Product Details

• Actors: M. Kimura
• Directors: Don Warrener
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Studio: RISING SUN PRODUCTIONS
• DVD Release Date: October 1, 2004
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00066NA6Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,199 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool old school judo, a few things to be aware of, June 2, 2005

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Ubergoober (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Koshen Judo Old School Pre WWII Japan (Grappling) - 2 DVD Set (DVD)

I think this DVD is a lot of fun. I get a real kick out of seeing a bunch of tough middle-aged guys still pounding out the groundwork. It's also cool to see an older style of judo and get a sense of the range in judo--particularly in pre-war judo.

While I enjoyed this a lot, there are some things you should be aware of before you plunk down any money. First, there's no English language track or subtitles. on the other hand, the Japanese in the explations uses a lot of judo terms. If you're a judo player whose taken some Japanese, this might not be a big deal. It's also generally clear what the person demonstrating the technique is doing. I personally don't think this lack is so big a deal.

Second, there are no chapter divisions. On my dvd player this means fastforwarding if I want to skip to a certain section. For me this is a definite annoyance, even though it probably shouldn't tick me off me as much as it does.

Third, the blurb above makes this sound like it's a showcase of Kimura Masahiko's judo. It's not. The focus is really on kosen judo in general. They use a lot of demonstrators on the dvd. I hadn't heard of them, but someone who was more into judo history might have.

Fourth, although the blurb says it's in color, it's mostly in black and white. I couldn't care less about this, but if you do you should know.

Having said all that, I enjoyed this dvd a lot. If you're interested in pre-war judo or in judo's groundwork practitioners, this dvd is great.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars awsome dvd ,stupid copy protection., September 8, 2005

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shin khan (vegas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Koshen Judo Old School Pre WWII Japan (Grappling) - 2 DVD Set (DVD)

a must have for grapplers,along with Kimura are many greats,only thing ,that suked,was the copy right protection will not let this dvd play on some dvd players/ps2....but worked well on my computer.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good technique but NO ENGLISH!, May 23, 2006

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Richard Dupuis "Judo, Montreal" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Koshen Judo Old School Pre WWII Japan (Grappling) - 2 DVD Set (DVD)

Unfortunately they failed to mention there's no english dialogue or subtitles. While the techniques are interesting english would have been a big help in understanding certain moves.