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This book is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to Judo for everyone, from the complete beginner to Black Belt.

Syd Hoare provides a wealth of information on traditional and modern Judo techniques and how to become skillful in them. Judo is presented as a sport in itself and also as valuable training for both mental and physical develppment. Other topics included are self-defense, the original sources and philosohy of Judo, and advice on the preparation for contest Judo.

Syd Hoare is experienced in Judoka and holds the rank of Black Belt, 7th Dan.

Introduction
If you went into different Judo clubs around the world you might find Judo done in different ways, and if you asked the club teacher about this he would say Judo has such and such a purpose and that is how I teach it. In fact Judo can be done for a variety of reasons and it is not possible to say that Judo has one purpose. A teacher may care to stress only one reason and that is perfectly valid but he cannot deny the other purposes of Judo.
Basically, there are five ways of looking at Judo. Jigoro Kano, the originator of Judo, said that Judo is three things. It is a combat form, a physical training method and a character-building method. In recent years part of Judo has developed into an international competitive sport. In addition the vast majority of people who practise it in small clubs have discovered they like doing it for its own sake and can be said to do it for recreational purposes. Judo is also a Japanese activity. The 'style' or 'image' of Judo is Japanese and to many this is one of its attractive features.
In this book I have tried to cover all these aspects and stress the fact that Judo is an all purpose activity. For the modern competitive Judoman I have included chapters on modern training methods and contest tactics and for the more traditionally minded, chapters on Judo philosophy and Kata.
Judo has something for everybody. It is a completely natural activity for children, being a disciplined form of playground rough and tumble. It is a tough and demanding sport that will challenge any man (or woman) and its philosophical problems will satisfy the thinker who wants his sport to be more than just a sport.
Judo is rapidly developing as an Olympic sport. In the process the rules are being modified not only for competitive purposes but also to make it visually more exciting for the spectator. The result of this is to move Judo partially away from some of its original purposes. At a lower recreational level many of these developments do not apply. However, it seems to me that while Judo changes at the top of the pyramid, the base will probably want to carry on as it has done for nearly a century and that is why this book is fairly Japanese in flavour.
Although this book is in the Teach Yourself series it is anticipated that the vast majority of people who buy it will join a Judo club and learn their Judo as it were 'with the book in one hand'. Nevertheless the individual in some remote spot may learn a lot from it.
Since the majority of people who do Judo are male, I have described it from this point of view throughout, using the masculine gender. Women's competitive Judo is now flourishing and I hope that some of the 'fighting' ladies will not take this amiss.
Finally I hope the reader will get as much pleasure out of Judo as I do. I still learn something new almost every time I go on the mat and this is after nearly twenty-five years of training.
S.R.H.
Budokwai,
London, 1980

Contents
Foreword 1
1 About Judo 3
2 Basic Judo ll
3 Throws 21
Counter-Throws 71
5 Combination Throws 77
6 Hold-Downs 82
7 Arm-Locks 90
8 Strangles 98
9 Escapes from Hold-Downs 107
10 Common Groundwork Situations 114
11 Judo Training on and off the Mat 123
12 Contest Judo 138
13 Kata 145
14 Self-Defence 151
15 Judo Philosophy, Etiquette and Discipline 157
Appendix -- Contest Rules 165
Glossary 169
Index 175