buddhas before important matches.
* ShrinkingViolet: Hard to believe in a legendary badass like him, but Masahiko was very shy as a kid, and Gozo Shioda was who helped him to open himself.
* SoreLoser: Kimura ''hated'' losing, to the point he thought to quit judo after a string of loses in 1935. He was convinced by his pals to stay in the art, but he swore not losing again and devoted his life to his brutal trainings. And he succeeded.
* ThreeAmigos: During his time at the Takudai University, he was close friends with Isao Fukui and Gozo Shioda, who later became a decorated karateka and the founder of the Yoshinkan Aikido, respectively. They were later called "Takudai Sanbagarasu" ("The Three Crows of Takudai").
* TrainingFromHell: Learning it from Tatsukuma Ushujima, Kimura gave these to himself everyday. To put a single example, he started his mornings doing 1000 push ups and hitting the makiwara other 1000 times.
* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience.
* UrExample: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".
--->--attributed to '''Tsuneo Tomita''', son of Tsunejiro Tomita, about Kimura.
'''Masahiko Kimura''' (1917-1993) was a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese judoka and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, considered the greatest judo practitioner in historiy, a pro wrestling pioneer and one of the first UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighters. He trained in the Kodokan school run by Jigoro Kano, turning out to be a promising rookie and gaining sound accomplishments for his age, among them three all Japan championships. A crazy training fanatic, he swore not being defeated ever, and also trained in karate with Gichin Funakoshi and Mas Oyama to round his skills. However, after a failed career experiment with pro judo, he left the school and roamed the world, eventually landing in Brazil, where he defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu figure Hélio Gracie in a famous match and had some other vale tudo bouts. At his return to Japan he became a professional wrestler by invitation of Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, forming a star tag team with him and helping to found a branch of Japan Wrestling Assocation which brought Mexican lucha libre to Japan for first time. After leaving pro wrestling, he returned to judo as director and trainer until his death by lung cancer in 1993.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Kimura The Other Wiki]].
!!! "The Demon of Tropes":
* TheAce: He mastered all the fields of judo: throwing, pinning and grappling.
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: After four loses which made him devote to training, Masahiko seriously swore that if he lost a judo match again, he would perform ''seppuku''. Fortunately for him, he retired unbeaten.
* ArchEnemy: The Sharpe Brothers during his tag team with Rikidozan.
* AsleepInClass: He recalled it happening to him very often, as he liked to spend the nights training.
* {{Badass}}
* BadassTeacher: Later in his life.
* BashBrothers: With Rikidozan, at least until their falling out.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame
** At the all Japan judo championships, he defeated the judoka Tokizane, who was an expert in the use of osoto gari, with an osoto gari of his.
** He defeated Hélio Gracie, master of a groundfighting based art, via ground hold.
* BloodKnight: Kimura lived to train and fight.
* BullyingADragon: In his autobiography he recalls several cases of crazy people picking fights with him only to be used to wipe the floor by a judo legend.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His way of train gave him a prodigious strength, supposedly making him able to rip maples trees up from the ground with throws.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kimura's interviews and autobiography sometimes have him sharing rather ''abnormal'' thoughts. For instance, he didn't like the concept of sleeping because he considered it was too similar to death and he would rather be training than slumbering. And if it doesn’t look that grave, here is another: he once stabbed himself in the abdomen with his wakizashi to see if he can really die or not.
* CurbStompBattle: Against Hélio Gracie. Without being in danger at any time, Masahiko threw him several times, pinned him when he thought it was the time and then submitted him at will with the famous armlock.
* DontThinkFeel: One of his principles when fighting, discussed in his autobiography and taught to his students.
* DownerEnding: His death by lung cancer at 1993.
* TheDreaded: Him and especially his osoto gari, which many opponents asked him not to use in fear of injury.
* FinishingMove: Osoto gari and gyaku-ude-garami.
* HeroicBSOD: Had one after being defeated four times. He found the experience of losing so humilating that he first considered quitting judo and later devoted himself to never lose again.
* HeroKiller: For the Brazilians, even if the Brazil press tried to pass the defeat of Gracie as a moral victory for them.
* LightningBruiser: Was a enormously strong guy and very fast for his size.
* NoSocialSkills: According to training partners, Kimura was better throwing people down than socially interacting with them.
* OddFriendship: With pro wrestler Wrestling/KarlGotch. Not so odd, considering that Gotch was a similar training fanatic with little social skills.
* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: He disdained the Gracie Jiu Jitsu strategy of lying and waiting for an opportunity during hours if needed. Kimura prefered creating his own opportunities by pounding the mat with his opponent.
* RedBaron: "Keiko no Oni" ("The Demon of Training").
* ReligiousBruiser: His "religious" beliefs are hard to describe, but he prayed to the gods and buddhas before important matches.
* ShrinkingViolet: Hard to believe in a legendary badass like him, but Masahiko was very shy as a kid, and Gozo Shioda was who helped him to open himself.
* SoreLoser: Kimura ''hated'' losing, to the point he thought to quit judo after a string of loses in 1935. He was convinced by his pals to stay in the art, but he swore not losing again and devoted his life to his brutal trainings. And he succeeded.
* ThreeAmigos: During his time at the Takudai University, he was close friends with Isao Fukui and Gozo Shioda, who later became a decorated karateka and the founder of the Yoshinkan Aikido, respectively. They were later called "Takudai Sanbagarasu" ("The Three Crows of Takudai").
* TrainingFromHell: Learning it from Tatsukuma Ushujima, Kimura gave these to himself everyday. To put a single example, he started his mornings doing 1000 push ups and hitting the makiwara other 1000 times.
* UnconsciousObjector: According to Kimura, he once lost consciousness out of exhaustion while training and his body still executed a throw on his opponent. Afterwards, he supposedly had an OutOfBodyExperience.
* UrExample: He popularized the gyaku-ude-garami in his fight with Hélio, which got it renamed "Kimura lock" or simply "Kimura".