Contents
Preface
(800 words)
Chapter
1:
1542-1853 (1,980 words)
Why
was Japan a "closed" country? Or, how closed was it?
Chapter
2: 1853-1867
(9, 270 words)
How
did Perry's visits to Japan in 1853-1854 affect Japan and jiu-jitsu?
Chapter
3: 1867-1879 (5,260 words)
First
contacts by Anglo-Americans with "jiu-jitsu" and "Japanese
wrestling"
Chapter
4: 1883-1891
(13, 970 words)
Matsada
Sorakichi, The first Japanese martial arts superstar in America
Chapter
5:
1882-1896
(16,890 words)
How
Jigoro Kano ( 嘉納冶五郎) modernized jiujutsu (aka jiu-jitsu) and began
sharing it with the world
Chapter
6:
1892-1898 (8,930 words)
Jiu-jitsu
introduced to the West
Chapter
7: 1899 (3,350 words)
Commercialization
of
jiu-jitsu (Edward Barton-Wright)
Chapter
8: 1900
(3,650 words)
More
foreigners jump in (John J. O'Brien)
Chapter
9: 1901
(4,475 words)
Wrestling
fights back
Chapter
10:
1902 (2,630 words)
Prof.
O'Brien teaches the President
Chapter
11: 1903
(6,480 words)
Prof
Yamashita arrives in America
Chapter
12:
1904
(24,440 words)
Japan
goes to war (again); The President learns Japanese wrestling (aka jiu-do);
Profs. Tomita and Maeda arrive; jiu-jitsu blows up; wrestling resists
Appendix
1 America's First Encounter with Japanese Wrestling
(1,620 words)
Appendix
2 Four Tenjinshinyō-ryū Randori
Throws
(525 words, four illustrations)
Appendix
3 Historic Kōdōkan Entry Rules and Training Guidelines
(2,000 words)
Appendix
4 Tokyo
Metropolitan
Police Jūjutsu
Instructors
(565 words, one photograph)
Appendix
5 Kōdōkan Techniques introduced in 1889
(190 words)
Appendix
6 Yoshida and Iso 1893
Tenjinshinyō-ryū Textbook
Summary (1,130 words)
Appendix
7 Butokukai Jūjutsu
Award Recipients 1895-1902
(560 words)
Appendix
8 Fights 1884-1904 (760 words)
Acknowledgments
Author
Bio
Notes
(39,630 words)
References
(9,490 words)
Index
Illustrations
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