''The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo)'' (1905) is a

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that documents a system of

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that was taught by a Japanese Instructor at the

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. It was written by

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as part of a series of books on

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, with technical expertise from Katsukuma Higashi, a practitioner of 'Kano Jiu Jitsu'.

Overview

The book describes 160 combat 'tricks', including techniques designed to kill or injure. It also contains more than five hundred illustrations of ways in which a person can throw,

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, or strangle an opponent. One chapter is dedicated to Kuatsu, or methods to revive someone who has been rendered unconscious. The book also contains charts of

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, which when struck, may debilitate an opponent.

Criticism

While at the time of its first publication it was reported that the book describes the

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system of jiu jitsu, used by the Japanese army, navy, and police, or the official jiu-jitsu of the Japanese government. This is contested and the style presented is not that of

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. Kanō Jigorō himself had no involvement with the book.

References

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