RARE HB 1st Edition 1915 JUDO By Yokoyama & Oshima

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RARE HB 1st Edition 1915 JUDO By Yokoyama & Oshima

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Sold Date: 12/10/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

This auction is for a rare 1915 hardcover first edition of JUDO By Sakujiro Yokoyama ( the Late Professor of Judo in the Kodokwan,Tokyo) and Eisuke Oshima (Principal of the Fukui Middle School, Fukui). It is translated by Yamakichi Horiguchi (Teacher of English in the Fukui Middle School, Fukui). Published by Nishodo, Kanda, Tokyo: 1915. It has 175 pages and 94 photographs of various positions. Fold-out photograph of Promotion Ceremony (promotion of members from one grade to another of the wrestling fraternity) at the Kodowan; as well a photograph of Professor Jigoro Kano, Founder of and Instructor at the Kodokwan. Title page printed in blue. 12mo. Original full tan cloth binding; slight split at the side of the spine. The text in the 7 1/2" by 5" is clean and tight.
"In the early 1880's, Professor Jigoro Kano, a teacher from Tokyo and an expert in many types of Jujitsu, decided to save some of the ancient knowledge. He modified or eliminated the most dangerous of the Jujitsu techniques and created a new discipline, which he called 'Judo' or 'the gentle way.' Judo is "the gentle way" because the end result is the accomplishment of a goal with maximum efficiency and minimum effort. As a sport, rather than simply a combat form, Judo includes a code of sportsmanship, a sense of mutual respect, and a system of ethical and moral development. Judo is both an art and a science. As an art, Judo enables its practitioners to gain self-respect, self-confidence, and self-expression; as a science, it involves a mastery of such basic natural laws as gravity, friction, momentum, weight transmission, and unity of forces. From its simple beginnings in nineteenth-century Japan, Judo has spread in popularity throughout the world. Its rich, medieval heritage combined with Professor Kano's modern, scientific approach has made Judo into the exciting sport it is today." - California State University, Bakersfield Judo Club. Professor Kano established Kodokan Judo School whose methods are taught in this early and important book.
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