Judo Fly to the wolrd (How BJJ born)

Today, judo -- and by extension, Brazilian jiu-jitsu -- are international sports. But, at first, judo only existed in Japan. Today, I introduce three individuals who brought judo abroad. These are the first steps of oriental grappling going worldwide, clearly effecting MMA's establishment.


Mitsuyo Maeda (Conde Koma)

Mitsuyo Maeda (Conde Koma) is known as the father of jiu-jitsu. He as born in the prefecture of Aomori at 1878, and joined the Kodokan at nine years old. To pay the costs of staying in America, he took prizefights against boxers, kenpo practitioners and pro wrestlers. If any opponent beat him, they won 1000 U.S. dollars.

His prizefighting tour eventually landed him in Brazil, where he met businessman and politician Gastao Gracie, the son of a Scottish immigrant. Gracie wanted Maeda to use jiu-jitsu to teach his son Carlos discipline. Carlos would show these grappling skills to his younger brother, Helio, who would modify and improve parts of jiu-jitsu, renaming the art "Gracie jiu-jitsu."

Some 30 years ago, the heavy rain of Belem destroyed Maeda's grave. Maeda's friend Sakaeoti, and Yoshizo Machida -- the father of Lyoto -- collected the bones of "Conda Koma", cleaned them, and with the support of Kokushikan University, rebuilt a new tomb for him.


Masahiko Kimura

Masahiko Kimura as born in prefecture of Kumamoto at 1917.He start Judo at 10years old. Originally, Kimura wanted to be a part of the pro judo circuit and won the tournament, but pro judo was a financial failure. As a result, Kimura started to compete in pro wrestling. While working and teaching judo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Kimura's colleague Yukio Kato was choked out by Helio Gracie, who had honed his grappling under his brother Carlos. Kimura worried about judo's popularity decreasing due to the event, leading to him fighting Helio at Maracana Stadium.

When Kimura arrived at the stadium, he found a coffin, which Helio had said was for him. However, Kimura defeated Gracie after 13 minutes, throwing him with an osoto gari, before attacking him with an ude garami, forcing Carlos Gracie to stop the bout, knowing his brother would not submit. Because of this bout, the ude garami was called the "Kimura lock".

Almost 50 years later, Kazushi Sakuraba would become the first man in modern MMA to defeat the second generation of Gracie family. Sakuraba beat both Royler and Renzo Gracie with the famous Kimura lock.

Kimura is also known as a teacher of Yoshinori Nishi and the late Ryusuke Moriyama, who were instrumental in forming Japan's biggest network of MMA gyms, Wajutsu Keishukai .


Yukio Tani

Yukio Tani as born in prefecture of Kumamoto at 1880.At the age of 19, Japanese jiu-jitsu practitioner Yukio Tani flew to London to serve as an instructor in Bartitsu, a hybrid martial art devised by British entrepreneur and self-defense pioneer E.W. Barton Wright. The martial art inspired famous author Arthur Conan Doyle to write his celebrated Sherlock Holmes character as a student of Bartitsu.

Unfortunately, Bartitsu was a financial failure. However, Tani stayed in London, and joined up with show business promoter William Bankier. Tani started to compete in jacket (gi) challenge matches at London's music halls. A challenger would be paid a British pound for every minute he lasted with Tani, up to 15 minutes, and 100 pounds if he could defeat Tani.

Judo school taught by Tani still exist in London.It named Budokwai.

Big thanks to Jordan Breen for English support and Editing.

Watch exterior of Japanese MMA Gym at SKILL MMA

SKILL MMA flickr have largest Japanese MMA gym's exterior photo series.It is most popular photo series at SKILL MMA flickr.Now I add link to gym's web and who is head for gym for SKILL MMA 's flickr.

Today I add google street view for this database.Thank for technology, That make SKILL MMA's database part make stronger.For google street view you can click to gym's name link and you can access gym's web.


Watch map directly
Kiguchi Dojo
Gym's head Noriaki Kiguchi


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GRABAKA
Gym's head Sanae Kikuta


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J-Rock Work Out Studio (Yoshida Dojo's MMA gym)
Gym's head ?


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Tokyo Yellow Mans
Gym's head Noboru Asahi


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Wajyutsu Keisyukai A-3
Gym's head Hirokazu Nishimura


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Wajyutsu Keisyukai Duro
Gym's head Toshihiro Suda


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P's Lab Yokohama
Gym's head ?


