Jon Bluming
Jon Bluming | |
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Kyokushin Karate[1]
10th Dan Black Belt in Azuma Takashi | |
Website | http://www.jonbluming.nl/ |
Johannes Cornelius Bluming (6 February 1933 – 17 December 2018)
Career
Early life and training
Born in
Back in the Netherlands in November, Bluming trained in Judo under Eddy Roosterman and the renowned G. F. M. Schutte at the Tung-Yang Club, gaining his black belt in three years. In 1956, Bluming was appointed coach of the Dutch national team, which won the European championships in Bellevue. The following year he received the 3rd Dan from Tokio Hirano by beating 75 Judokas in 26 minutes, one of them being another 3rd Dan, in a tournament in
Career in Japan
Upon his arrival to Japan, Bluming was accepted in the
During his time in Tokyo he lived with Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith, and was in Draeger's Judo class, where popular opinion placed the 25 best Judo practitioners in Tokyo.[7] Bluming gained his 4º dan after beating Akio Kaminaga by choke and Isao Inokuma by uchi mata makikomi. He and Draeger also trained in Bojutsu, Iaijutsu and Kendo with Tokyo police instructors Takaji Shimizu and Ichitaro Kuroda. Also under Donn's tutelage, Bluming underwent training to move to a heavier weight class, ascending from his natural 176 to 224 lb (80 to 102 kg). This brought more success, as Bluming replaced Inokuma in a gonin gake (a Judo challenge against five opponents of 3rd Dan or higher) and accomplished a shocking record of four seconds.[7]
Return to Europe and death
After his training in Japan, Bluming received a letter from the Netherlands in which Schutte asked him to come back and teach at the old dojo and the Amateurs Association for a year on contract. Bluming went back to teach his old friends, make some new ones, and possibly participate in the 1961 World Judo Championships in Paris in December, but his career halted after the Dutch Jujitsu and Judo Association (NJJB) impeded him from joining the competition. Bluming entered a public enmity with fellow Dutch star Anton Geesink, a potential rival, whom Bluming accused of working with NJJB chief Jan Van Der Horst to leave him out. Bluming issued a public challenge to the now world champion Geesink, but the NJJB again vetoed it.[8] He then made a match against all comers, which was attended by some 80 judoka from 1st dan to 4th dan, and he still threw them all within about four seconds in full view of the press. Even so, Geesink did not step down to fight him. After watching Geesink's victory in Paris, a frustrated Bluming retired from competition and focused only on karate and teaching instead.
In 1965, Bluming became the first non-Japanese to be awarded the 6º dan in karate from
Four years later, Bluming was contacted by Akira Maeda from Fighting Network Rings, a professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion which had a working agreement with both Oyama himself and Bluming's apprentice Chris Dolman. Through Maeda, Masutatsu offered him to return as a trainer and mediator with Rings, which Bluming accepted on the condition to expel another of his enemies, Loek Hollander, from the school.[citation needed]. In 1994, after Oyama's death, Bluming was awarded the 10º dan by Kenji Kurosaki.[1]
Bluming died on December 17, 2018, in De Bilt, Netherlands.[1]
Notable students
- Azuma Takashi - founder of Daidō Juku Kūdō.
- Chris Dolman - Sambo World Champion (‘69 & ‘85) and European silver medalist (‘74) in Judo.
- Wim Ruska - World Champion (‘67 & ‘71) and Olympic Champion (2x ‘72) in Judo.
- Otti Roethof -World Champion in Karate.
- Jan Kallenbach - Gold at the 1974 European Karate Championships. Representative of Taikiken in Europe.
- Jan Plas - introduced Kickboxing in the Netherlands, and coach of many World Champions in Kickboxing.
- Johan Vos - coach of many World Champions in Kickboxing.
- Lucien Carbin - Kickboxing World champion and coach of many World Champions in Kickboxing.
- Thom Harinck - Kickboxing/Muay Thai pioneer and coach of many champions.
- Semmy Schilt - K-1, Daidō Juku Kūdō and mixed martial arts champion.
- Gilbert Yvel - mixed martial arts champion
- Juan Carlos I of Spain
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Modesty Blaise | Hans | |
1971 | De Worstelaar | Leo Stefano | Short |
1972 | De inbreker
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De Bonk | |
1973 | Geen paniek | ||
1973 | Turks Fruit | Beveiliging | |
1973 | Naakt over de schutting
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Ed Swaan | |
1974 | De 5 van de 4 daagse | Cornelius Hoeding | |
1975 | Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming | Jon | (segment "Zeeman Tussen Wal en Schip") |
1981 | Hoge hakken, echte liefde | Molkenboer | |
1982 | De boezemvriend | Tavern patron | |
1984 | Moord in extase | Man in graveyard | |
1985 | De ijssalon | Partisan | |
1986 | Field of Honor | Sergeant | |
1987 | De ratelrat | Drunken driver | |
1990 | Vicent et moi | Hirodake's bodyguard |
References
- ^ ISBN 9781476670331.
- ^ Ruhe, Bert. "Kaicho recognized with the 10th Dan Hapkido". www.jonbluming.nl. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Moorman, Mark (2018-12-18). "Jon Bluming (1933 – 2018): vechtsporter die cultverschijning werd in Nederlandse films". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Kaicho recognized with the 10th Dan Hapkido". www.jonbluming.nl.
- ISBN 9780007347414.
Growing up in a Jewish neighbourhood, [Jon Bluming] witnessed numerous attrocities conducted by the German SS during the Second World War.
- ^ a b c Jon Bluming, Europe's first Mixed Martial Artist Archived 2015-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, Realfighting.com
- ^ a b c Ruhe, Bert. "Biografie". www.jonbluming.nl.
- ^ a b c d J. Dick Schilder, Geesink vs Bluming - The dream match that became a nightmare, Black Belt magazine, January 1969
- ISBN 9781893765009.
[Bluming] studied under Mas Oyama in the Kyokushin Kai style, and was the first person anywhere to receive 6th-dan in the style. (He is [by 1999] ranked 10th-dan.)
- ^ José Fraguas, Kaicho Jon Bluming - Founder of Kyokushin Budo Kai, An In Depth Interview, Jigoku Dojo