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Synopsis

[by] e. j. harrison (judo 4th dan). illustrated by peter johnson.

Item Description

8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 141 pp. + [2] pp publisher's catalogue. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper with edge tear and chips and foxing on the inside. Flyleaves and page edges foxed, extending slightly into margins; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by photographic frontispiece and by over 165 drawings in text. Account of the Japanese martial art of physical training, self-defence and counter-attack, by a pioneer of judo in the western world. Ernest John Harrison (1873-1961) worked as a journalist in Japan and published one of the first books in English on the subject,The Fighting Spirit of Japan (1912). Based on the Introduction to the karate way, Karate-d ny mon, compiled by the Society for Study of Japanese Karate and, to a lesser degree, Methods of Study of Karate, Karate no naraikata, by R. ya.