First Judo Open Champion - Antonius Geesink | Tokyo 1964 Olympics | Tokyo
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Don't miss out on everything Olympic! Click here for all highlights, behind-the-scenes and more! http://go.olympic.org/watch?p=yt&teaser=a Highlights from the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games as the Netherlands' Antonius Geesink wins the first gold medal in the judo open competition. Subscribe to the Olympic channel: http://bit.ly/1dn6AV5 Geesink was an imposing figure who stood at 1.98m. He won his first World Championship title in 1961. This was the 1st time the title had been won by a participant from outside Japan. [More...] At the 1964 Tokyo Games, the host nation was expected to sweep all four weight classes. The Japanese promptly won the first three. But the giant Dutchman defeated Japanese national champion Kaminaga Akio in convincing fashion to claim the gold medal in the open class. To celebrate his victory, Geesink's teammates rushed onto the tatami to hoist him on their shoulders. But Geesink quickly dismissed them with a gesture of his arm. Before joining his teammates in celebration, he first bowed to Kaminaga, acknowledging his opponent. This courtesy left the 15,000 spectators in awe. In 1965, Geesink won another World Championship, this time in the heavyweight category. Two years later, he was presented with the 10th Dan, a distinction very rarely given to a judoka. Find more about Antonius Geesink: http://www.olympic.org/antonius-johannes-geesink
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at the end of the match he made the stop sign to prevent friends enter the tatami. Because that happend in Paris during the World Final. He hated that. respect all over!!
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look at the japanese audience faces: full of anger & sorrow
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at the end (2:16) Anton's trainers want to rush onto the ring, but he actually tells them to wait till they finished the match with respect. really cool to see!
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Size does matter, no?
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Classic.
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Anton Geesink was a legend, a Dutch Judo icon. In 1961, he became the fist world champion from outside Japan and 3 years later he climbed the olympic mountain. One of the biggest names in the sport and certainly the best we ever had. Rust zacht, meneer Geesink.
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Falling Hard by Mark Law brought me here.
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Geesink was very skillful as well as a huge man, but notice at 1.24 he would have been disqualified under today's stupid rules when he takes a leg to take Kaminaga down. Great fight and an uncommonl sight at the end with the Aussie flag in third place.
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I think this fight qualifies for the term "Epic". Probably the one match that pretty much put the direction for Judo to become what it is today. In good and bad. A
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Geesink trained hard for this competition. He trained so hard to beat japan. He also won the 1961's world championchip and he was one of the greatest judoka at this moment even if he was not japanese.
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ヘーシンクは柔道の精神を持っていた尊敬すべき柔道家です。
勝った瞬間、関係者（コーチかな？）が駆け寄ろうとすると「待った、来るな！」と手で止めている。映像の一部にも出ている。
今の柔道は世界的になった反面スポーツになってしまって「精神」は忘れ去られている。
勝った瞬間飛んだり跳ねたり、実になげかわしいことです。
礼に始まり礼に終わる。互礼が終わるまで終わっていないのが武道です。 -
Does anybody have the footage of the Heavyweight final between Isao Inokuma and Doug Rogers????I would love to see it.
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I agree no matter how good you are if you do not have weight which it goes with your whole dimension you will lost one who is as good as you and have the weight and dimension. If you are 5'4' and medium build try to bridge one who is 5'8" and heavy.
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Epic and both great judoka's.
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cause of in every category would be a japanese winner!
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it was legendary bout! respect for Geesink and Kaminaga! i heard a story if Kaminaga would win the game JUDO would be withdraw from the olympics!
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you are true! Thank you for answer!
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I love the old school rules.. red vs white... 30 second pin time... no stalling penalties...lots of grip fighting... very cool!
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There is a general rule of thumb we go by, which is first comes technique, speed and then strenght(weight usualy meaning strenght in the pro athlete world) Anyways these three aspects can all be trained, and one who has great skill can easily beat a heavier judoka, while the lesser skilled judoka can easily beat a non judoka. Toshihiko Koga is a perfect example: at -71 kg he got to the final in the all japan championship open division, losing only to the 120kg world champion.
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Exactly!