16 days of glory - Yasuhiro Yamashita

[ahmed9999rocky]

all respect to RASHWAN the real sports man

[JboyAAA]

Despite the comments of the voice-over I really don't see any effort by Rashwan to go after the right leg, he attempts taia on the right side but doesn't really make contact on that ankle at all....and then later attacks with harai on the left side and gets countered. If he were looking to attack the injury, there would be a lot more deashi or sasae attacks before he goes for major throws.

[JackDaniels267]

That is actually mind blowing. He is clearly limping badly and yet he carries on and, not only that, he wins!! At the highest level.  Awesome display of balls. I am gona watch this before any competition I enter. :-)

[woundspooden]

so he lost in the semi finals but the ref let them fight? seems a litle bit tainted.

[sylverdrag]

@woundspooden Watch again. Yamashita said it was the first time he *thought* he might lose... but he won nevertheless and moved on up

[kooover]

He didn't attack the injured leg...r u blind?

[gregggggg28]

yamashita face always looks like cold like ice Really scary guy ::this focus like be sleeping fenomenal

[la021583]

thanks for sharing

[50pushups]

"If they could see on my face what I feel in my heart, no-one would ever fight me"

Yasuhiro Yamashita

[aboamin1]

i am ayman from egypt i love sinsi yamashita because he is the champion by all this word mean.

[herbaissimo]

Go Rashwaaaan , I am Egyptian and proud of you like all Egyptians .

بطل يا رشوان بطل كفاية كل العالم بما فيهم اليابانيين يشهدوا بروحك الرياضية العالية

كان ببساطة ممكن تاخد الميدالية الدهب لكن اخلاقك كرياضي صاحب روح سامية رفضت تستغل إصابة خصمك

بطل بمعنى الكلمة يا رشوان

[Izajudo1995]

Quickest 280 pound judoka i've ever seen his osoto gari

[wolfrox777]

Wow... I thought he lost at the end.. And I was like Ahh nooOOooo!

Oh thank god :D What a guy..

[fightermoon1]

A Big Fighter and a Big caracter Rashwan ! Respect! Today u cannot see this fair play in fightsports !

[juventus10hilal]

Not surprised at this act of a Muslim because of this religion is a religion of morality as the Prophet said I came to complete good morals

It is clear that the sense of religion is the creation

[juventus10hilal]

ていない預言者によると、私は良い道徳を完了するために来て言っ­たように、この宗教は道徳の宗教であるため、イスラム教徒のこの­行為に驚いて

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[seahowl]

Clean, direct, powerful, we'll miss you, Bud.

[xlr82xs80]

Rashwan did not attack Yamashita's injured leg its clear he could simply hit his knees , but he didnt

[NNocona]

5ft 11in and 280 pounds, now thoses are some intimidating stats. All that skill with all that size, thats like wrestling a bear!

[jackhooda]

rashwan didn't attack the injured leg you piece of shit you can see it in the video he could but he didn't it's so clear

[sprinfled]

people, everyone knows the famous story; Rashwan DID NOT attack his injured leg!! the UNESCO gave Rashwan a fair play award right after the tournament and thats because he refused to attack him where he got injured!! Rashwan was praised everywhere in the japanese media and he has lots of fans over there!!

[falkon9009]

لله درك يا محمد رشوان

لا اله الا الله

بطل عربي فبل ان تكون مصري

بسبب تنازل عن الفوز على بطل العالم الياباني اسلم الكثير من اليابانيين

وبسبب المقولة الشهيرة == ديني يمنعني من ذلك ==لم تقم باستغلال ضعف خصمك للنيل باللقب الدنيوي

وفزت بذلك باسلام الكثير من اليابانيين

[falkon9009]

@falkon9009

[ozgrappla]

another awesome insight into the Judoka mind

[enobsan]

Rashwan did not attack his leg. It is famous in Japan that he did not attack and he is repected.

[boomersoonersrok]

umm right leg is different than the left leg mr. bbc man! other than that, wonderfully put together in trying to explain to a non-judo oriented audience what judo is truly about!

[kentmesr1]

Rashwan did not attack Yamashita's injured leg

[DelusionalJ]

As I remember, Rashwan did not attack Yamashita's injured leg. This I think is a famous story in Japan. And for this, even to this day Rashwan is greatly respected. His act was taken up by the Japanese media on many occasions as true sportsman like. Very nice vid thank you for the upload.

[robl1616]

yamashita's ground work at his best was better then any bjj champ.... by a mile!!!!

[TarantulinNY]

Simply the best of the best. Real master with amazing fighter soul

I've seen him when i was a child in the competition Tbilisi, Georgia.

