Pick Ups: Judo Masterclass Book by Robert Van De Walle Will Higginbotham Received instruction in Daito-ryu Aiki

Received instruction in Daito-ryu Aiki Budo and Ono-ha Itto-ryu from Takeda Shimosuke Soke

*How to instantly neutralize an attacker’s techniques

Brauhardt Sensei demonstrates Ikkyo

These exercises formed the basis of the stretches that Koichi Tohei used in his Ki Society

Pick Ups: Judo Masterclass Book by Robert Van De Walle Will Higginbotham Received instruction in Daito-ryu AikiThis is the first formal study of pick ups in judo ever made and therefore is a milestone in judo literature. This may appear strange because many of the throws in this book have formal Japanese names and a long standing tradition in judo. Yet, the truth is that despite this history, few of these attacks have been regarded as classical techniques to compare with seoi nage or uchimata. The traditional view is that while throws such as morote gari and