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The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo) H. Irving Hancock, Katsukuma Higashi
Publisher: Dover Publications

Oct 18, 2012 - The love of scoring an Ippon (full point victory) by a Nage Waza, a throwing technique, has always been at the core of Judo. I cannot tell you the number of judo players I meet who are convinced that jiu-jitsu will help their matwork. Generally it was impractical to practice Katame Waza because most Dojos were small and crowded. Apr 11, 2012 - The History of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu timeline, an interactive 'History of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu' timeline on Timetoast. Aug 6, 2010 - What Maeda taught the Gracies was pre WWII Judo AKA Kano Jiu-jitsu, named after Judo's founder Kano who himself was a master jiu-jitsu practitioner. This isn't one of those "Judo is soooo much better . Ground Fighting The most important factor that differentiates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from modern Kodokan judo, as well as most schools of Japanese jujutsu, is that BJJ places much more emphasis on ground fighting. Both today's judo and bjj have a common ancestor in pre 1920's judo, all before Kano started omitting what he considered too dangerous or what did not fit into his "Maximum use of energy" or "Mutual Benefit". Nov 5, 2011 - Captain Obvious I'm surprised I have to explain this to people but I often do. These are the ideal principles of my Judo.” - Kano, J. Oct 7, 2007 - Maeda not only taught the art of judo to Carlos Gracie, but also taught a particular philosophy about the nature of combat develped by Kano, and further refined by Maeda based on his world-wide travels competing against fighters skilled in a wide variety of martial arts. Aug 13, 2011 - Not sure if there will be a "cross training" series, but I wanted to get some thoughts out of my head about the good and bad side of BJJ from a Judoka's perspective. Apr 9, 2010 - We should also not forget to make full use of every opportunity during our practice to improve our wisdom and virtue.