Takahiko Ishikawa, Donn Draeger. Judo: Training Methods

Kodansha USA, 1986. — 254 p. This book is the joint effort of two of Japan's foremost judo instructors. Isao Inokuma and Nobuyuki Sato have also been world-class judo champions, and their advice and enthusiasm have helped train countless other judo practitioners. Among their students is the sensational Yasuhiro Yamashita, who captured the All-Japan Judo Championship nine times...

Ippon Books. 1995. — 140 p. Positive attacking in throwing and ground work is at the heart of all the best judo. This is a fundamental attitude of world champions Katsuhihiko Kashiwazaki and Hidetoshi Nakanishi, who are now among the foremost teachers in Japan. But this boldness must be based on a sound technical understanding. Attacking Judo is a new concept in judo publishing...

Japan Publications Trading Company, 1968. — 220 p. This is one of the best available books on katame waza. The pictures are VERY good, given its age. All techniques are shown in sequence photography, with detailed descriptions, tips and advice from Kudo. Contents include: Throwing Techniques: Preface, Contents, About Judo, Folio of Champions. Fundamentals: the throwing...

Tokyo; San Francisco; New York: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1967. — 224 p. The explanatory texts cover the techniques thoroughly, case by case, clause by clause, as meticulously as a legal document. Series photographs back up and clarify the explanations. Only a man who knows the techniques completely and who has mastered their very inner meanings could write a book...

Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. — 451 p. — ISBN: 0-8048-1676-X. “Judo: sets of formal exercises. A Complete Guide to the Kodokan Randori no Kata" [in English]. This comprehensive manual on the basic formal techniques of Kodokan Judo, the Randori no Kata, provides the fundamental instruction in nage and katame no kata (throwing and grappling) that is...