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Judo Champion Karen Briggs

Karen Briggs
Collector, Judo, Sports Biographies

Recommended by:

Kate Howey
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A life in Judo

Neil Adams
Collector, Judo, Sports Biographies

A life in judo is a fascinating insight into one of Britain's most successful sportsmen of the 1970s and 1980s. Adams discusses the important of the correct psychological attitude and the pressures of staying at the top of his sport. The last three chapters examine his chief techniques and training routines in greater detail.

Recommended by:

Euan Burton, Kate Howey, Neil Adams, Nik Fairbrother, Peter Gardiner
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Armlocks

Neil Adams
Collector, Judo, Newaza

The armlock is one of the most successful groundwork skills of modern judo. This "Masterclass Techniques" study by Neil Adams, one of the finest exponents of the technique of the last twenty years, will ensure its continued dominance. The book provides a detailed study of variations--including ude-gatame and the spectacular flying armlock--which have been developed and successfully used in competition by leading names from the world of judo such as Iaskevitch, Divisenko, Seisenbacher and Great Britain's Karen Briggs.

Recommended by:

Darren Warner, Kate Howey, Neil Adams
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Grips

Neil Adams
Collector, Judo, Masterclass

This is the first book ever to be written on the crucial aspect of judo gripping techniques. Adams was widely recognized for his masterly understanding of grips even though his favored grip was eminently classical. In this pioneering volume, he looks at orthodox and unorthodox gripping, attack and defense, gripping strategies, and gripping skills.

Recommended by:

Chloe Cowen, Darren Warner, Kate Howey, Neil Adams
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Fighting Spirit of Judo

Yasuhiro Yamashita
Collector, Japanese Authors, Judo, Sports Biographies, Throws

This book although having some autobiographical content, is essentially a detailed analysis of Yamashita's favourite techniques as described by the great man himself, with a short biography including some of the author's thoughts on some aspects of judo and detailed description of Yamashita's favourite techniques.

Recommended by:

Euan Burton
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The A-Z of Judo

Syd Hoare
Collector, Judo, Technique, Throws

o compile this authoritative volume, Syd Hoare, 7th Dan, has drawn on more than three decades of judo experience at the highest level, and an extensive knowledge of the Japanese language and Japanese judo literature. He catalogues and describes more than 100 throwing techniques, 20 holds, 30 armlocks and 40 strangles. Also included are a further 20 techniques which, though now forbidden by modern judo rules for being too dangerous, were originally part of the combat systems as it emerged from its origins in Ju-jitsu.

Recommended by:

Jo Crowley
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Russian Judo

Alexander Iatskevich
Collector, Judo, Masterclass, Throws

In this ground-breaking book, five-times European champion Alexander Iatskevich brings his extensive knowledge to this comprehensive account. Russian Judo considers the history of the style, how it grew out of the varying wrestling traditions of the Soviet Union and its national style, sambo. Iatskevich notes the main techniques which Russian Judo have made so effective in the last decades and which are now accepted as part of the central fabric of judo

Recommended by:

Chloe Cowen
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Attacking Judo: A Guide to Combinations and Counters

Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki and Hidetoshi Nakanishi
Collector, Japanese Authors, Judo, Masterclass, Technique, Throws

Positive attacking in throwing and ground work is at the heart of all the best judo. This is a fundamental attitude of world champions Katsuhihiko Kashiwazaki and Hidetoshi Nakanishi, who are now among the foremost teachers in Japan. But this boldness must be based on a sound technical understanding. Attacking Judo is a new concept in judo publishing based on simple drawings rather than long complex explanations.

Recommended by:

Chloe Cowen, Kate Howey, Mark Fricker
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Fighting Judo

Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki, Terence Donovan
Collector, Japanese Authors, Newaza, Technique, Throws

The quality of the Fighting Judo Kashiwazaki book in terms of its aesthetic beauty is unmatched. The author, a world champion demonstrates throws, holds, pins, turnovers, grabs, and entanglements, and discusses the finer points of mat work. The black and white photography of Terence Donovan makes a huge impact.

Recommended by:

Chloe Cowen, Euan Burton, Nik Fairbrother, Paul Ajala
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Olympic Judo: Preparation And Training

Neil Adams and Cyril A. Carter
Collector, Fitness, Judo, Throws

Recommended by:

Neil Adams
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