Mikonosuke Kawaishi: Judo Teacher in Europe
Mikonosuke Kawaishi: Judo Teacher in Europe by Tony Papenfuss, PhD (Edited by Neil Ohlenkamp) Mikonosuke Kawaishi was born in Kyoto in 1899, and he died on January 30, 1969 in Paris. He studied jujitsu at the Dai Nippon Butokukai (Greater Japan Association of Martial Virtue) in Kyoto. It is not known exactly what style of […]
7 Reasons Why You Should Start Judo
Judo is an art that to the outsider could be seen as violent, after all, we are throwing each other into the air and adults even use arm locks and strangle each other until a submission. However, for those that take the time to delve deeper into Judo, they will see a sport that is […]
Washington Post Article by Joan C Williams
Women, work and the art of gender judo When asked at a September fundraiser in San Francisco how she manages as a woman in the Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand explained that most senators are older men, so they see her as a daughter. Rather than dismissing her, they have been helpful and protective, especially when she […]
Judo Training Methods by Kazuzo Kudo
udo uses three types of training method: formal exercises (kata), freestyle fighting (randori), and matches (shiai). In the formal exercises we determine various instances in which defense or attack might be necessary, establish rules for controlling body motion in accordance with correct judo theory, and practice using these set movement rules. We will omit discussions […]
Judo: The Japanese Art of Self Defense By Jigoro Kano
The purpose of my talk is to treat Judo as a culture, physical, mental, and moral — but as it is based on the art of attack and defense, I shall first explain what physical Judo is. In the feudal period of Japan, Judo, then more commonly known as Jujutsu, was practiced by our samurai, […]