Judo is the Greatest sport after football : PP really love Judo

[TheIncia]

I'm so happy for him^^  he haz skillz

[TheVangsters]

198 Successive victories!!! someone put this guy in the guinness book of world records!!!

[kirokyukan]

@TheVangsters He is in the Guiness book of records.

[goodfellas63]

you know... i hate Judo but... i sitting on judo nowe and i love it!!!

[muratjakoben]

this is a tournament everybody want to win

[kabylis]

Indeed rashwane were rewarded with fair play trophee.

And did not hit or aim at the injured leged,even yamashita recognized him that.

[zangeefer]

Rashwan is wellknown in Japan among all judokas as a clean fair judoka for non aiming at the injury of Yamashita

[alinardelean]

@zangeefer It's true, the comentator must have been carried away or was wearing the wrong glasses. Rashwan have the reputation of one of the most fair play judoka in sport. Who was attacking several times Yamashita's injured leg was the french cunt in the semi final and he should be disqualified for this. Anyway, Yamashita remains one of the best judoka of all times.

[RexBaselio]

@zangeefer It was Endo who is viewed to injure Yamashita on purpose.

[aksa8c]

A great memory video about "Less Is More".

[mbschan]

I was in 84 when we filmed this and worked with Bud exclusive on this piece. Rashwan did attack the injured leg but in the Award ceremony help Yamashita onto the top step of the victory platform

[kormastas]

@mbschan did you know that rashwan was a student of yamashita and i doubt that his student would do that

[mbschan]

@kormastas Take a look at the video the first action he took was to attack the leg. Even though in a latter interview he said he didn't, the video shows he did. I was there.

[kormastas]

for my untrained eye it seems he went further than the leg to get the leverage for a throw it seems to me as most of it was in the upper body in force of the throw attempt hoping that the leg would give away to pressure if you want to factor the leg in it

but then again im no expert

[feralheartbg]

No he didnt. The guy before Rashwan did it

[DandDskeeto]

I remember seeing this on some TV show in June of 88.

[k0d0kan]

Yamashita... What a champion. The matches between Yamashita and Saito were awesome. There was a big rivalry between those two for many years in Japan.

[edbiology]

he does not sound like that at all...

[tvmartialarts]

Fantastic martial artist and great representative of the sport of Judo, thanks for sharing it. Andy

[EjenAmy]

He makes Judo look so easy!!!!!!!!

[HIRAMJIU]

in judo attacking an injury is considered out of the sport check it out 06:15 min

[InnovationHero]

Did Mohamed Rashwan attack the injured leg? I am egyptian and everybody here say that Mohamed Rashwan didn't and thats why he lost! Whats the truth in that?

[lakermangmx]

watch the video maybe ? :D

[feralheartbg]

Yes he did not attack his injured leg

[Ilcristian]

True!!!

Rashwan loyalty were recognized worldwide and he won some fair play prize (sorry I can't remember the exact name now) for it!!!!

[BloodFeather]

fairplayinternational

[mitchell6000]

In the clip, Rashwan attacks using a standard and fair judo throw. If he is/was a right-handed fighter, say, all his throws are going to go on to one side-maybe injury side. It is very unfair of the commentator to say that he attacked his injured leg - I think is said for dramatic effect. i.e, If Rashwan had wanted too, he could have attacked using a sweep or something, where he would be literally kicking at the injury with the flat of his foot. But he is certainly not doing anything like that

[BloodFeather]

n 1984, he lost the finals to Japan's Yasuhiro Yamashita, who tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries. Rashwan state that he did not aim for Yamashita's right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. The story was widely reported in both Japan and Egypt.

[Dashblades2]

I suppose it's good to find objective sources of information, eh? =).

[prouck]

@InnovationHero the very first attack is to the injured leg at 6:45.

[gsgoltz]

We have some of the tatamis from this event at my dojo. I thought of selling small sections of them on eBay in Japan!

[saidNYC]

I would be intrested to bid .what kind of documents do you have to vaildate your auction ?Thank you

[gsgoltz]

I was joking about selling them but if I did it I would get the City of Los Angeles to provide me with a stamp of some sort.

[AlabamaJudo]

Hahaha you are funny sensei Goltz! ;-) Regards

[gsgoltz]

Actually I just got an e-mail last week that 100 more of these tatamis were being sold for $10 to $25 each by the San Fernando Dojo.

[5509831]

Sensei Goltz,

Do you know if that dojo is still selling the tatamis?

[gsgoltz]

The San Fernando Dojo has some for sale.

[saidNYC]

Rashwan had no intention to attack Yamashita injured leg ,he showed great sportsmanship .

[monadenn]

I agree, Rashwan never attacked the injured leg.

