Kodokan Judo The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Founder Jigoro Kano

by Kano, Jigoro

• ISBN13: 9784770017994
• ISBN10: 4770017995
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-07-15
• Publisher: Kodansha USA

Summary

Written by the founder of Kodokan judo, Jigoro Kano, this text explains theriginal concepts and techniques of judo in detail.

Author Biography

JIGORO KANO, born in 1860 in Hyogo Prefecture, created Kodokan judo in 1882, the year after he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. In 1969 he became the first Japanese member of the International Olympic Committee. Jigoro Kano died at sea in 1938 while returning from an IOC meeting in Cairo.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Basic Judo Concepts
Jujutsu Becomes Judo	p. 15
Principles and Aims of Kodokan Judo	p. 20
Basic Points in Training	p. 26
Techniques
Basic Movements	p. 37
Classification of Techniques	p. 55
Nage-waza	p. 59
Katame-waza	p. 110
Continuous Attack	p. 131
Atemi-waza	p. 136
Free Practice
Randori	p. 141
Forms
Kata	p. 145
Nage no Kata	p. 148
Katame no Kata	p. 160
Kime no Kata	p. 173
Kodokan Goshin Jutsu	p. 192
Ju no Kata	p. 204
Itsutsu no Kata	p. 220
Koshiki no Kata	p. 224
Health and First Aid
Seiryoku Zenyo Kokumin Taiiku	p. 239
Kappo	p. 252
Appendix A: Jigoro Kano Chronology	p. 255
Appendix B: Guide to the Kodokan	p. 256
Glossary	p. 259
Index	p. 262
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