Is My Method of Judo by Mikonosuke Kawaishi Shihan a good book?

[u/El_Don_94]

[u/fleischlaberl]

Just to add some information on Kawaishi

Can the Mikinosuke Kawaishi books be useful to learn from, an do they hold up in today's age : r/judo

[u/ElvisTorino]

Good for?

I have a copy. It’s an interesting take on training.

[u/El_Don_94 → u/ElvisTorino]

For learning judo.

[u/ElvisTorino → u/El_Don_94]

As u/adjgor said, there's a lot to learn. Also, if there's a half-way decent dojo around, go learn there, it'll get you in the right direction easier and faster.

Another element to answering your question involves knowing more about your history with judo, your level of judo, your goals of judo, your philosophy of judo training, etc. Some judo books out there are spectacular choices for one student's goals but absolutely atrocious for another's.

Personally, unless you're at a point in your judo path where you're very comfortable with the Go Kyo, Shimmeisho, and Habukareta no Waza, it's probably not going to be a good fit. If you're looking at trying to figure out an instructional methodology for your school and you are of a level to develop a curriculum, it is quite helpful.

[u/adjgor → u/El_Don_94]

Again: what aspect of judo? There's a lot to learn and no single master is good at everything.

But more to the point of your question, it's generally not a good approach to learn judo based off of a book (or various) and if you have access to a teacher, that's the way to go.

I don't know the book in question but kawaishi was an extremely prolific kodokan master who introduced judo in France, so the content of the book should be helpful.

[u/zealous_sophophile]

Lots of Judo books exist, but he was actually one of the great teachers of Japan. To the point where people call his style Kawaishi method.

[u/Jonas_g33k]

I have it and I like it from an historical point of view.
Mikinosuke is one of the founding fathers of French judo and I'm interested in it since I'm a French judoka.