In the traditional method of judo training, still widely used, each throw, hold or lock is taught as a separate lesson and it is left to the unfortuate student to work out for himself when ahd how to use them in practice.

This book teaches the budding judo player not only judo techniques but also how to knit them together.

He learns, by practising sequence of movements, how to continue with a secondary attack if his first throw fails; the way to move when evading so that a counter attack can be employed; how to develop a free moving attacking style. As well as holding and locking techiques he learns the best way to follow an opponent to the mat when he has partial success with a throw. Many hints based on the authors' own experiences are included and the general back-ground to judo is fully covered in the final chapter.

Alan Menzies, successful coach and editor of Judo Magazine has unrivaled knowledge of current developments in European Judo and has reported every major European contest during the past fifteen years. His co-author Ken Maynard, whose career includes captaincy of the British Team, has been Home Counties Coach for the past eight years. The combined knowledge and experience of these two coaches makes this book a valuable asset to beginners and black belts alike.

Contents

Introduction
1 The tai-otoshi gambit
Holding the jacket
Breaking your falls
Jumping in for tai-otoshi
Avoiding the attack
The o-uchi-gari counter
Randori-the foundation of skill
Keeping the initiative
Evading Kuzure kesa-gatame
Juji gatame from any angle
2 O-soto-gari The popular power throw
Three ways to beat o-soto-gari
Hiza-guruma counter
To the ground regardless
An escape from Yoko-shiho-gatame
O-soto-gari a second stage avoidance
The strongest hold in judo
Abandoning a hold
Kata juji-jime upside down
The last resort
Attacking an oppnent who is on hands and knees
A continuation attack from o-soto-gari
3 Seoi-nage The champion's throw
Jumping in for shoulder throw
Finish your attack with a forward roll
Three seoi-nage sequences
Shoulder throw versus shoulder throw
Loosening up
A practical kata guruma
Kami-shiho-gatame
Body awareness
Scissors, paper and stone
The ko-soto-gari trap
The naked strangle
Body drop into the 'scissors'
4 Harai goshi the biggest divident
The turning sideways avoidance
The 0-goshi counter
Kesa and kata gatame
The ko-uchi-gari chaser
Don't just stand there
The illusion of speed
Up and over backwards
Ushiro-goshi
The double-edged sword
Special purpose randori
5 Background to judo
Contest conditions
Contest rules
Contests-a part of training
The farmer and the sword
No second chance
Nervous tension
History
The British Judo Association
Promotion system
Coach award schemes
Competitions
Kata