Koka Kids Summer Issue Now Available – United States Judo Federation

Koka Kids Summer Issue is now available. To order your copy, call (877) 411-3409

Copies are $5 each and include stories on judo clubs in the U.S. and around the world, new techniques, games, posters.

USJF or USJA CLUBS placing orders of copies for 10 or more issues can receive the discounted price of $4 per issue.

A limited number of copies of the Spring issue are still available.

For those coaches who worry about keeping up interest and attention in the summer, these magazines are a great reinforcer for kids.

For those parents whose children like judo maybe a little more than they like reading, the magazines are greatly appreciated as summer reading material.

Kiotsuke — Attention

Jigoro Kano said, "The most important principle of throwing as practiced was to disturb the center of gravity of the opponent, and then pull or push in a way that the opponent cannot stand, exerting skill rather than strength, so that he might lose his equilibrium and fall heavily to the ground. A series of rules was taught respecting the different motions of feet, legs, arms, hands, the thigh and back, in order to accomplish this object. Choking up the throat was done by the hands, forearms, or by twisting the collar of the opponent&srquo;s coat round the throat. For holding down and pushing, any part of the body was used. For twisting and bending, the parts employed were generally the arms, hands and fingers, and sometimes the legs."