Kojutsukan: December 2017

The latest edition of Blitz Australasian Martial Arts Magazine (Vol 31 No 6/Dec '17 - Jan '18) published my 'Why do we punch? How human hands evolved for punching' as their feature story.

Books of Interest

Advances in Judo Biomechanics Research, Attilio Sacripanti
Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery, G Cameron Hurst III
Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching & Aggressive Defense, Jack Dempsey
Classical Fighting Arts of Japan: A Complete Guide to Koryu Jujutsu, Serge Mol
Dynamic Karate, M Nakayama
Giving Up The Gun, Noel Perrin
Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500-1300, William Wayne Farris
Jan de Jong: the man, his school and his ju jitsu system, John Coles
Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques, Toshiro Daigo
Kodokan Judo, Jigoro Kano
Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Diane Skoss
Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture, Karl F Friday
Martial Arts Techniques to Reduce Fall Severity, Brenda Groen (unpublished PhD thesis)
Pencak Silat: De Indonesische Vechtsport, Joep Caverle & Franc Van Heel
Sport Mechanics for Coaches, Gerry Carr
Sword & Spirit: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Diane Skoss
The Art of Ju-Jutsu: The Legacy of Minoru Mochizuki's Yoseikan, Edgar Kruyning
The Textbook of Modern Karate, Teruyuki Okazaki and Milorad V Stricevic

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Blitz Australasian Martial Arts Magazine - Feature Story