STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FOR JUDO STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FOR JUDO ANDY BURNS AND MIKE CALLAN THE CROWOOD PRESS First published in 2017 by The Crowood Press Ltd Ramsbury, Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 2HR www.crowood.com This e-book first published in 2017 © Mike Callan and Andrew Burns 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 78500 257 1 Photographs by Joda Callan CONTENTS Foreword Acknowledgements 1INTRODUCTION 2NEEDS ANALYSIS OF THE SPORT 3ROBUSTNESS 4BUILDING STRONG JUDOKA 5DELIVERING POWER 6FITNESS FOR JUDO 7CO-ORDINATION, SPEED AND AGILITY