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The fighter is Takanoyama Shuntarō (born 21 February 1983 as Pavel Bojar) is a sumo wrestler from Prague, Czech Republic. He is the first man from the Czech Republic to join the professional sport in Japan.[1] He reached the third highest makushita division in 2004, but due to his light weight he had difficulty in regularly beating his opponents, despite his skill.[2] However, in May 2011 he finally earned promotion to the sekitori ranks. After becoming only the third new sekitori since 1958 to pass through jūryō division in just one tournament, he made his debut in the top makuuchi division in September 2011. He is 6’1″ and 200 pounds.
Contrary to what you might think, there is a perfect weight, size, power and speed for grappling and this is it. At this size you can be strong enough (provided you have great technique) to defeat much larger grapplers who are simply not used to dealing with the smaller size and speed.
If you look at the All Japan Judo championships where there is not weight limit, the most popular weight of previous champions is around 200 pounds.
The Greek Mathematician Archimedes is credited with saying “Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”
In THEORY if done correctly with the right position, leverage and technique a much smaller person can defeat a much larger person. But in reality that stops at around 6′ and 200 pounds.
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It is much better to be a lean but strong medium size and height than to be a tall but lanky and awkward 6’8 guy or a 320 pound lard bucket. Too much extra size or height becomes more of a liability than an advantage because as size increases you begin to loose some speed, agility, and endurance that smaller guys have. In judo there are many throws that work well against a taller or larger opponent but also some that work better against somebody shorter. At 6ft. and 200 pounds or at least in a range of say 5″10-6″2 and 180-220 pounds you can somewhat have the best of both worlds and still have the strength and power if you have good technique to dominate larger opponents but still have enough speed, agility, and use of leverage to deal with the smaller guys too.
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So do you have to be exactly at the 6ft. 200 pound mark to be the most effective because I”m 5’11 and 215 and when I practice some SDTS and judo throws and takedowns on a buddy of mine that’s like 6’8 and 250 pounds I’m able to make quick work of him between my technique and the leverage that comes with our height difference?
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