2,945 research outputs found
The role of judo in reducing the Fear of Falling among older people
No full textThe Yawara project aims to reduce fear of falling in older populations through the use of judo principles and methods.Evidence suggests a positive association between judo and Bone Mineral Density accrual in pre- and post-menopausal women (Ciaccioni, Condello, Guidotti, & Capranica, 2017). It is also known that fall training may be useful to prevent hip fractures in the elderly, in fact after fall training, fear of falling was reduced by 0.88 on a visual analogue scale (Groen, Smulders, De Kam, Duysens, & Weerdesteyn, 2010; Groen, Smulders, Duysens, Van Lankveld, & Weerdesteyn, 2010).In the UK, 33% of people over 65, and 50% of people over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls are the most common cause of death from injury in the over 65s, costing the National Health Service £2bn+ a year and over 4 million bed days (Fenton, 2014).National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggest intervention programmes of muscle strengthening and balance training are likely to be beneficial. Trials of exercise programmes have shown reductions in the risk of falling of between 35% and 54% (AgeUK, 2013).Based on Hertfordshire population data, a 35% reduction in falls through intervention would mean around 700,000 less falls in Hertfordshire over the next 20 years.The methodology will be a pre-post intervention method with two populations based in the University of Hertfordshire, UK and Matsumae Judo Juku, Mitaka, Japan, delivered by experienced judo coaches. Subjects will be over 65 years old, recruited by young judoka, often family members. The subjects will follow a 6-week programme of judo related exercises based on the curriculum ‘Yawara-chan Taiso’ (Kamitani, 2018). Data will be collected using the 6-item FFQ-R: Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised and a 4-point Likert scale (Bower et al., 2015).It is hoped that the study will demonstrate a reduction in fear of falling following adherence to a judo-based exercise programme. We hope to be able to recommend that coaches should consider introducing judo fall techniques to prevent fall-related injuries, especially in the older population. In this way judo may be able to impact on this issue and make a wider contribution to society.ReferencesAgeUK. (2013). Falls prevention exercise: Following the evidence. Retrieved from Bower, E. S., Wetherell, J. L., Merz, C. C., Petkus, A. J., Malcarne, V. L., & Lenze, E. J. (2015). A new measure of fear of falling: psychometric properties of the fear of falling questionnaire revised (FFQ-R). International psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1121-1133. Ciaccioni, S., Condello, G., Guidotti, F., & Capranica, L. (2017). Effects of Judo Training on Bones: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of strength and conditioning research. Fenton, K. (2014). The human cost of falls. Public Health Matters. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., De Kam, D., Duysens, J., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Martial arts fall training to prevent hip fractures in the elderly. Osteoporosis international, 21(2), 215-221. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., Duysens, J., Van Lankveld, W., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study. BMC research notes, 3(1), 111. Kamitani, T. (2018). Yawara chan Taiso. Tokyo: Baseball Magazine
The role of judo in reducing the Fear of Falling among older people
No full textThe Yawara project aims to reduce fear of falling in older populations through the use of judo principles and methods.Evidence suggests a positive association between judo and Bone Mineral Density accrual in pre- and post-menopausal women (Ciaccioni, Condello, Guidotti, & Capranica, 2017). It is also known that fall training may be useful to prevent hip fractures in the elderly, in fact after fall training, fear of falling was reduced by 0.88 on a visual analogue scale (Groen, Smulders, De Kam, Duysens, & Weerdesteyn, 2010; Groen, Smulders, Duysens, Van Lankveld, & Weerdesteyn, 2010).In the UK, 33% of people over 65, and 50% of people over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls are the most common cause of death from injury in the over 65s, costing the National Health Service £2bn+ a year and over 4 million bed days (Fenton, 2014).National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggest intervention programmes of muscle strengthening and balance training are likely to be beneficial. Trials of exercise programmes have shown reductions in the risk of falling of between 35% and 54% (AgeUK, 