{"product_id":"jiu-jitsu-and-self-defense-9781884605116","title":"Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoshe Feldenkrais published \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e as a training manual for Haganah recruits in 1930. The Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization, which sixteen-year-old Moshe Feldenkrais joined at its inception in 1920. Ten years later, this book describing his training method was published based on a decade of field experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis years of hand-to-hand combat spurred Moshe to write this book that presents his unusual self-defense method. The book is based on all movements of defense, where the first movement is the natural reactive movement that a person does without thinking. He concluded that any effective self-defense system must be based on a person's automatic movements when attacked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e was published, Feldenkrais left Tel Aviv to continue his education in Paris, where he met Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo. After reviewing \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e, Kano engaged Feldenkrais to co-found the Jiu-Jitsu Club de France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e is the first blossom of Moshe's genius. This book contains the seeds that germinated and, many decades later, grew into the \u003cem\u003eFeldenkrais Method(R)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Genesis II Publishing, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884605116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Moshe Feldenkrais","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894054138037,"sku":"9781884605116","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c48d586f-6d2f-4535-a17b-c1abb1128514.jpg?v=1630414080","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jiu-jitsu-and-self-defense-9781884605116","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}