[saidNYC]

@6.45 The Narrator is misleading the audiance ,its annoying

[eddie2593]

the narrator sounds like the guy from "law and order"..

[Damnediscoman]

Yamashita is definitely one of the best Judoka of all time. Nobuyuki Sato sensei and Isao Inokuma sensei are legends and did an awesome job with Yamashita's training.

[bigfutbigfut]

an roumanian judoka was third place

[nordastelo]

Yes, 3rd place was Mihai Cioc from Romania :-).

[lemonite1]

Yeah, that guy Cioc was trully great. a master in his own right.

[winoguitaro]

Thanks for uploading this - Yamashita came to visit Bordeaux in February 2007 and I went to see his demonstration. It was great!

[brianfuti]

can we just leave this as it is? two amazing warriors (with proper senses of martial honor) clashed and the better one prevailed.

saying that rashwan would have won or suggesting that he got screwed is just plain ignorant.

[lemonite1]

is'nt Rashman a legend himself?

[chessman71]

Just incredible.

[jkygogo]

Sucks, I could have seen this. I was going to CSULA then.

[OkjN40]

thanks for upload!

I remember that we japanese got so excited when Yamashita won,and soon were so moved and impressed to know how fair and honorable Rashman was.

This was the greatest Judo match by the two

greatest Judokas.

[decebal01]

oh, you stupid mortals, how you dare to mention "bjj" here where you have to write comments about a judo hero!!

[MercuricMan]

in the minute 6:45 this video says that Rashwan attacks Yamashita's injured leg, which is not correct, becuase Rashwan refused to do this, and the Egyptian coach was pushing Rashwan to play on the injured leg of the Japanees hero, Rashwan refused to win the gold medal by this unclean way, and after the end of this tournment, the Japaneese authority awarded Rashwan the Japaneese Nationality for his clean soul, then he married a Japaneese woman, and he considered as a hero in Japan, He is Great.

[MANX61]

So he Win the Fair-play International Award in 1985

[e12019]

Chuck Norris is the best!

[Dudongo86]

Both arts are great.

[Morganator]

Please dont taint this video anymore of that stupid argument. This is Yamashita its piece of history and its above all that nonsense.

[kigawman]

Sorry to say this BJJ guys, if you really want to have a fighter capable of fighting Rickson Gracie in a Gi Match, it would probably be Yamashita.

[mrphilosophical]

not forgetting masahiko kimura

[kigawman]

I agree.

[mrphilosophical]

i feel that bjj is rather over rated, as in comparison to judo, judokas can throw strike grapple, where the bjj guys can only grapple, though they claim to excel in it, no offense to the bjj guys though, moreover bjj came from judo, when jigoro kano send mitsuyo maeda to brazil to spread judo, the gracies choose to focus on the grappling aspects thats all.

[kigawman]

It's true that the Gracies and other BJJ'ers chose to concentrate on the grappling aspects. But, I won't say that BJJ is over rated. Keep in mind that these days, Judokas and BJJ'ers are blending their ideas. Nevertheless, we might even see a BJJ'er/Judoka in the Olympics in 2008.

[blablalollol]

I want to see him vs Kimura

[maxzhou1]

The guy was injured, the other guy swiped at his leg in the final, and Yamashita beat his ass.

[tsubasa211]

wher can iget those vids??

[ynotlleb]

The BBC showed the TV version of "Sixteen Days of Glory" in 1988, shortly before the Seoul Olympics. I videotaped the whole series, I haven't seen it anywhere else since then.

[tsubasa211]

could u send the coverage about Judo to me! or do u only have it on a video tape?

[tacticmonster]

Rashwan is the most fair Judo player ever. He preferred to lose rather to aim for Yamashita's injury. He is an Egyptian heroe and he became a Japanese heroe for this act.

[lottajudo]

Thank you for sharing this video. I always wanted to watch past competitions, this is indeed a rare documentary. The voice seems to be generated by a computer, perhaps on Windows?

[ynotlleb]

The voice is of a real person, David Perry. He narrated the whole "16 days of glory" film. Glad you judo fans enjoyed it.

[judoka1]

Rashwan didn't attack the injured leg get your facts straight! Anybody who knows Rashwan's fighting style seen that it was obvious he didn't finish the Ashiguruma hook and that's all he does Ashiguruma. You know this American commentator needs to know the difference between fake pretentious Americanized sporting events and Judo.

[hex99jojo]

Rashwan was a great judo master with good spirits. He may have wan the match, if he attacked the injured leg. But he didn't and lost the match. We japanese have a tremendous respect on him. He is the true champion of the olympics in my book.

[judoka1]

Ie desune