Judo - Kuwashima & Welch

Author: T. Shozo Kuwashima & Ashbel R. Welch
Pub: 1938 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Pages: 146
Ranking:
Out of Print

This book comes in both the original version, and an 'Enlarged Edition'. The 'Enlarged Edition' contains some new self-defense material that the original lacked. Good photos, decent text, a large amount of self-defense oriented Judo. Nothing particularly outstanding, just an 'average' sort of book. Could be interesting to read if you didn't have to spend very much to pick it up.

                         Contents

Movement                              Variations Photographs Page
 Preface  ...................................................  v
 Publishers' Foreword  ....................................  vii
 History  ..................................................  ix
 
The Fundamental Movements
 1. Against the Wrists from the Front  .......  1       2      1
 2. Against the Wrist from the Rear  .........  1       2      3
 8. Against the Elbow  .......................  1       2      5
 4. Against the Elbow  .......................  2       4      7
 5. Against the Throat and Back  .............  1       8     11
 6. Against the Throat  ......................  1       3     13
 7. Against the Chest  .......................  1       3     15
 8. Against the Back  ........................  1       2     17
 9. Against the Elbow and Shoulder  ..........  2       3     19
 10. Against the Elbow and Shoulder  .........  2       3     21
 
Action Movements
 11. Handshaking Tricks  .....................  5      l0     23
 12. Wrist Holds  ...........................  11      17     31
 13. Coat Holds  .............................  7       6     43
 14. Held from the Rear---Under the Arms .....  7      10     51
 15. Held from the Hear--Over the Arms  ......  5       6     58
 16. Choke Holds--Defense Against  ..........  16      13     65
 17. Hair Tricks  ............................  3       7     73
 18. The Police Officer--For and Against  ....  3       0     77
 19, Against a Boxer  ........................  4       5     81
 20. The Police Officer--Additional Movements.  2       3     87
 21. Against tile Foot, Ankle, Knee, and Hip .  1       4     89
 22. The Blocked Door  .......................  1       0     90
 28. Against the Under-shoulder  .............  1       1     98
 24. Strangle Holds  .........................  8       5     95
 25. Against the Carotid Arteries  ...........  5       5    101
 26. Against a Revolver  .....................  4       9    107
 27. Against a Knife---"The Crab Claw" .......  1       6    113

Throwing Movements
 28. Tile Straight Foot Throw  ...............  1       3    115
 29. The Hip Throw  ..........................  3       3    117
 30. The Over-shoulder Throw  ................  1       2    119

     Some Things To Do and Not To Do  .....................  120
     Vital Points and How To Use Them  ....................  122

 31. The Over-shoulder Throw--Lapel IIold ...   1       4    125
 32. The Neck Throw  .........................  1       4    127
 33. Tile Neck Throw Against a Revolver  .....  1       2    129
 34. The Kick-back Throw  ....................  1       3    131
 35. The Inside Leg Throw  ...................  2       3    133
 36. The Circle Throw  .......................  2       4    135
 37. The Throat Throw  .......................  1       1    136

    The Answer to a Frequent Question  ....................  137

 38. The Knee Throw  .........................  2       3    139
 89. The Binding Throw  ......................  1       3    189

Mat Work
 40. The Ankle Lock  .........................  1       1    141
 41. To Hold an Opponent on the Mat  .........  5       8    143

PREFACE

THIS BOOK was not written with any intention of presenting a complete textbook on Judo or Jiu-Jitsu. To produce such a volume would require too much of the remaining lifetime of its authors. It would be so voluminous that the cost of publication would be prohibitive and would leave our publishers without profit. Finally, about 95 per cent of it would be incomprehensible to, and impractical for, about 99 per cent of its possible readers.

The reason for this somewhat gloomy outlook is that in the advanced practice of Judo, progress can be made only under the constant supervision of a competent instructor, and then only after the student has been long and patiently drilled in the fundamentals of the art. For instance, there is one movement which is said to take from five to seven years to perfect. In Japan they say that before you have earned your First Degree Black Belt you must have taken ten thousand falls; and then there are nine more degrees of the Black Belt to be attained before you reach the top. At the present time there are only two men who hold the tenth degree. Also, the further you advance in the practice of Judo the stricter become the physical requirements.

For this book we have selected only those movements which can be mastered by the average man, woman, or child--movements which can be accomplished with but a small expenditure of strength and without previous training or experience. Finally, let us impress upon you strongly that these movements cannot be mastered without practice, more practice, and still more practice, any more than you can become proficient in tennis, swimming, golf, boxing, or any other sport without constant study and practice. The student should begin at the beginning and not attempt more than one or two movements at a time. They should be practiced again and again until they can be done smoothly and effectively It may take a page to describe a movement, but its accomplishment should rarely take more than one second.

For exercise, self-defense, offense, or pure sport, Judo has no equal. It is probably the most fascinating and the most useful form of physical education in the world. Unlike many of our sports, Judo develops the whole body evenly and without strain--not just a portion of it. It probably has no equal in developing poise of body and mind. It substitutes skill for brute strength to such an extent that it is not at all unusual to see a one hundred and twenty pound expert reduce a less accomplished adversary, weighing one hundred and eighty pounds or more, to a helpless and exasperated wreck, all with an astonishingly small amount of effort.

Finally, Judo is suitable for all ages and both sexes, from six to sixty. Doctor Kano actively practiced Judo until his death at the age of seventy-eight, and some of its most ardent devotees are none other than the ladies.

NOTE ON THE ENLARGED EDITION

On pages 120 to 145 are given additional movements and information, some of which will be of particular use to men in the armed forces. These movements are intended both for recreation and for use in actual hand-to-hand combat.

T. S. K.
A. R. W.