Description
The Techniques of Judo is a completely illustrated and authoritative manual, providing step by step explanations, practical pointers, and thorough analyses of all of the most recurrently used judo techniques, or “wazas.” Illustrated with over 550 black and white photographs, this martial arts book is a useful introduction to judo for beginners in addition to a complete repertory for the advanced practitioner, or “judoka.”
First published more than 50 years ago, The Techniques of Judo offers incisive descriptions of more than 70 hand throws, hip throws, leg throws, back and side throws, holding techniques, strangling techniques, armlock techniques, along with their variations and appropriate counter-techniques.
The introduction incorporates an outline description of the sport, its history and objectives, the contests and the grappling system, with a penetrating discussion of the primary of balance and minimum effort that may be basic to a scientific understanding of the sport.
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