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Akimoto Dojo Jungle Junction
Gym's head Jin Akimoto


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Cobra-Kai
Gym's head Yoshitomi "Dokonjonosuke" Mishima


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Shooting Gym Osaka
Gym's head Takashi Nakakura


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NEX
Gym's head Hiroshi Umemura

Shiroobi presents Japanese MMA database Wajyutsu Keisyukai Dojo and Fighters list

I made list of Wajyutsu Keisyukai (Biggest MMA gym in Japan) Dojo.Head of Dojo have asterisk mark.I add where built dojo.If you have interest WK fighters.It can be interesting.I'm too tired to add minimum explain.You can use google.So I guess it's not hard to getting fighters info.

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Webpage
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Official

Cage Force Official Page
Cage Force Official

DEMOLITION Offical Page (old one)
DEMOLITION Offical

D.O.G. Offical page (old one)
D.O.G. Offical

Older event (web page not exist now)

ORG
Contenders

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tokyo Honbu (Ocyanomizu Tokyo)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tokyo Honbu Official

Yushin Okami
Yushin Okami Official Blog
K-taro Nakamura
K-taro Nakamura Official Blog
Katsuya Toida
Hideki Kadowaki
Hideki Kadowaki Official Blog
Motoki Miyazawa
Motoki Miyazawa Official Blog
Takayo Hashi
Naoko Omuro
Naoko Omuro Official Blog
Kanako Takeshita

Wajyutsu Keisyukai GODS (Grappling Of Destructive & Striking) (Senzokuike Tokyo)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai GODS Official

*Taiyo Nakahara
Yuji Hoshino
Takeyasu Hirono

Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW (Real Japanese Wrestling) (Monzen Nakamachi Tokyo)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW Official

Wataru Miki
Wataru Miki Official Blog
Katsuya Inoue
Katsuya Inoue Official Blog
Yasuhiro Urushitani
Yasuhiro Urushitani Official Blog
Hayate Usui
Yoichi Fukumoto

Wajyutsu Keisyukai A-3 (Wakou Saitama Pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai A-3 Official

*Hirokazu Nishimura

Kenji Osawa
Kenji Osawa Official Blog
Yukiya Naito
Takahito Iida
Takahito Iida Official Blog
Takumi Murata
Naosuke "Yoshirock T" Yoshida
Naosuke "Yoshirock T" Yoshida Official Blog
Eri Kaneya

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tiger Place (Yokohama Kanagawa pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tiger Place Official

*Yuji Hisamatsu
Yusaku Tsukumo

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Naked-Man Jiujitsu (Nogata Tokyo)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Naked Man Jiujitsu Official

Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki
Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki Official Blog

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Toikatsu Dojo (Nakano Tokyo)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Toikatsu Dojo official

*Katsuya Toida

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Team Vamos (Tenri Nara pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Team Vamos Official

*Yushi Shiori

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Iwate Shibu (Kitakami Iwate pref)

*Takuya Fujimura

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Duro (Chiba Chiba pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Duro official

*Toshihiro Suda (ex Box Japanese Ranker)
Masaaki Sugawara

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Hyogo Shibu (Itami Hyogo Pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Hyogo Shibu Official

*Tatsunori Tanaka

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Wakasugi Dojo (Fukuoka Fukuoka Pref)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Wakasugi Dojo official

*Naritsugu Wakasugi
Yuta Nakamura

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tlive (Kameari Tokyo)

*Satoshi Nishino

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Knuckles (Hikari Yamaguchi Pref)

*Yuta Yasunaga

I write bit bout how Wajyutsu born.It is minimum info inside one article though.

SKILL MMA : Cult Martial Arts in MMA

Martial Arts exist in Japan

Which martial arts exist in Japan? I research about that question.Link is basically which martial art's most authoritative Commission or Federation or Dojo.I plan to write about different list about kick boxing and Muay Thai lately.

Judo
All Japan Judo Federation

Kodokan


Kodokan's Jigoro Kano's statue

Kosen Judo
It's Judo but focus on grappling.Watch wikipedia for rule.
Wikipedia Kosen Judo

Shichitei Judo
Yuki Nakai and Shiko Yamashita have this martial arts back ground.
It's only hold at imperial university.All 7 imperial university in Japan
have shichitei judo club.It's focus on grappling like Kosen Judo but difference is no "Mate (Wait)" call so just people can focus on grappling.Shichitei Judo's game hold by each school's team.So there is type of player just beat and next guy to guy,or just aim draw.When Team beat other team's 15 people,game is over.This concept make grow each competitors specialty.One fighter just aim finishes and other just aim defence for draw.


