I want to get results…This is what everyone wants. However, in order to produce “immediate results”,“Small” technologyDo not run to Rather than that,Stick to the “straight attack method”Therefore, it is better to develop your skills properly. A person who embodies this is Tadahiro Nomura, a judoka who achieved three consecutive Olympic titles. In this article, we will tell you about the importance of “straight attack methods” that also apply to business, while introducing episodes that Mr. Nomura learned.(This article is written by Kagetoshi Kanazawa.“Super☆athlete thinking”This is an excerpt).
There are “pitfalls” in pursuing “results”
We will produce results no matter what.
To that end, it is a virtue to explore all possibilities and spare no effort. Up until now, I have focused on producing results and have worked tirelessly in my daily work.
However, there is a “pitfall” here.We seek “results” but our perspective becomes too narrow.when I noticedChasing only “immediate results”It is.
The problem is that in order to get “immediate results,” we deviate from the “straight approach.” As a result, even if we were able to produce “results” at one time,They won’t last long because they haven’t developed their true “ability”This could lead to such an outcome.
The person who taught me about this fear was Tadahiro Nomura, a judoka.
Mr. Nomura, who was born into a judo family, started judo at the age of three, but because he was small, he had a hard time winning. My only hope was that I was good at it.Back throwThat technique. I continued to work hard, believing that by honing this technique into a “weapon,” I would someday become stronger.
He then entered Tenri High School, a prestigious school for judo. At the school, the ideal was the “straight attack” method of judo, which involves firmly grappling with the opponent and taking the ippon with standing techniques. However, even though the lightest weight class for high school boys was 60 kg or less, Mr. Nomura’s weight at that time was probably 50 kg. Even if you grapple with an opponent with that physique, you have no chance of winning. No matter what I do, I end up losing weight and strength.
“It doesn’t matter if you can’t win right now, just hone your basics.”
“I want to win no matter what.”
With this in mind, in his second year of high school, Nomura decided to try judo, making use of his unique agility. If you grapple with your opponent head-on, you will lose your strength, so use insufficient grappling techniques such as grappling or shoulder collars to shake the opponent and move into more and more techniques. I tried to find a way to make a living by adopting this judo style.
However, when this strategy was working and I started to see results little by little, I received this kind of guidance from my father, the instructor of Tenri High School’s judo club.
“If you want to be a fighter who just wants to win now, just do that kind of judo.If you keep trying and want to be a long-lasting champion with real ability when your efforts bear fruit, stop doing small-handed judo.You don’t have to win right now, so do judo that involves solid grappling and hone your techniques to take ippon.”
It was true that he was annoyed to be rejected because it was a style of judo that had started to work out for him, but on the other hand, he was happy that his father, who usually refrained from giving advice, dared to teach him, and decided to “just accept it”.
I then changed back to a judo style that involved tight grappling, but I still couldn’t win. However, while enduring this frustration, he firmly grapples with an opponent who is superior to him in physique. Through this process, I honed my techniques, such as how to transfer my small weight onto the opponent, how to disrupt the balance of the opponent’s body, and how to maintain distance between myself and the opponent.
For example, Mr. Nomura’s grip strength isApproximately 40kgAlthough he was at the same level as the average person, his “power” when judo was combined was outstanding. Such “strength” isI was able to improve my skills by continuing to practice “judo”It is.
This effort will blossom over the next few years.
As I became a university student and my body gradually improved, I no longer lost strength even when wrestling head-on, and I started to be able to perform the sei-nage that I had refined up until then in an interesting way. Mr. Nomura, who quickly rose to prominence,Earned the right to participate in the Atlanta Olympics during his fourth year of university.. They defeated even the most muscular foreign athletes one after another and won the gold medal.
“At that time, I almost took a wrong turn.”
Mr. Nomura says so.
If I had pursued “immediate results” and “immediate victories” during my second year of high school, my career would have developed differently after that. Following my father’s advice,Because I honed my skills in a straightforward manner, I was able to develop an unshakable “ability” even with a little effort.. He also says that he became a long-lived judoka who won three consecutive Olympics and remained active until he was 40 years old.
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Written by Kagetoshi Kanazawa
What are “people who produce results” thinking? This is revealed in the latest book “Super Athlete Thoughts” by business athlete Kagetoshi Kanazawa, who has achieved legendary results at Prudential Life. In this book, through interviews with many legendary athletes, including three-time Olympic judo champion Tadahiro Nomura, former women’s tennis world No. 4 Kimiko Date, former professional baseball player Atsuya Furuta, and former Japan women’s badminton representative Reiko Shiota, Kanazawa extracts the “thinking methods” common to those who maximize their performance and continue to produce results. We break it down and explain it so that business people can easily incorporate it, such as “acknowledge your weaknesses,” “reflect positively,” “don’t think about things you can’t control,” and “don’t rely on motivation.”
