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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8152 EAN: 9780880118309 ISBN: 088011830X Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 197 Publication Date: 1999-07 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers
Jujitsu Techniques & Tactics presents a full array of jujitsu techniques, tactics, and drills complete with 143 photos. You'll learn the correct way to perform blocks, kicks, escapes and counters, throws, combinations, and many more essential jujitsu skills. Technique Tips will help you refine your skills, and Self-Defense Tips offer insight into how to defend yourself on the street. Chapters on conditioning, competing, weapon defenses, and healing are included to maximize your training.
Master the key skills for practice, competition, and self-defense, and learn how the art has evolved throughout Japanese history.
The Martial Arts Series combines study of the history and language of individual martial art forms with fundamental skill instruction. Each book uses clear language and photographs to teach the most important techniques. Whether used for self-development, competition, or self-defense, this series will benefit martial arts enthusiasts of all ranks.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Waste of a tree!!! Comment: The fact that a tree was ground out to plup to make the paper for this book angers me to no end ..thats all i have to say. Thats how good it was!!!!!!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Don't waste your time. Comment: I read this book in a bookstore...little amount of pics..and alot explanation about nothing. go to the dojo or watch ufc. better than reading this crap. Customer Rating: Summary: A solid overview of a complicated art Comment: Taking a martial art as complicated as jujitsu and making an accessible text for beginners is no small task. There is much more to the deep art of jujitsu, but the authors chose a subset appropriate for a beginner. I think that this book is a solid selection of the most common jujitsu practices, with chapters on beginning preparation work and techniques, jujitsu history, competition and training methods.
I've been impressed with time spent on the basics in jujitsu programs: safely falling & rolling, stances and dojo etiquette. This is out of necessity; jujitsu techniques are very effective and without the basic rules, accidental injuries during training are a certainty. On the downside, this means most jujitsu books (including this one) have to spend a large part of their text on common material.
This is mainly a reference material, as Books and DVDs do not make good primary instructional material for martial arts, so plan on attending a seminar or finding a good local school to get the most from this book. Customer Rating: Summary: I hate giving two stars, but... Comment: I have to in this case, because this book was useless to me. I was expecting (Maybe I was looking at the wrong book?) a book stepping through major holds, locks, takedowns etc, but what I got instead was a situational jujitsu book that covered (badly) the basics of the system (How to handle a punch, a knife etc).
Not recommended, even for beginners. There are more comprehensive books out there.
Customer Rating: Summary: Weak in comparison... Comment: The only valuable part of this book was the list of Japanese terminology in traditional Ju Jitsu, plus a decent history section. Overall, though, the number of moves they offer is miniscule compared to other books on the market, and the pictures are so infrequent that, in a photo sequence, I often had no idea how the person got from their position in Photo 1 to their position in Photo 2. It's actually pretty funny. You'll have some guy doing something -- and, next picture, they're in an entirely different position. With the recent spate of Ju Jitsu and BJJ books, this is very outdated and I think would serve only as a broad introduction (like an extended Encyclopedia article).
