Tamio Kurihara, a man of honour at 10th Dan and a Champion of Ten-Ran Shiai 1929.
Kurihara was born in 1896 in Himeji City, Japan. After he was beaten by Yamagata in high school by newaza, he vowed to train and practice day and night. Quickly he became a mat-technique expert. Because his father was a physician Kurihara initially wanted to follow Japanese tradition and also become a physician. However his Judo sensei appreciated his talent and persuaded his father to allow him to pursue Judo as a career. "There are many physicians in Japan; we should not waste his talents as a judoka. Your son will be a Judo champion of Japan in the future." Kurihara's Judo teacher told this to his father. In 1915 he entered Busen (Professional Martial Art Academy) in Kyoto. One of his senseis, Isogai 10th dan, told him early on, "You are not very talented; therefore you need to practice harder than others." Kurihara took his sensei's advice seriously and jogged daily at Yoshita hill and tachiki uchi-komied (practiced against a tree) twice as much as his rivals. His hard work definitely paid off. When he graduated at the age of 23, he was Yon Dan, the youngest judoka of that rank in his school.
One of Kurihara's biggest wins was at the Ten-Ran Shiai (special tournament held in the presence of Japanese emperor) in 1929. He was 34 years old, 6th dan and at 5'4'', 160cm; and 165 lbs, 75kg, one of the smallest of the 32 competitors. In the preliminary rounds he defeated his opponents with Juji-gatame, seoi-nage and tsuri-komi goshi. After defeating his quarterfinal opponent with yokoshiho gatame the field was down to an elite few. His semifinal match was with Abe (5'9'', 175cm; and 210 lbs, 95 kg). Abe was unable use his harai-goshi and Kurihara countered with tai-otoshi, kouchi gari, and tomoenage to no avail. Eventually Kurihara tried a choke for 2 minutes, but Abe would not quit. The fight ended at 29minutes and 30 seconds when Kurihara won by decision, based on his aggressiveness. His final match was against Wushi-jima (5'6'', 170cm, 78.8kg, 26 years old) who was all Japan champion in 1931 and 1932. Wushi-jima won his preliminary matches in 1'55'' with kamishiho gatame and in 4'23'' with yoko shiho gatame and 1'05'' with yoko shiho gatame. He proved his ability to fight in both long and short matches when he won his quarter final match in 33 minutes with Uchi-mata. The final match between Kurihara and Wushi-jima was scoreless for 25 minutes. Kurihara was the obvious aggressor and was declared the champion. By prevailing against stronger and younger opponents Tamio Kurihara displayed the true value of judo.
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