The Throws and Take-Downs of Judo

Geoff Thompson

Paperback (15 Oct 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Ground fighting is taking the martial arts world by storm, but how do you get to the ground safely and end in a prone position? What are the dangers of throwing and taking an opponent over? In this book on throwing and take-down techniques of Judo, the author teaches how to control vertical grappling and destroy an assailant with a demolishing throw. Including the original "blow before throw" techniques banned from sport grappling at the beginning of the century.

About the Publisher

Summersdale

Snowbooks started in a spare room in Hackney in April 2003 and soon moved to a couple of rented desks in a business incubator on Old Street -- before it was cool. We hired staff, signed up authors and our first books hit the shelves in 2004. Waterstone's -- with a possessive apostrophe back then -- were our first and most supportive customer and with their backing our first books sold several tens of thousands of copies. We've always been very interested in the business side of publishing -- about being more efficient and canny than others. Early on, it pretty soon gave us a high profile. We won a Nibbie, then another one, then an IPA award too. Later, our books started to win prizes too: The Red Men got shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award and Mark Hodder won the Philip K Dick award with Spring Heeled Jack.

ISBN:	9781840240269
Publisher:	Snowbooks Ltd
Imprint:	Summersdale
Pub date:	15 Oct 1998
DEWEY:	796.8152
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	87
Weight:	166g
Height:	241mm
Width:	141mm
Spine width:	5mm