Mind over muscle : writings from the founder of judo
Kanō, Jigorō, 1860-19382013
Book
In 1882 Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo at Eishoji Temple in Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized while taking great care to retain its classical traditions. Historically, martial arts were practiced only by the elite in Japan. Kano, a renowned educator as well as a sportsman, is credited with popularizing the martial arts, and in particular, judo, among people in all levels of society. When he was young, Kano studied jujutsu, a martial art practiced in Japan since feudal times, which involved throwing, hitting, kicking, stabbing, slashing, choking, bending and twisting limbs-and defenses against these attacks. After years of studying, he realized that although many different jujutsu techniques were taught, there was no one core value holding them together. Kano identified an all-pervasive principle- to make the most efficient use of mental and physical energy-and combined only those techniques in which this principle was correctly applied into modern judo. "Ju" means gentleness or giving way. "Do" means principle or the way. Judo, therefore is the Way of Gentleness, which implies that first giving way leads to ultimate victory. The Kodokan is literally, "the school for studying the Way." This book is a collection of Kano's essential teachings, selected and compiled from his wealth of writings and lectures spanning a period of fifty-one years.
Main title:
Mind over muscle : writings from the founder of judo / Jigoro Kano ; with a foreword by Yukimitsu Kano, President of Kodokan ; compiled by Naoki Murata ; translated by Nancy H. Ross.
Edition:
1st US ed.
Imprint:
New York : Kodansha USA, 2013.
Collation:
155 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155)
Linking notes:
Reproduction of (manifestation) Kano, Jigoro, 1860-1938. Mind over muscle Tokyo : Kodansha International, 2005
ISBN:
9781568364971
Dewey class:
796.8152
LC class:
GV1114
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Subject:
BRN:
218296
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 796.8152 KANO | Available |