Originally Posted by DickHardman

if you have a decent understanding of martial arts and friends to practice with, yes you could learn a lot. but instead of wasting money on archaic books, you should just use the internet to find all your information.

for example, here is a half hour video demonstrating all the official throws of judo. you could no doubt practice these with a friend and learn a whole lot. but remember, you need to learn to apply them on a resisting opponent, not just on a friend who is standing there letting himself be thrown. you need to try to learn how to apply these throws during grappling and wrestling. just try pulling off some of the real basic ones with light resistance. build you way up as you get better, but start of very slow and light. i dont know if you have grappling training, but learning breakfalls is a good idea. certainly needed if you want to advance to higher levels of throwing. to do this you need to practice shit like foreward rolls, backwards rolls, cartwheels, handstand to a forward roll, shoulder rolls, shoulder rolls were you slap the ground and try to land on your side to direct the impact away from your vital organs etc.......im getting carried away though. pay attention to how these guys hit the ground. learning it can save you tons of injury in everyday life by saving you from nasty falls etc...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0



a lot can be learned from videos and a good partner. take that anyway you want