Judo as a Martial Art

Waki Gatame

The Original Rules of Judo

Fighting or Playing--The Martial Art vs Sport Debate

Top Ten Reasons Why Sport Judo is Effective

Sport vs Combat Grappling

Kodokan Goshin Jutsu (modern self defense)

Kime no Kata (ancient forms of self defense)

Articles on classical Judo combat techniques:

See the Judo and jujutsu techniques used as the basis for training the military and other self defense courses:

American Combat Judo by Bernard J. Cosneck (1944)
Combatives: US Army Field Manual (2002)
Combatives: US Army Field Manual (1992)
US Marine Corps Close Combat
US Marine Martial Arts
Kill or Get Killed by Lt. Col. Rex Applegate (1976)
Vital Points for Medium Range Combatives
Deal the First Deadly Blow
Dirty Fighting by Lt. David Morrah Jr.
Self Defense by Wesley Brown (1951)
Get Tough by W.E. Fairbairn
Cold Steel by Styers
Secret Jujitsu by Capt. Allen Smith
Shanghai Municipal Police Manual of Self-Defence by W.E. Fairbairn (1915)

Lethal Blows and Kuatsu from Kano Jiu Jitsu by Hancock (1905)

My Method of Self Defense by Mikonosuke Kawaishi

Judo: A Modern Style of Japanese Jujutsu by Sasaki Kichisaburo (in Hungarian)

American Jiu Jitsu by Len Lanius (1922)

Scientific Unarmed Combat by R.A. Vairamuttu

Unarmed Combat by James Hipkiss (1941)

Combato -- The Art of Self Defense by Bill Underwood

The Future of Budo? by Trevor Leggett

Preparing for Combat

Personal Protection and Safety Tips

Discussion of Judo as a Form of Combat

How to do a Judo Demonstration

Judo Haiku and Judo Poetry

The Kendo Reader by Noma Hisashi

Classic Samurai texts: Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, and the Hagakure. You may also want to read A Warrior's Creed, the Budo Charter or The Noble Struggle of the Warrior

Articles about Samurai: Sakamoto Ryoma the Indispensable "Nobody" , and Katsu Kaishu: The Man Who Saved Early Modern Japan, and Yoshida Shoin: The Archetype of Japanese Revolutionaries

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that includes the answer to the question "What are the different martial arts, schools, and styles?" You may also wish to read some of the messages in the Martial Arts Newsgroup called rec.martial-arts

A Judo: Samurai Legacy (the History Channel video)

Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2010 12:22

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."

Judo as a Martial Art

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win."

Zhuge Liang