The judoka
By: by W.D. Norwood, Jr
Edition: New edition.
Publisher: Masterworks International
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780992770686
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Judo
Description: "The term "judoka" refers to one who does judo, the modern martial art with origins in 19th century Japan, a fighting art with a particular emphasis on the use of an opponent's own strengths to effect his defeat. This book is an account of the adventures of such a man, a judoka, but it is not just about this man, or the martial art he practices. Rather, it is about the "way" of judo, as both a fighting art and an approach to living ("a way"), and what this way might be able to tell us about who we are and who we might choose to become. The book does not prescribe "a way" for others to follow; that is, it does not simply offer advice about what to believe or how to behave, or point out the faults in other ways of being. It simply describes the way of one particular man, with commentary explaining, or rather reasoning through, the choices he has made, with the story presenting the consequences that these choices have for him."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Previous edition: New York: Knopf, 1973.
Table of contents: title: Fighting; title: Hunting; title: Making; title: Knowing; title: Loving; title: W.D. Norwood Jr writes on W.D. Norwood Jr.; title: Writing as martial art; title: A brief biography.