The story of Isao Inokuma, the Japanese judoka who conquered the Olympic gold in Tokyo 1964, was world champion in 1965 and became a national hero. But his life outside the tatami was marked by pressure, loneliness and a tragic end. In this documentary you will discover: 🥋 How to be a university student to Absolute Champion of Japan. 🥇 His consecration in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. ⚡ The fight that never occurred against Anton Geesink. 📚 His facet as a teacher and author of books like Best Judo. 🕯️ and the hardest lesson: that even the champions fight invisible battles. An epic, human and tragic story. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidsandojo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidsandojo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidsandojo 🎥 Recording material: https://sites.google.com/view/tatami-club-grabacion/inicio 📧 Contact: David.san.karate@gmail.com 💖 Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/davidsandojo 🔔 Une the channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/ucnwrljocm5jqh_4xubqmtjg/join 📖 📖 Sources 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 sources 📖 (Olympic Games) Biography and Card – Olympedia (Birth, Measures, Death). (Olympedia.or) All-Japan Judo (1959: First Champion Student; 1960–61 finals with Kaminaga)-All Japan Judo Federation (Official History). 全日本柔道連盟 | 全柔連ホームページ World Cup 1965 (open category for Inokuma; +80 kg for Geesink) – IJF/Judoinside (event and medalists) and historical synthesis. (Judoinside.co) “Fighting Spirit” (Inokuma’s article: Judo begins at 15; use of Seoi-Nage in 1959). (Judoinfo.co) Reference books – IJF (List) + Kodansha Editions (Weight Training for Judo Championship). (ijf.or) Teaching/environment tokai and yamashita – Sports Illustrated (profile prior to La’84) and Bio de Yamashita. (Sports Illustrated Vault | Si.co) Death (2001, found in their office; the police talked about suicide) – Registration/Agency Note (Image Link Global/Kyodo), and Olympedia reference. (Avoid detailing the method out of respect and security). 📄 Curriculum: 3rd Dan Karate Shotokan for the RFEK and FCK Sports Technician in Karate level 1
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