THE PYJAMA GAME. A JOURNEY INTO JUDO

ISBN: 978-1-84513-090-9
Editorial: AAURUM
Sinopsis: When Mark Law joined his local judo club he found himself having to face some of the finest fighters in the business – World Champions and Olympic medallists from Japan and Europe, men like Brian Jacks, one of the all-time greats of British judo, (whose superhuman fitness and strength also saw him to the BBC’s Sporting Superstars title in the 70s). He went to Osaka, Japan to see the World Championships and to Athens for the Olympics. And he explored the history of this martial art rooted in the traditions of the 17th-century Samurai warriors through such legendary figures as Jiguro Kano, who really invented the modern sport, and Yamashita, the greatest of the modern champions….