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Masahiko Kimura – Short Documentary

November 28th, 2011 | Category: Combat Sports

Below is a short video about training with the legendary Masahiko Kimura.  Kimura is widely regarded as one of the greatest judoka of all time.

The video is quite brief but the narration includes a few valuable lessons about training as a fighter.  For example, in response to some of the daily requirements, the narrator offers the following:

This is unreasonable, we know that, but it pushes us beyond a physical limit, to another place, way outside or way inside. I don’t know where exactly, but I’ve been there.

In today’s world, such an approach would be considered excessive and unnecessary.  I’m not here to argue one way or another, but what I can say is that there are times when the best work makes the least sense.  I’ve done things both personally and with my fighters that wouldn’t make sense on paper.  The illogical approach was necessary at the time however to reach that place discussed by the narrator.

Masahiko Kimura is a legend.  He didn’t become who he was by training like everyone else.  He took himself to another place and stayed there throughout much of his life.

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Well done is better than well said. – Benjamin Franklin

 

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8 Comments so far

  1. blake November 28th, 2011 9:00 am

    thanks for sharing ross. that is a great vid.

  2. Jake November 28th, 2011 9:34 am

    Very cool.

    I also liked his line “In the beginning, I was a mystic, I suppose. But there’s no magic, no secret technique. Just hard work.”

    I’m mangling the quote a bit, but the spirit is right, I think.

  3. Patrick November 28th, 2011 1:01 pm

    It’s good to see some judo footage on your blog. Thanks for sharing Ross!

  4. athousandrights November 28th, 2011 6:17 pm

    awsome clip! I like the mind set. Kinda trippy with the whole outside and inside thing. I would like to go to that point one day just to see how it feels like. 600 pushups, imagine 100 burpees a day. Thats tight

  5. Keith November 28th, 2011 9:51 pm

    600 pushups a day? Surely this could not have been done in one session.

  6. sean p November 28th, 2011 10:55 pm

    Took me a while to find it, but here is the rest of the documentary:

    http://youtu.be/nkNkr0HuXlc
    http://youtu.be/mbFZhTW5Eq8

  7. Joel November 29th, 2011 8:42 am

    Kimura beat Helio Gracie in Brazil. And subsequently invited Gracie to Japan (he never went though).

  8. Patrick November 29th, 2011 2:01 pm

    Good find Sean P! Thanks for providing the links here.

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