Judo Self-Taught in Pictures

ere is yet another ju jitsu book "pretending to be" judo. From A to Z this is nothing but ju jitsu. If nothing else it sure shows what judo originally was built from.

The book was originally published in 1952. This edition is from 1959 - being the 13th edition. This should at least indicate that the book showed some level of success. The cover is plain and red, with only title and author written on the spine. It has an introduction written by the well-known E. J. Harrison. The author, Hubert Klinger-Klingerstorff was a judo teacher at the University of Wienna, Austria.

There is a long list of themes and methods found in this book, and they are all being described with text as well as pictures (drawings). In fact it is quite easy to follow the techniques by means of the combined text and drawings.

You will find defences against weapons, various holds, locks, strangle holds, dog (!), defences on the ground etc. The methods involve punches and kicks, nerve attacks (so called atemi), locks, stangulations and more.

By and large this is a book that is well worth checking out. As always, I do recommend you try Abebooks. They are connected to an impressive list of retailers carrying out of print, interesting and rare books. I also found the book on Amazon last time I checked it out. You can find a link in the left-hand column. Happy hunting!

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