Current reading. Very informative #Repost @closedguardthemovie with @make_repost ・・・ This book is essential in comprehending how Japanese Martial-Arts (Jiu-Jitsu in particular) were exported and marketed in the West late in the 19th and early 20th Century and how the opening of Japanese ports to the World during this period fueled the curiosity that gives the book its title. Building off Japanese, English and Spanish sources, Pedreira's pioneering research helps illuminate the initial process by which Japanese combat-arts became such a sought out item around the World during this period and later. From the pre-Meiji period, to the opening of its ports, the Meiji restoration and the early days of Jigoro Kano's Kodokan and the Butokukai, "Craze" is a valuable compendium of the period that made way for Japanese Martial-Arts as an export product. Highly recommended for understanding how the West impacted Japan and influenced the systematization and modernization of its Martial-Arts before it was spread to the World by the hands of remarkable individuals. #jiujitsu #judo #closedguard (at Flo Martial Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAR6BgygdJS/?igshid=5sk32s6daxnu
