Reviews for Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques

The average rating for Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-12-28 00:00:00 Alise Mcduffie If you can find this book for under $200, buy it immediately. It is out of print and the original publishers went out of business. This book is fantastic. My coach has a copy and whenever I get really stuck I check to see what Daigo has to offer. There are always words of wisdom and new insights. I particularly like the historical facts about the techniques.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-18 00:00:00 Donovan Kilmartin A must read for every martial artist! As a Gracie Jiu Jitsu student and a history buff of sorts, I really enjoyed the historical perspective and philosophical insights into the man who is essentially the ancestral founder of what is referred to today as the 'gentle art'. The similarities between the foundation stories of Judo and Gracie Jiu Jitsu and the founders themselves was a real surprise for me, but on reflection perhaps it shouldn't be? To paraphrase Bruce Lee, human beings all have the same general physiology, martial arts is an expression of that physiology so it's therefore natural that similiraties exist across cultures in how we express our physical selves. Trying to claim 'ownership' over origin is therefore futile and misses the higher purpose of martial arts. Jigoro Kano seems to share this view, which probably indicates that Bruce Lee read and was influenced by his work but it also provides the context for Gracie Jiu Jitsu's evolution from its Judo roots. The philosophical insights on Jigoro Kano suggests that Helio Gracie's evolution of the Judo he learnt from his brother and/or one of Kano's students into Gracie Jiu Jitsu, may be the highest form of compliment to Kano's foundational principles of: 'seiryoku zenyo' and 'jita kyoei'.