Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

by Moshe Feldenkrais, Moti Nativ (Foreword by), Moti Nativ (Preface by)

Overview

Moshe Feldenkrais published Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense 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.

His 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.

Shortly after Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense was published, Feldenkrais left Tel Aviv to continue his education in Paris, where he met Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo. After reviewing Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense, Kano engaged Feldenkrais to co-found the Jiu-Jitsu Club de France.

Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense is the first blossom of Moshe's genius. This book contains the seeds that germinated and, many decades later, grew into the Feldenkrais Method(R).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781884605116
Publisher:	Genesis II Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	08/09/2021
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc. (1904 - 1984), developer of the Feldenkrais Method(R), was an engineer, physicist, martial artist, and student of human development. Born in eastern Europe, he emigrated to Palestine as a young man. Later he studied at the Sorbonne and worked in the Joliot Curie laboratory in Paris during the 1930s. His interest in Ju-Jitsu brought him into contact with Professor Kano, who developed Judo. Dr. Feldenkrais was a co-founder of the Ju-Jitsu Club of Paris and was one of the first Europeans to earn a black belt in Judo. Escaping the Nazi advance, he went to Britain and worked on anti-submarine research for the Admiralty. In the 1940s, he began to develop his Method and wrote his first book on the subject. He authored many seminal books on martial arts, movement, learning, human consciousness, and somatic experience. Dr. Feldenkrais worked with people with a wide range of needs, from children with Cerebral Palsy to performers such as the violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

Moti (Mordehai) Nativ, a retired colonel from the Israel Defense Forces, is a certified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and Martial Arts.Moti has graduated from the Jerusalem 1 Feldenkrais Professional Practitioner training in 1994 and served as the president of the Israeli Feldenkrais Guild. Moti began studying Martial Arts in 1966, and his martial arts practice includes wrestling, Judo, and Krav Maga. He holds a black belt in Judo, and he is a certified Krav Maga instructor. Moti is Dai Shihan (master teacher) of Bujinkan school of Budo TaiJutsu. He is a member of this school since 1975, and since 1995 he has led the training of Bujinkan teachers in Israel. He founded the Bujinkan Shiki (Awareness) Dojo. Moti has explored the peculiar way that brought Moshe Feldenkrais from the Land of Israel to become a Judo Master in France and England and the influence of the Martial Arts on the development of the Feldenkrais Method. Moti teaches advanced workshops called, "The Synergy of Martial Arts and the Feldenkrais Method" worldwide. Moti republished Moshe Feldenkrais's book Practical Unarmed Combat (originally published in 1942) and was involved in republishing Higher Judo (1948) and Autosuggestion (1929). Lately, he published an article about Moshe's unique work Better Judo (1948-1949).

Moti (Mordehai) Nativ, a retired colonel from the Israel Defense Forces, is a certified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and Martial Arts.Moti has graduated from the Jerusalem 1 Feldenkrais Professional Practitioner training in 1994 and served as the president of the Israeli Feldenkrais Guild. Moti began studying Martial Arts in 1966, and his martial arts practice includes wrestling, Judo, and Krav Maga. He holds a black belt in Judo, and he is a certified Krav Maga instructor. Moti is Dai Shihan (master teacher) of Bujinkan school of Budo TaiJutsu. He is a member of this school since 1975, and since 1995 he has led the training of Bujinkan teachers in Israel. He founded the Bujinkan Shiki (Awareness) Dojo. Moti has explored the peculiar way that brought Moshe Feldenkrais from the Land of Israel to become a Judo Master in France and England and the influence of the Martial Arts on the development of the Feldenkrais Method. Moti teaches advanced workshops called, "The Synergy of Martial Arts and the Feldenkrais Method" worldwide. Moti republished Moshe Feldenkrais's book Practical Unarmed Combat (originally published in 1942) and was involved in republishing Higher Judo (1948) and Autosuggestion (1929). Lately, he published an article about Moshe's unique work Better Judo (1948-1949).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Preface to the New Edition

Foreword to the New Edition

Note from the Translator

Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

To the Reader

Foreword

Introduction

Important

Practical Hints

Body Parts and Terms

Part 1

Tricks to Use Against Rapists

Whatever Comes to Hand

How to Stop a Fleeing Adversary How to Rescue Your Brother

Defending Yourself Against Animals Miscellaneous

Part 2

Introduction

Practical Instructions

The Fall

Throws and Tripping

Blows and How to Defend Yourself from Them

Blows with the Fists

Flat Handed Blows

Stabbing with the Fingers

Defending Yourself Against a Club and Dagger

Defending Yourself Against Strangleholds

Defending Yourself Against Firearms and Other Subterfuges and Ploys

Closing Comments

About Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc.

About Moti (Mordehai) Nativ

Endnotes

Resources