| #484371 in Books | Blue Snake Books | 2010-12-28 | 2010-12-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.97 x.68 x5.00l,.75 | File Name: 155643927X | 288 pages |
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A solid introduction into judo's ground techniques|By Bernie Gourley|If you’re at all familiar with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, most likely it’s for the system of bodily awareness and efficient movement that bears his name (i.e. the Feldenkrais Method.) You may be completely unaware that Feldenkrais was a first-rate judōka who trained under judō’s founder Jigo||“It's how Feldenkrais addresses the deeper benefits of Judo practice that elevates Higher Judo from just a good book to a classic.”—Dennis Leri, from the foreword|About the Author|Moshe Feldenk
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais is best known for pioneering the somatic therapy that bears his name. Less well known is that he was also one of the earliest European practitioners of the martial art of judo and wrote a number of influential texts on the subject. Primary among these is Higher Judo, first published in 1952 and now reprinted with a new foreword that offers useful context and elaborates on Feldenkrais’ comprehensive—and still timely—approach...
