Making A Champion In The Right Time For Gold: Championship Judo - Softcover

Mullen, Eddie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434300838 ISBN 13: 9781434300836

Publisher: Authorhouse UK, 2007

Synopsis

The book in two parts, follows the author from early days in Glasgow, when he first fell in love with the sport on an amazing journey to become a contest player and compete for his country at Olympic level. Covering all the highs and lows the disappointments and struggles both physical and emotional, the sacrifices and decisions that he made to achieve his aims. The book gives an insight to the fears and the ambition of a contest player; it follows the author through his judo path to present time with an amazing honesty to his thoughts about judo. The main criteria of the book is contest orientated, it provides the serious minded judoka with an insight to judo at power level, the training and the thought process of planning and preparation for competition as well as the attitude required to be successful. Building on strength's, knowing your weaknesses as well as training the mind to adapt to extreme situations, the thought process of being egotistic and feeling you are the best is highlighted on the authors journey to find himself.The technical side, and skills cover both Tachi waza and Ne waza, with insight of how you can secure the skills to a contest situation, Renraku waza and Kaeshi waza, (combination and counter techniques) are prominent in the book as are the main throws used in competitions judo today.Basic holds as well as the dynamic Sangaku techniques to roll over also illustrated, with detailed explanations of checkmate holds and what they mean. The book, will give the young aspiring judoka inspiration and ambition, as well as belief in themselves to achieve there aims.

About this title

About the Author

Eddie, born in Glasgow in 1949, untill the age of 10 his main activity was playing on the streets and tenement flats.The City was going through major redevelopment, most of the old tenement buildings being flattend, making way for modernisation of the City.Eddies family were relocated to the east of the City, Easterhouse, one of the new housing estates that were built around Glasgow whilst redevelopment was taking place. Starting Judo by chance, Eddie up untill then had not heard the word Judo spoken, he attended the YMCA as a means to get of the streets, at that moment in time Glasgow estates were taken over by the gang culture.Judo served to be a saviour to Eddie, not only did he love the sport, he was thought to be very good and had the ability to become a contest player.As a teenager Eddie moved clubs, the Osaka at the time in the heart of the City, the strongest club in Scotland, it was there he started to find encouragement and coaching to move further forward.At the age of sixteen Eddie was awarded his black belt, at that time the achievement not many judoka had gained. furthering his ambitions Eddie moved to Edinburgh, training with George Kerr, already a ledgend in Judo, George gave Eddie the belief one day he would represent Britain at the Olympic Games.Eddie was selected for the Olympics in Munich, taking 5th place.As acontest player Eddie was Scottish and Brittish champion on many occasions, he took bronze medals at three European championships and Silver at the multi nations.Eddie joined the army, serving 12 years, travelling, to Hong Kong, Japan, USA, Cyprus and Germany, in those countries was involved with the coaching as well as still successfully managing to compete.

Edition details

• Publisher: Authorhouse UK
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1434300838
• ISBN 13: 9781434300836
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 196