Who was Masahiko Kimura?

Check out this post at The Ground Never Misses on Masahiko Kimura, called "the greatest Judoka to ever live."

A few nuggets about him:

• Kimura became the All Japan Open Weight Judo Champion at age 20. He maintained this title for 13 years without suffering a single defeat during this period. 
• Defeated Helio Gracie in one of the most famous challenge matches in martial arts history, and one which caused Gracie to name the "Kimura" technique after his opponent.
• He was a badass!
  

Check out the post for more details. 
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Top 10 MMA Submissions (video)

You may not have seen all of these - I sure hadn't. Enjoy!

P.S. I've gotta tray that gogoplata. I'm flexible enough. Any volunteers?
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Intent and purpose in training

What's the purpose of your drill? How about your Kata? Patrick, at the venerable Mokuren Dojo blog, always seems to have something in every post which can apply to all of us. This post, "Gripe about Tomiki jo" is no exception. Patrick asks this key question:

Or do you do kata in order to get better at some underlying principle (ju oraiki or ran or whatever)?  Are kata a vehicle or are they an end goal?

BJJ Instructor Saves Police Officer During Assault (Video)

Another story of a martial artist being the good guy!

Via the San Francisco Examiner:

A San Francisco cop enduring a pummeling from a “crazed” Muni fare evader Wednesday was fortunate that the attack happened outside a martial arts academy.

Hero jiu-jitsu instructor Pedro Arrigoni came to the cop’s rescue, putting the suspect into a choke hold and forcing him into submission at around 1 p.m., police said.

The 24-year-old Portola resident said he had just finished teaching a class at the AB Mixed Martial Arts Academy at 2975 San Bruno Ave. when he saw the suspect had mounted the cop after unleashing a flurry of punches.

Watch the video. [Warning! Graphic content.]