Kyuzo Mifune was so famous in judo circles that are in the terms and conditions refer to him 10th Dan alone is sufficient. He was awarded 10th Dan in 1920. Judo legends says that in his 60 years of practice Kyuzo Mifune never lost a race and was never thrown
Judo has in modern times gain wide popularity and this is partly down to the driving force of Kyuzo Mifune. his book the cannon of judo originally published in 1960, is credited with helping in the formation of the International Judo Association and the Olympic Games.
Kyuzo Mifune what brought to judo?
Mifune was born a year after the Kodokan was founded, april 21, 1883 in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture on the island of Honshu.He was apparently incorrigible as a boy, always perform some doom themselves or others on the same exercise.He was both clear and opinionated. at age 13, his father, a strict disciplinary that eventually gave up on the youngest of seven children, a junior high school in Sendai, in Northern Japan Mifune sent. There he discovered Judo, and decided to dedicate himself to the. at age 14, he defeated nine opponents in a row on a tournament with a different high school and a legend began.
He became one of Jigoro Kano (the father of judo) closest students. He was not physically very large with a height of 160 cm and 56kg. However that he came across this with his persistent hard training and scientific approach to training.
His father, find out that he was spending more time on Judo than studying, is cut off his allowance, and Mifune, now 22, went out to find employment.He started a newspaper, advertising, sold and built in a thriving enterprise. He was able to sell it at a substantial profit, and the program of the economy at the University of Keio.
He became known as the "God of judo" after the development of many new judo moves plus his reputation for being undefeated.
In 1964, Mifune as an official at the Tokyo Olympic Games, although he was diagnosed with cancer of the throat. In December of that year he has a hospital, and died there 27 January 1965, 81 years old. at the time of his death, he was the last of the Judans of Kodokan Judo
Below are some quotes from Kyuzo Mifune that give you a good insight into his thinking.
1) "In Judo, a dan (grade) awarded to the practitioner by other people. real strength, however, comes from within.
Try not to acquire than just; rather pursue your true power.
Your progress by the Dan grades will follow "
2) "is the essence of judo to find the original feature of the man ... and to personify of true freedom of thought and action."
3) "to manage an actual technique, spiritual culture must come first.
Acquiring a technique requires careful, modest, non-average, free and attentive mind. in other words, a player must do its best and nothing less. "
4) "is a chance to try your technique in a jiffy never to be recovered, so try it without hesitation"
And finally, Kyuzo Mifune motto for judo 2 weeks before his death written
The "emptiness
Dedication
Sublimeness "
The common practice among martial arts to focus on new ideas and recent events in competition. for each judoka there would find to be of great advantage to studying the life of kyuzo mifune here you have a true love of the art and the great kindness to his students balanced with fantastic fighting ability.