The pyjama game : a journey into Judo
Law, Mark2020
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It is a sport of balletic beauty and extraordinary violence – where else are you allowed to strangle an opponent unconscious?When Mark Law joined his local judo club he found himself able to observe at close quarters the sport practised at its highest level, as figures, grappled, whirled and flew through the air. His journey into judo then took him to Osaka, Japan, for the World Championships and to Athens for the Olympics. He explored the sport’s origins in seventeenth-century Samurai culture and met some of the most single-minded and self-denying competitors of all time. Funny, alarming and mesmerising, The Pyjama Game is one of the best sports books of recent years
Main title:
The pyjama game : a journey into Judo / Written by Mark Law
Author:
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Ravelin Books, 2020
Collation:
338pp : Paperback / softback ; h203mm x w127mm x s19mm 367g
ISBN:
9798576507108
Dewey class:
796.8152
Language:
English
BRN:
532675