2013).Based on Hertfordshire population data, a 35% reduction in falls through intervention would mean around 700,000 less falls in Hertfordshire over the next 20 years.The methodology will be a pre-post intervention method with two populations based in the University of Hertfordshire, UK and Matsumae Judo Juku, Mitaka, Japan, delivered by experienced judo coaches. Subjects will be over 65 years old, recruited by young judoka, often family members. The subjects will follow a 6-week programme of judo related exercises based on the curriculum ‘Yawara-chan Taiso’ (Kamitani, 2018). Data will be collected using the 6-item FFQ-R: Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised and a 4-point Likert scale (Bower et al., 2015).It is hoped that the study will demonstrate a reduction in fear of falling following adherence to a judo-based exercise programme. We hope to be able to recommend that coaches should consider introducing judo fall techniques to prevent fall-related injuries, especially in the older population. In this way judo may be able to impact on this issue and make a wider contribution to society.ReferencesAgeUK. (2013). Falls prevention exercise: Following the evidence. Retrieved from Bower, E. S., Wetherell, J. L., Merz, C. C., Petkus, A. J., Malcarne, V. L., & Lenze, E. J. (2015). A new measure of fear of falling: psychometric properties of the fear of falling questionnaire revised (FFQ-R). International psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1121-1133. Ciaccioni, S., Condello, G., Guidotti, F., & Capranica, L. (2017). Effects of Judo Training on Bones: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of strength and conditioning research. Fenton, K. (2014). The human cost of falls. Public Health Matters. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., De Kam, D., Duysens, J., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Martial arts fall training to prevent hip fractures in the elderly. Osteoporosis international, 21(2), 215-221. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., Duysens, J., Van Lankveld, W., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study. BMC research notes, 3(1), 111. Kamitani, T. (2018). Yawara chan Taiso. Tokyo: Baseball Magazine
Interviews with Albert Callan, Mike Hanson, Mrs. Williams, and Joe Young, September 1980
No full textCassette recordingInterviews conducted by Arthur H. Lewis with Albert Callan, Mike Hanson, Mrs. Williams, and Joe Young, September 15-17, 1980.
Mike Hanson was the town road supervisor of Old Chatham, New York and was Luks's driver. Joe Young was the mail carrier in Old Chatham, New York. Mrs. John Williams was the director of the Shaker Museum
Mrs Sarah Mayer, a black belt millionairess in 1930s Tokyo
No full textSarah Mayer is an important figure in the history of women’s judo internationally. Her achievement as the first foreign woman in Japan to receive a black belt for judo in 1935, gives an indication of her significance, but a study of her life and background as an actress and theatrical entrepreneur, and as a sportswoman; in conjunction with an investigation into the social stratum in which she existed, gives us important insights into this sporting pioneer and role model.
Mayer was a British actress and playwright, who played a role in terms of the globalization of sport in the interwar years. She was treated in an unprecedented way by the establishment in Japan, whereby, as a woman, she was allowed to train in male dōjō, particularly, the Kōdōkan and Butokuden, the former being the origin of judo in Japan, and the latter, part of a military training establishment. Mayer also contributed to the drive for female participation of judo in Japan in the lead up to the Second World War.
Drawing primarily on the letters that Mayer wrote to her judo teacher, Gunji Koizumi, this paper covers seven main themes which relate to her life;
1. Max Mayer – Diamonds and Pearls
2. Gunji Koizumi – Judo at the Budokwai
3. Herbert Percival - Letters from a ship
4. Bathing with the police
5. Kano, Hatta, Mifune, Isogai – The Kodokan and Butokukai
6. A black belt returns from Japan
7. The Shaw Millionairess
Max Mayer, her father-in-law, was a diamond and pearl merchant based in Hatton Garden, London, and the victim of the ‘Great Pearl Robbery of 1913’. He also owned the Agra Diamond (32 carats), formerly owned by the First Mogul emperor Babur (1483-1530)
In 1926 Sarah started to practise judo at the London Budokwai near Buckingham Palace, where she was taught by Koizumi Gunji, ‘The father of British Judo’. In December 1933, Sarah travelled from Liverpool to Bombay, and onward to Kobe, and started to write to Koizumi.
