Throwing for Ippon is the ultimate judo coaching guide. Across 21 unique ebooks all of the major Ippon scoring throws in modern competition are showcased.
The first 3 e-Books are available now directly from Fighting Films. Hajime!is available to download for free. The Throw & The Grip are available to purchase and download for just 99p. (If purchased through Fighting Films, you will receive a download link for your e-book purchase).
The first ten books of Superstar Judo’s guide to Throwing for Ippon are available as e-Books on Google and Amazon Kindle. These books will release in December 2022.
| Releases on 1st December 2022(Fighting Films Website): |
| Introduction – Hajime! |
| Book 1 - The Throw |
| Book 2 - The Grip |
Each book follows a separate throw, with tuition from many of the world’s greatest judoka. The throw starts with the technique’s origins and the traditional methods of teaching it, followed by variations using alternative grips, entries, directions of attack and combinations.
Incredible photographic sequences accompany most of the technique variations. These come from Fighting Films’ vast archive, with many of the images being shown for the first time.
Tuition across the series is brought to you by more than 20 of the sport’s elite judoka, which includes Olympic and World Champions such as Toshihiko Koga, Kosei Inoue, Ki-young Jeon, Lucie Decosse, Kayla Harrison, Udo Quellmalz, Keiji Suzuki, Mark Huizinga, Ole Bischof, Avtandili Tchrikishvili, Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar and Craig Fallon.
Fighting Films has been closely working alongside the world’s greatest judoka for over 30 years. Throwing for Ippon is the first project where all of this international technical expertise is compiled in one place.
Presented by Superstar Judo, Fighting Films’ online coaching subscription site, the techniques can also be viewed in video format by clicking on a QR code at either the start or end of each book. The author is Fighting Films partner Danny Hicks, who was IJF TV Director from 2009-2017.
This guide is an essential for all judoka. Whether you just want to learn the basics of a throw or be inspired by numerous different variations from the world’s best, Throwing for Ippon reveals the techniques that are proven to work at the very highest level.
Stay tuned for the other e-Books in the Throwing for Ippon series to be released in 2023:
Superstar Judo’s guide to Ne waza – to be released in 2023:
