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just finished the first chapter, looks good
got it from amazon.co.uk
the pyjama game by Mark Law
anyone else read it?
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Posted 15 June 2007 - 07:02 PM
Finished it just the other day, and would recommend it to anyone.
It has a distinctly British flavour, the author (Mark Law) trained at the Budokwai in London. Mark has a very elegant writing style which, in some passages, really moved me.
Mark, through training at the Budokwai, was fortunate enough to get access to a lot of very experienced and famous players and he does an excellent job of distilling their experiences into print. For myself, coming from a a club that has no access to judoka like this it was an exhilerating read.
Mark gives an excellent account of the most significant events in international judo and recaps a few of the stories of past world champions. All in all, a brilliant read, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
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Posted 05 September 2007 - 05:02 AM
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:58 AM
Looks good!
Does anyone know of a retailer online that accepts Paypal? I'd prefer someplace in Aus or NZ or even UK, simply for sake of shipping.
Failing that, if someone is willing to part with a second hand copy, PM me? I've got a limit of about $15 (with $5-$10 for shipping), due to having paid $$$ recently for course materials. Again, payment by Paypal.
Same question / offer too stands for Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger (as that keeps alluding me at second hand book shops too).
Does anyone know of a retailer online that accepts Paypal? I'd prefer someplace in Aus or NZ or even UK, simply for sake of shipping.
Failing that, if someone is willing to part with a second hand copy, PM me? I've got a limit of about $15 (with $5-$10 for shipping), due to having paid $$$ recently for course materials. Again, payment by Paypal.
Same question / offer too stands for Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger (as that keeps alluding me at second hand book shops too).
This post has been edited by bob_stra: 19 September 2007 - 10:13 AM
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
---H.L. Mencken
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects".
---Robert A. Heinlein
---H.L. Mencken
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects".
---Robert A. Heinlein
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 11:57 AM
Its a great book, with a less autobiographical slant than the (also wonderful) Angry White Pyjamas. Having seen Mark Law in action at the Budokwai I'd have to say that his prose is more elegant than his judo.
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 12:11 PM
Addendum:
I've bought and read this book (pretty much in one go).
Worth the $$$. Go get it
I've bought and read this book (pretty much in one go).
Worth the $$$. Go get it
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
---H.L. Mencken
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects".
---Robert A. Heinlein
---H.L. Mencken
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects".
---Robert A. Heinlein
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 12:41 PM
el guapo, on Jun 4 2007, 03:33 AM, said:
just finished the first chapter, looks good
got it from amazon.co.uk
got it from amazon.co.uk
I haven't read it yet, but will. Mark Law contacted me several times a couple of years ago for anecdotes, etc., and I kept promising but did not give him much -- pure procrastination on my part; part of the reason I started posting on the forum was to exercise my writing muscles more. Mark tells me it will be out in paperback next year so that I'll have very little reason not to read it.
I'm sure I will like it as a non-technical book about judo and judo people by a skilled writer. When I first read 'The Fighting Spirit of Japan' as a kid, I was totally engrossed and enthralled. Around the same time, I bought The Seven Katas of Judo (splashing the old pocket money around), which just gathered dust (and is still gathering dust in my sister's attic). I don't remember my brother having any judo books at the time; he did have some flicker books of different waza.
Because my big brother did judo, I wanted to do it from the age of 8 or 9. When I was 11 or 12, Geoff Gleeson, then the British national coach, told my brother that I should follow the exercise regimen in "My System" by J. P. Muller of Denmark; that if I liked doing the exercises, I would like judo. I dutifully went to Foyles and bought the book, but found it boring. When my bro allowed me to start judo at 13, it was more interesting, to say the least. And so it continued to go, enjoying one book out of three. One thing I'll say about J. P. Muller, he looked very fit in the photos. Whoever wrote the foreword (maybe his son?) seemed almost embarrassed to note that Muller suddenly died at age 70, but he might have died much earlier if he hadn't exercised.
This post has been edited by Tsurumaki: 05 November 2007 - 12:47 PM
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 01:39 PM
...wow... just got his book in the post as birthday present from my mum 13000 miles or so away... and 2 hours later I'm on here and it pops up... funny things happen like that sometimes I guess!