Youtube Shichitei Judo (Japanese)

At Japanese wikipedia Yuki Nakai import "stop don't move" concept to mma from Shichitei Judo.I have no source except wikipedia so I just give reference.Youtube video have "stop don't move" scene.

Karate
Japan Karatedo Federation

Shotokan

Goju

Wado

Kyokushin

SeidoKaikan


Seido Kaikan Headquarters

Daidojuku (Wajyutsu Keisyukai and Daidojuku's roots)

Sambo
Japan Sambo Federation

BJJ
Jiu-Jitsu Federation Of Japan (head Rickson Gracie)

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Of Japan (head Yuki Nakai)

ADCC Japan

Wrestling
Japan Wrestling Federation

Boxing
Japan Boxing Commission

Nippon Kenpo
Isamu Sugiuchi and Yoshifumi Dogaki have this martial arts back ground.
Nippon Kenpokai official

Wikipedia Nippon Kenpo

Sumo
Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Pro)

Japan Sumo Federation (Amateur)

Aikido
Aikiai Foundation

Kendo
All Japan Kendo Federation

Shorinji Kempo
Pancrase's Yuki Kondo and Miki Shida have this martial arts back ground.
Shorinji Kempo Organization

Wikipedia Shorinji Kempo

Japan Self-Defense Forces Martial Arts

Combination of Nippon Kenpo and Aikido

Capoeira
Capoeira Angola Center Japao

Kurash
Japan KURASH Federation

Wikipedia Kurash

Silat
Japan Pencak Silat Association

Wikipedia Silat

Taekwondo
Taekwondo world org is separated by political reason.
I have no idea how many org exist in Japan.
International Taekwon-do Federation Japan

Japan Taekwondo Association

Koppo
Masato Fujiwara,Takumi Yano,Takefumi Hanai and Takeharu Murahama have this martial arts back ground.
Nihon Koppo Budo Association Official

My article about Koppo

Look back Vale Tudo Japan with 5 fights

Vale Tudo Japan 09's ticket sales is very well even with high price.Why?I give some old fight's explanation and make some hype for you. Vale Tudo Japan rule at 09 event is most resemble to Sengoku rule.Allow stomp and knee on ground.Which make more finish and make duel atmosphere.

Import point is

1 : Vale Tudo is Martial arts vs Martial arts for survive.
2 : Vale Tudo is contempt about fighter's safety.More duel than fight.
3 : Brazilian Jiujitsu is biggest background at that era.
4 : Vale Tudo Japan loser try to find what they don't know and teach to student.
5 : Brazilian Jiujitsu become part of MMA.MMA fighter start find way to win with MMA skill.

Let's look back Vale Tudo Japan with 5 fight I choices.

1: Yuki Nakai over Gerard Gordeau at VTJ 1995

Shooto LW champ Yuki Nakai graduate Hokkaido University and have Shichitei Judo (I will explain this at other post) background face Karate Practitioner Gerard Gordeau who is over 100kgs.

At early Vale Tudo era,there is aspect of martial arts vs other martial arts.Martial Arts master fight for continuous of his skill.So there is lot of malice.MMA is not exist at there.They just want define which is strongest martial arts.Therefore, rule limitation getting contempt.Gordeau is the guy bite Royce's arm at UFC 1.Then he eye-gouge Nakai and make Nakai one eye blind.The result make him eternal retire from MMA.

At VTJ 94,Shooto fighter can't win against foreigner.Yuki Nakai want prove Shooto fighter can fight.He said "I can beat ***** or ***** (pro wrestler name) ".Shooto make a less attention at that days.When He talk about Vale Tudo Japan he say "I could die for Shooto at that day".His win against Gordeau, and VTJ finalist status really first time to tell Shooto's promotion's value for outside world.

Yuki Nakai's gym Paraestra produce strong grapple fighter like Shinya Aoki or Satoru Kitaoka.

2: Enson Inoue over Randy Couture at VTJ 1998

Enson Inoue is Japanese American (Nikkei 4th generation) who training kick boxing. Add BJJ skill under Relson Gracie.Which is important.Because guy like Yuki Nakai learn BJJ from him,So basically Enson is father of BJJ in Japan.He show his BJJ skill and won against that date's UFC champ.That won helps he and Shooto's existence grow.Enson got many attention from Japanese MMA magazine because of this fight.

Enson Inoue make his gym Purebred and many elite fighter like Norifumi "kid" Yamamoto,Tetsuji Kato and Ganjo Tentsuku improve his skill at there.


