Judo Book Review - Modern Judo, Techniques Of East And West judo Book Reviews and Articles both new and rare books reviewed. After adisappointing performance in the 1980 Olympics, Seisenbacher decided he http://www.bestjudo.com/brmodernjudo.shtml
Extractions: An excellent book, with a great deal of information on the changes in Judo since Olympic era. More in the line of a 'biography', it nonetheless contains quite excellent technical discussions on the Seisenbacher's tournament techniques. This book is more oriented to competition Judo, and is quite good for that purpose. Numerous excellent photos, and easy-to-read text, this is a 'must-have' book for your library. Currently in print and available. Highly recommended! It was a happy combination of circumstances that brought Peter Seisenbacher and myself together. I had gone from being a competitor and a club instructor to occupy a position as a Class One international referee but after the 1976 Montreal Olympics had decided to resign from refereeing over a difference of opinion regarding the interpretation of newly introduced passivity rulings intended to penalize the adoption of excessively defensive postures in contest. I had just seen the Austrian heavyweight lose to Keith Remfry and had said to Kurt Kucera, the President of the Austrian Federation, that if I had been coaching the Austrian team they could have won two medals. I did not apply for the position of Team Manager to the British Team, which was vacated by Ray Ross, because it required a full-time commitment and I had a business to run. It was taken over by Dave Starbrook and Tony Macconnell.
CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History 1980 Moscow A history of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He then became the first French Olympicjudo champion, in the heavyweight division, and added a silver medal to http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/1980.html
