Product Description

Masters Yokoyama and Oshima were two of Kano's young protogees and this book written by tem both at the turn of the 20th Century was one of the very first ever written in the English language. 297 pages filled with details on the techniques of pre sport Judo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1652844 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 298 pages

Customer Reviews

Don't get this version
Judo Kyohan, is a facinating look into the history of Judo. This version, however, is an insult to the purchaser. It has been scanned, and all the scanning errors have been left in, as well as many of the photographs being incorrectly labeled or just the wrong photograph. Don't waste your money on this version Judo Kyohan by Buyu Shoseki Shuppan is an altogether better purchase - worth waiting until it is available.

Library must
First, any judo player or historian MUST have this book as part of their library. Now, that said, there are SO many grammatical errors in this book that after reading the first 50 pages or so I went back to the biggining to catelog the errors.

However, this text was produced around 1915 and these gentlemen would have been students of Kano shihan himself. And if you appreciate "old school", more traditional judo you really ought to add this to your collection of judo books.