3 Rickson Gracie over Yoshinori Nishi at VTJ 1994

Yoshinori Nishi is Daidojuku champ.Who faced Rickson at VTJ.But he don't know about what Vale Tudo is and make him cost lose.His famous words is "I Recognize run from fight by fear of defeat is such a shame.I aim dream of a man "be a strong man"(whatever happen from fighting) "
He prove his words but not by him.He establish Wajyutsu Keisyukai which is today's biggest gym group in Japan.Nishi and one of Wajyutsu's gym master Ryusuke Moriyama learn Judo from Masahiko Kimura.But at VTJ he can't fit his Judo at Vale Tudo game.Wajyutsu Keisyukai add some Brazilian Jiujitsu aspect and mix there Judo game.Therefore Wajyutu's grappling have some differ taste at that days.

Caol Uno debut at Shooto in 1996.He participate VTJ from 1998.He draw Andre "dede" Pederneiras who is Nova Uniao founder and show Wajyutsu can compete Brazilian Jiujitsu.

Rickson Gracie get know martial arts audience his name by his UFC 1 winner Royce's famous remark "Rickson was 10 times better than he was." Unfortunately He have only 11 fight and retire to defend self reputation.But Gracie and his family's influence's value is eternal.

4 ,Rumina Sato over Ricardo "Ricky" Botelho

At that day Brazilian Jiujitsu dominate at Vale Tudo.But slowly fighter realizes Brazilian Jiujitsu is not only way to win a game.Rumina Sato his father born in 1993, his father named "Rumina" took word from Latin's "Luna (moon) " and "Lupinus (wolf (if it go exact mean "Lupinus" is plant name but Lupinus words come from "Lupus"= wolf ))".Train under Noboru Asahi at Kiguchi Dojo .His win against Botelho show gain Brazilian Jiujitsu's knowledge and add some other skill make possibility to beat Brazilian Jiujitsu's black blt.Later wrestling and ground pound really come to mma.But at this moment leg lock is really important skill to beat who don't know about leg lock.

5 David Levicki over Kazuhiro Kusayanagi at VTJ 94

At early Vale Tudo's era weight difference is ignored.Because they define it as street fight show in venue.So Levicki who over 132kg face Kusayanagi who is fight for 70kgs at career.Kusayanagi lose.That make journalist headline "Japan weakest"
at martial arts magazine.Shooto people want revenge about it.That is huge motivation for Shooto guy's evolve.

Kazuhiro Kusayanagi leave Kiguchi Dojo and make his own K'z Factory gym where many elite fighter like Takanori Gomi,Akira Kikuchi,Kotetsu Boku and Masahiro Oishi improve his skill at there.

Gomi vs Hervey,Mamoru vs Taitano for Vale Tudo Japan 09

Three match and 1 participants updated for Sustain's Vale Tudo Japan 09.

Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team) (Current KOTC LW champion)
Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)

Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)

So far current VTJ 09line up is.

VTJ rule 5 round 5 minutes

Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team)

Lion Takeshi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Alexandre Franca Nogueira (Club de luta)

Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)

Shooto Rule For Shooto welter weight title 3 round 5 minutes

Willamy Chiquerim (Nova Uniao) vs Kenichiro Togashi (Paraestra Hiroshima)

Shooto Rule 3 round 5 minutes

Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)

Participate

Rumina Sato (roots)

Yoichiro Sato (Gracie Barra Tokyo)


My writing about first report for VTJ 09 match ups

My writing about Shooto's "Revolutionary Exchanges 3" card's possibility fighter exchanges with pancrase

Japan Martial Arts Federation start

Japan martial arts federation start at October 20.Reception and press conference will be hold at that day.It's 8th affiliate federation under Japanese wrestling federation.Japanese wrestling federation's head Tomiaki Fukuda will be leader of new federation too.

Sengoku,Pancrase,Shooto,ZST are participate by pro organization.Muay Thai,Sambo,BJJ,Combat Wrestling,Pankration,Belt Wrestling,Kurash,Silat are paticipate as amateur organization.

Purpose for foundation is bring competitor for event controlled by Japanese Olympic committee.FILA (Federation Internationale des Luttes Associees aka International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles) start MMA committee and it makes wrestling and other martial arts's exchange is important reason too.

At first Japan martial arts federation will bring competitors for Asian Indoor Games.

It will be the third and the last annual asian indoor games event before merging with asian martial arts games.

Next is bring competitor for world grappling event hold by FILA in Florida in 2009 December and world martial Arts games hold in Beijing in 2010 Summer.

2009 Asian Indoor Games

My article about World martial arts games and Asian martial arts games