Also known as
Tarzan of the Tatami · Tarzan van de tatami
Description
Dutch judoka and professional wrestler, the only judoka to win two gold medals at a single Olympic Games (Munich 1972, heavyweight and open class). Won two world titles (1967 Salt Lake City, 1971 Ludwigshafen), seven European titles and many Dutch national titles. Started judo at the Dutch Navy and trained under Jon Bluming in the 1960s-70s; reached 8th dan. After 1972 he became national coach of the Netherlands for about a year and later competed in professional wrestling for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and the WWF. Inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2013.
Teachers (2)
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Jan van der Horstsports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ConfirmedConfirmedThe JBN memorial, Dutch Wikipedia and TheaterEncyclopedie all record that under van der Horst's national-coaching (bondscoachschap) Ruska won his first world title in 1967, the anchoring fact of this entry.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.(1967)
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3 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkThe JBN memorial, Dutch Wikipedia and TheaterEncyclopedie all record that under van der Horst's national-coaching (bondscoachschap) Ruska won his first world title in 1967, the anchoring fact of this entry. -
Jon Blumingsports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō ConfirmedConfirmedMultiple independent sources corroborate Bluming as Ruska's judo teacher, including Bluming's own 2017 interview naming Ruska among his students.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.(1960–1972)
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7 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkMultiple independent sources corroborate Bluming as Ruska's judo teacher, including Bluming's own 2017 interview naming Ruska among his students.“Bluming stopped competing and turned his energies into training future Dutch hopefuls, among them judo champion Willem Ruska and three-time world sambo champion Chris Dolman.”
Lineage
Ranks (1)
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military_tech8 dan ProbableProbableBoth Wikipedia infoboxes record 8th dan, without a granting body or date.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Dan-Kyu System
Honours (1)
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descriptionIJF Hall of Fame ProbableProbableBoth Wikipedia articles state Ruska was inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2013.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.Other (2013)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkBoth Wikipedia articles state Ruska was inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2013.
Sources
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M015RCSFK72AEZPP3EQZ136Q
Cite and reuse
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Wim Ruska. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M015RCSFK72AEZPP3EQZ136Q - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M015RCSFK72AEZPP3EQZ136Q, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Wim Ruska}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M015RCSFK72AEZPP3EQZ136Q}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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