Jujitsu - intermediate techniques of the gentle art, by George Kirby

his is the second of several books written by the leader of AJA in USA, George Kirby: "Intermediate Techniques of Jujitsu - the Gentle Art".

As for principles and background information this book goes one step further than it's predecessor: "Jujitsu - basic techniques of the gentle art". It covers principles of self-defense, advanced fight theory, defenses against multiple assailants, and so on.

What I felt to be true about: "Jujitsu - basic techniques of the gentle art" could also be said about this volume. To me it seems as though the author's main objective has been to show (as in show off) a large number of various techniques. The guy is also constantly looking into the camera, as in saying: "Look folks, how much stuff I know!". Impressive? Not really.

It is also not obvious (to me, that is) what makes the techniques here intermediate, as opposed to the basic ones in the first book. It may be that some of the techniques here are somewhat harder, but hey, what do I know!

I can personally only recommend this book to you if you are a die-hard "collector" of techniques, and as such need to have everything and anything that possibly has been written about the subject. If you need a complete library, then these two books of course should be in it.

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