Thursday, September 04, 2008

The Pyjama Game...

I read a fantastic book called The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo while I was on holiday.

It's written by a journalist called Mark Law and it traces his gradual interest and subsequent immersion the world of judo as a practitioner as well as tracing the history of the martial art in its political, sporting and social context.

It's a fantastically well-researched book and a thoroughly entertaining read. It essentially does for judo what Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger did for aikido and is every bit as good.

Well worth a look whether you're a martial artist or not.

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