Nicolas Soames

Combining speed, balance, timing and technique, judo is an exciting sport for boys and girls of all ages. Judo for Juniors, written by judo teacher and writer Nicholas Soames, takes the beginner through the first crucial steps towards black belt.

After showing how to fall without injury, the author introduces most of the popular throws that make judo so spectacular. The main groundwork holds are also demonstrated, and competition rules and grading systems explaned. There is even a chapter on Japan, where judo originated, and the Japanese.

Lavishly illustrated wth technical photographs as well as competition shots of the champions, Judo for Juniors is not only practical, but informal and fun.

'The essential guide to teenage judo'-Neil Adams

Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Neil Adams
1 How judo began
2 The dojo and its etiquette
3 The kit
4 The grades
5 Warming-up and breakfalls
6 The throws
7 Combinations and counters
8 Ground work
9 Practice
10 Rules and scoring
11 Competiton
12 Kata
13 Japan and the Japanese… (más)

Judo made its first appearance in the Olympic Games, in 1964, at Tokyo and, though absent from New Mexico in 1968, it has been included in the programme for every Games since then. Some of the most thrilling judo contests have taken place under the Olympic banner. This book sets out to provide a complete history of Olympic judo, from its tentative beginnings as an 'option' sport to the demonstration of a women's category in 1988.

An introductory chapter, telling of how judo came to be included in the Olympic programme, is followed by a series of commentaries, each covering one Olympiad. These relate the main contests and list the medalists in every weight category for eachGames, as well as charting the development of judo as a competitive sport. Changes in the rules and evolving fighting styles are discussed in full at the end of each commentary. A final category in the 1988 Games in Seoul and looks forward to 1992, when women will achieve full competitive status.

Fully illustrated with breath-taking photographs of David Finch, Olympic Judo presents a compulsive and entertaining anthology for all judo enthusiasts.

Nicolas Soames, 2nd dan, is the judo correspondent for The Times, a regular contributor on judo matters to The Telegraph, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, Reuters and the leading japanese judo magazine Kindai Judo, and acts as the judo adviser to the BBC. A member of London's The Budokwai, he practises judo regularly.

Roy Inman, 6th dan, is the manager and coach of the British women's team. He has put the experience gained from a successful competitive career as a member of the British team to good use in the training of others and has produced several world and European champions. Two of his champions, Sharon Rendle and Diane Bell, won their weight catagories at the 1988 Olympics in Los Angeles.

David Finch is one of the world's leading judo specialist photographers. He has photographed almost every major international judo event since 1972 and his photographic contribution to judo books, from Europe to Japan and USA, over the past twenty years, has been formidable.

Contents

Acknowledgements
The part to the Olympics
Tokyo 1964
Munich 1972
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988
Appendix
Index… (más)

Like Volume I, this anthology covers a wide range of poets, presenting one or a few of their best known poems. Unlike Volume I, this volume extends to American poets as well as British poets. While still heavily male, this volume does present more female poets than the first volume, which is a welcome change. One of Christopher Marlowe's poems is included in this anthology, but Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work is still sadly lacking. Altogether though, it was pleasant to hear so many poems I've heard reference to before but never actually sat down and read.… (más)