Illustrated Kokodan

Kokodan

Published by Kodansha, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated
dustjacket damaged.


CHAPTER I
History of the KODOKAN JUDO
1. History of Jujitsu
The exercise which is now practised throughout the world under the simple name of Judo should, properly speaking, be called the Kodokan Judo. We will, therefore, give an outline of the history of the Kodokan Judo in the foliowing chapters.

The Kodokan Judo of today is based on the traditional Jujitsu or Jujutsu of old Japan. The techniques of the latter, re-examined, refined, systematized, and welded to an ideal, became those of the former. Thus it may be said that the Kodokan Judo has elevated Jutsu, "art" or "practice", to Do, "way" or "principle".

What then was Jujitsu, the prototype of Judo? It has been known by a dozen different names—such as Yawara, Taijutsu, Wajutsu, Torite, Kogusoku, Kemp& Hakuda, Kumiuchi, Shubaku, Koshinomawari, etc. It had numerous schools each of which was distinguished from the others by its own individual features. But generally speaking, Jujitsu may be defined as an art of attack and defence without or occasionally with weapons against an opponent, with or without weapons.

The origin of Jujitsu is lost in the mists of antiquity. The Nihon Shoki, "The Chronicle of Japan", a history, compiled by Imperial …...........