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Yesterday, you successfully attacked your opponent with O-goshi. His size and weight were approximately equal to your own, and you threw him without difficulty. Your opponent today is considerably shorter than you. In attempting the same throw, how should you change your technique to get the maximum effect with minimum effort? How can you defeat your opponent's attempts to ride around your hip and escape? If your throw is not successful, what are the best new directions of attack?

Many books teach the basic throws, locks and holds of classical Kano judo; but this book is probably the only one that analyzes each trick from the point of view of the variables of performance. The author, a well-known teacher as well as a contest judoman of international reputation, draws on his extensive experience in teaching men and women of all degrees of stature weight and strength. He is therefore able to offer detailed instruction directed to individual judomen of all sexes and statures. How to proceed if you are shorter or taller than your opponent, what tricks are particularly suited to short and tall players-this kknd of information is thoroughly presented for each judo contest trick.

Mr. Dominy also considers each trick not as an isolated event, but as an action within a stream of movement. He takes up optimal timing for particlular tricks, successsful follow-ups, changes of throw in cases where the original attack is not successful, common errors of performance and how your opponent can be expected to take advantage of them.

All this detailed, intelligent alnalysis is in addition to an excellent presentation of virtually every technique of Kano judo useful in a contest: sweeping the advancing ankle, sweeping hip throws, sacrifice techniques, holding techniques, arm and neck locking technqiues, methods of attacking agianst the strength of your opponent's arms, surprise alternatives to common tactics, etc. Illustrations-over 250 drawings showing successive stages of the throw, diagrams of footwork, etc.-strengthen the already unusually clear text.

Unabridged, unaltered republications of 1st (1966) edition. 256 drawings by Peter Johnson. List of referee's calls.

Contents

Acknowledgments
I Contest Judo generally
II Movement and tactics
III Use of the arms
IV Use of full body power and weight
V Ashi-waza: Leg Techniques
Tsurikomi-ashi: Drawing ankle throw
De-ashi-barai: Sweeping the advancing ankle
Hiza-guruma: Knee wheel
Ashi-guruma: Leg wheel
Tai-otoshi: Body drop
Okuri-ashi-harai: Sweeping ankle throw
O-soto-gari: Major outer reaping
Ko-uchi-gari: Minor outer reaping
O-uchi-gari: Major inner reaping
Ko-soto-gari: Minor outer reaping
VI Koshi-waza: Hip techniques
O-goshi: Major hip throw
Uki-goshi: Floating hip throw
Harai-goshi: Sweeping loin or hip throw
Tsurikomi-goshi: Drawing hip throw
Hane-goshi: Spring hip throw
Maki-komi: Winding throw
Uchi-mata: Inner thigh throw
VII Te-waza: Shoulder, arm and hand techniques
Ippon-seoi-nage: Shoulder throw on one side
Morote-seoi-nage: Two sided shoulder throw
Seoi-otoshi: Body drop throw
VIII Sutemi-waza: Sacrifice techniques
Tomoe-nage: Stomach throw
Yoko-guruma: Side wheel
Yoko-gake: Side body throw
Yoko-wakare: Side separation
IX The unorthodox in judo throws
X Katame-waza: Holding thechniques and locks
Osaekomi-waza: Holding techniques, commencing groundwork
Kesa-gatame: Scarf hold-down
Kata-gatame: Shoulder hold
Kuzure-kesa-gatame: Broken scarf hold
Yoko-shiho-gatame: Side four quarter hold
Kami-shiho-gatame: Upper foukr quarter hold
Kukzure-kami-shiho-gatame: Broken upper four quarter hold
Ushiro-kesa-gatame: Reverse scarf hold
Tate-shiho-gatame: Vertical or lengthwise four quarter hold
XI Kansetsu-waza: Arm locking techniques
Ude-hishigi-ju-ji-gatame: Straight arm lock with the thighs
Ude-garami: Bent or figure four arm lock
Ude-gatame: Straight arm lock with the rms
Hiza-gatame: Knee arm lock
Ashi-gatame: Leg arm lock
XII Shime-waza: Neck locking techinques
Nami-ju-ji-jime: Normal cross strangle lock
Gyaku-ju-ji-jime: Reverse cross neck lock
Kata-ju-ji-jime: Half cross neck lock
Okuri-eri-jime: Sliding collar or lapel neck lock
Kata-ha-jime: Single wing neck lock
Hadaka-jime: Naked neck lock
XIII Contest work on the ground
Referee's calls