Mind Over Muscle

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Title: Mind Over Muscle
Author: Jigoro Kano
Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd
Copyright: 2005
ISBN: 978-4-7700-3015-3

I highly recommend “Mind Over Muscle” to martial artists and those curious about the martial arts.

After training in various other martial arts Jigoro Kano created Judo in 1882. He assembled Judo by picking, choosing and modifying techniques to make Judo effective yet safe to practice at full speed and power.

Once he’d defined the physical essentials he gave considerable thought to the philosophical and social underpinnings of his new martial art.

“Mind Over Muscle” is a collection of Jigoro Kano’s writings on the founding of Judo, the philosophical and social underpinnings of Judo, and the individual and social virtues developed through the practice of Judo.

I found Professor Kano’s thoughts applicable to my life outside martial arts and worthy of study and contemplation.

The collection was complied and edited by Naoki Murata and translated from the original Japanese by Nancy H Ross.
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