Writing about Capt. Herbert Percival of the ship City of Baroda, she says; ‘If all the captains I meet are so kind to me, I shall never want to come back’.
She was introduced to the Kōdōkan by Hatta Ichiro from Waseda University, Secretary to Jigoro Kano who later became a member of Japanese Diet, and President of All-Japan Wrestling Association,
In 1939, Sarah Mayer wrote an article in the Sunday Express, entitled, ‘Having a Bath in Japan’.
‘Anyway I am getting used to them all now and they are getting used to me. I have even recovered from the shock of finding that I was expected to share the bathroom -- not to mention the bath -- with the entire Kobe police force’.
In 1935 Isogai Hajime, awarded Sarah 1st dan at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai in Kyoto, after she had received 1st Kyu at Kōdōkan. This received a lot of press attention.
She returned to UK May 1935 and started divorce proceedings citing Mrs Dorothy Harris (Dorothy Seacombe, Hollywood Actress), and was awarded a significant settlement.
Returning to the Theatre, she met George Bernard Shaw, who re-wrote “The Millionairess” to make the lead character Epifania, a judo player. A role played by Sarah in 1940 in Eastbourne, before Katherine Hepburn in 1951 in the West End, and Sophia Loren in the 1960 movie opposite Peter Sellers
Historical development of judo
No full textJudo has its roots in the pre-history and mythology of Japan. Legend has it that the origin of the Imperial line is the result of a hand-to-hand wrestling match between two gods, when Takemikazuchi threw Takenimakata (Ashkenazi, 2008), whilst Nomi no Sukune is regarded as the creator of the earliest form of sumo, following a famous match in 23 bc at the request of Emperor Suinin (Guttmann & Thompson, 2001) and Mifune refers to him as the very founder of judo (Mifune, 1956). Early sumo was known as sumai (to struggle). Sumai, applied to combat, became known as kumiuchi (grappling in armour) (Levinson & Christensen, 1996). Kumiuchi is still seen today within Koshiki no Kata, which is required to be demonstrated for a Kōdōkan promotion to 8th Dan. Through the Muromachi and Sengoku periods of Japanese history (1333-1568) combat systems involving archery, swordsmanship and spearmanship were developed as the various clans battled with each other (Nippon-Budōkan, 2009). The feudal warrior class, samurai or bushi, trained in several martial arts, the collective term for these was bugei. The samurai or bushi culture and lifestyle was known as bushido. However the introduction of the musket gun in 1543 changed warfare and led to armour becoming lighter. This meant that there were greater possibilities for movement in combat once the warrior was unarmed (Hoare, 2009)
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Dr. Mike Davison – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Mike Davison, Professor of Music, discusses his documentary film, Cuba: Rhythm in Motion. This dynamic film captures the joy of making music in Cuba, an island that Dr. Davison has visited numerous times with his students. The contrasting yet intertwined histories of Cuban and American music are traced and illustrated with extensive performance footage. A DVD of Cuba: Rhythm in Motion is available in Parsons Music Library
Mike Nichols Oral History
No full textOral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history interview with Mike Nichols conducted by Diana Brown at the Latte Land coffee shop in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 6, 2014. Mike is the author of The Witches’ Sabbats, taught classes on Paganism for decades, and owned The Magic Lantern occult book shop in Kansas City in the 1980s; this interview discusses those experiences. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of a summer fieldwork internship funded by the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies.Friends of the Department of Religious Studie
Mike Ladd: Invisible mending
No full textAn Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, recorded in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 18 May 2017.Mike Ladd's new collection, Invisible Mending ranges across genres including essay, memoir, short story and poetry. Based loosely on the ideas of scarring and healing, Invisible Mending extends from family intimacies to connection and disconnection in the Australian community, environmental damage and repair. It also has an international view. Parts of it were written at an artist's residency in Malaysia and while travelling through South America
- …
