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Everybody in Mixed Martial Arts is talking about who should face Ronda Rousey for the women bantamweight title. Rowdy Ronda is outrageously dominant in her weight class and her sport overall. She needs a real challenger. The names of Alexis Davis and Cat Zingano are often mentioned.

Of course Zingano must recover from her knee injury and from the dramatic lost of her husband. Zingano is the legitimate contender, and giving her a title shot would be fair. Her striking abilities could give Rousey a harder time than those of Miesha Tate and Sara McMann altogether. Her Jiu-Jitsu could be some kind of a defense against Rousey’s judo (if any woman in MMA can counter that…) But really, Cat Zingano should use her striking power against Ronda Rousey. Rousey’s clinch work and killer takedowns are by far the best in all women MMA. That bout would make sense.

Also there is a lot of noise about Cris “Cyborg” Justino cutting down to 135 pounds (wouldn’t she die a few months ago if she tried that? Anyway…) Of course, superfights are a dream for many MMA fans, and Cyborg has a killer striking power and is maybe the more aggressive fighter in WMMA. But really, is Dana White wanting her in the UFC? Her long time association with Tito Ortiz and controversies around PED use and related suspensions would not play in her favor. But who knows… That would for sure be an amazing fight. But those who see Cyborg grabbing the belt easily should think again and again… What would Justino do on the ground in Rowdy’s hands? The answer lies within the question…

But I think one name should come in everyone’s mind. Holly Holm. That girl is amazing. Her boxing career is simply a perfect course. 18 titles defense. Nothing less. There is not much pro boxers that can boast such a fighting resume. She’s already a 135 pounds fighter. No need to drop a weight class, unlike Cyborg. Not much people know she has 3 pro kickboxing fights under her belt, like her killer headkick to Allanna Jones’ head on LFC 21 has proven. Her ground game is skyrocketing.

Whithout overlooking Zingano (MMA 8-0), Holm (MMA 6-0) has a much impressive boxing record and an almost identical MMA record. Zingano is maybe a more balanced figther, but Holm is a striking machine. The kind of sriking machine that could be a real first challenge for the champ .

That being said, Rousey is a VERY well balanced fighter, with really, really advanced judo throws, takedowns and groundwork. She showed, against Sara McMann on UFC 170, a lightning fast improving striking. She earned her place in the UCF P4P rankings. It would not be Hell on earth for Holm, and for sure the hardest challenge she would ever face inside the cage. Rowdy is not Allanna Jones or Angela Hayes Unlike some people say, it would in no way be an easy win for The Preacher’s Daughter. Chances are that it would not even be a win at all.

But she’s, in my opinion, the next logical contender for Ronda Rousey and by far the thoughest test for the UFC bantamweight champ.

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My sensei was once asked if he practiced meditation in his Judo classes. His answer was, “Every time I step onto the mat.” His students did not see him meditating, he never sat still, he did not close his eyes. Yet there was no doubt that his mind was free of extraneous thoughts. His concentration, control, and focus were obvious. He was constantly striving for self-improvement, mentally as well as physically. After years of martial arts training, the very act of training became a form of meditation.

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Seeking to strengthen his nine-year old son’s “character,” Samuel Hill, sought out a suitable man to provide instruction in an exotic art he had seen during a business trip to Japan: judo. A wealthy Seattle railroad executive, Hill had the contacts — and funds — to hire the best and in February 1903, Kazuyoshi Shibata, a Yale student and friend of a Japanese acquaintance, recommended Professor Yoshiaki (Yoshigutsu) Yamashita as the best man for the manly job.

Born in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 16, 1865, the son of a minor samurai, Yamashita had a basic grounding in the traditional martial arts before joining the new Kodokan dojo of Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, in August 1884. Yamashita rose steadily, even rapidly, through the ranks, achieving his sixth degree black belt in 1898 and gaining wide respect for his technical mastery. By the turn of the century, his reputation earned him a position teaching judo at the Japanese Naval Academy and Tokyo Imperial University.

Having long believed that making judo better known abroad would be good for Japan, Yamashita was an outstanding choice to spread the discipline in America, and he quickly responded to Hill’s inquiry. Accepting the offer in August 1903, Yamashita sailed for Seattle the following month, bringing with him his wife, Fude, and a 19-year old assistant, Saburo Kawaguchi (or Kamaguchi). Barely a week after their arrival, the trio gave a private judo exhibition for Hill and prominent invited guests, which historian Joseph Svinth believes may have been the first Kodokan judo exhibition for a non-Japanese audience in North America.

From Seattle, Yamashita and his party traveled across country by rail to Washington, D.C., where Hill’s son, John Nathan Hill, was then living. Offering demonstrations and lessons through the Japanese Legation, Yamashita found an eager audience of students in the nation’s capitol, and a surprisingly strong interest among the daughters of the nation’s political and corporate elite. Among the many who took notice was the President, Theodore Roosevelt, who had a well-known passion for what he considered manly pursuits. Through the Japanese Naval Attaché, Isamu Takeshita, Yamashita was introduced to Roosevelt at the White House in 1904 and by the spring, he had Roosevelt adding judo to his regular fitness regimen.

In January 1905, Yamashita left Washington to accept a position instructing midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. At the same time, representatives of the Army visited Annapolis to investigate the potential of Japanese martial arts, but while these representatives were favorably impressed, the Academy opted instead to hire a wrestling champion to train the cadets, a man who preferred the traditional western sports of boxing and wrestling.

From this point forward, Yamashita’s American sojourn wound down. His contract with the Naval Academy was not renewed for the fall 1905, but after Roosevelt personally intervened, Superintendent James H. Sands agreed to rehire him for another year. At the end of this second term, however, Sands recommended that the judo program be discontinued as not essential to shipboard life. Yamashita returned to Japan in the fall 1906 and continued to teach judo until his death on October 26, 1935. He was posthumously awarded the 10th degree black belt, the first ever so honored.

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."