This book is as valuable for the finalist as for the beginner. It is a summary of the favorite holds and throws of a national champion, organized by topic into a practical judo text. Written by a national AAU judo champion, Gene LeBell, and by the chairman of judo for the Southern Pacific Association of the AAU, L. C. Coughran, it presents in easy-to-follow text, illustrated with more than 380 photographs, those techniques which these winners have found to work best in actual competition. It includes the many variations and special holds which Gene LeBell has learned along the tournament trail. This book is a reprint of the 1962 manual, that is, before the Olympics-64, when ju-do was included in the game program. Apparently, therefore, the technique described here even includes locks on the legs, as you know, prohibited by modern rules