- Ernest John Harrison
Ernest John ("E.J.") Harrison was an English
journalist , author andjudo ka. Harrison was born inManchester ,England , on August 22, 1873. He wrote many books about the practice of judo. He died in 1961.As a young man, Harrison was a
journalist who worked fornewspaper s inEngland ,British Columbia , andJapan . He enjoyed wrestling. In 1897, while working forYokohama newspaper called "Japan Herald", he began training inTenjin shinyo-ryu jujutsu . After moving toTokyo , he began training inKodokan judo.Harrison, E.J. "A Resumé of My Chequered Career". [http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_svinth2_1199.htm] ] In 1911, he was the first foreign-born person to achieve "shodan" (black belt ranking) in Kodokan judo. ["Japan Times", April 3, 1913, p. 6.] In 1912, his "Fighting Arts of Japan" was among the first English-language books to describe the Japanese martial arts from the perspective of a foreign-born practitioner of those arts.In 1916, Harrison was commissioned a
lieutenant in theBritish Army . He served until 1919. Countries he served in includedChina ,France ,Latvia , andEstonia . [Harrison, E.J. Unpublished notebook in the Richard Bowen Collection at the University of Bath. [http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/collections/richardbowen] ] In 1921, Harrison took a job with the Lithuanianlegation to theUnited Kingdom . Most of his professional writings from 1921 to 1940 focused on Lithuanian topics. After work, he often participated in the activities of a London judo club called theBudokwai . [Bowen, Richard. "The Budokwai: Its Roots and Early History and Some Other Early Matters". [http://www.budokwai.org/history_vol_i.htm] ] DuringWorld War II , Harrison was acensor in Russian, Lithuanian, and Polish languages for theBritish Post Office . After World War II, he wrote and translated judo books. [Svinth, Joseph R., ed. "Letters from E.J. Harrison to Robert W. Smith 1950-1960". [http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_harrison_0503.htm] ] Harrison was married twice. His first wife was Cicely Ross, anAustralia n woman he had met in Japan. He and his second wife, Rene, had one daughter, Aldona.Books
* "Peace or War East of Baikal?" (1910). Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh.
* "The Fighting Spirit of Japan and Other Studies". (1912). New York: C. Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin; Yokohama (1913): Kelly and Walsh.
* "Lithuania Past and Present". (1922). London: T. Fisher Unwin.
* "The Red Camarilla. A Stirring Romance, etc." (1923). London: G. Allen & Unwin.
* "Rasprava, etc." (1924). London: Geoffrey J. Bles.
* "Lithuania: A Review". (1925?). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
* "Lithuania, 1928". (1928). London: Hazell, Watson & Viney.
* "Theory & Practice of Judo, etc. (reprinted from Nichi-ei Shinshi)". Reading, no publisher listed.
* "Art of Ju-Jitsu". (1932). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Wrestling: Catch-as-catch-can, Cumberland & Westmorland, & All-in Styles". (1934). London: Foulsham's Sports Library.
* "Lithuania's Fight for Freedom". (1944). London: The Federation of the Lithuanian Societies in Great Britain.
* "Judo, etc." (1950). London: W. G. Foyle.
* "The Manual of Judo, etc." (1952). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Judo for Beginners... Illustrated". (1953) London: W. Foulsham.
* "Judo on the Ground: The Oda (9th Dan) Method, "Katamewaza". (1954). London: W. Foulsham.
* "The Fighting Spirit of Japan". (1955). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Judo for Women... Illustrated". (1957). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Junior Judo". (1957). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Physical Training for Men". (1957). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Physical Training for Women". (1957). London: W. Foulsham.
* "The Manual of Karate". (1959). London: W. Foulsham. (Rev. ed., 1974)
* "Judo, the Art of Jujutsu, etc." (1960). London: W. Foulsham.
* "Judo for Young Girls". (1961). London: W. Foulsham.Translations
* Aida, Hikoichi. (1956). "Kodokan Judo". London: W. Foulsham.
* Garbauskas, A. (1958). "Know Thyself. A Theory of the Spirit and a System of Man's Psychical Powers". Nottingham: The Author.
* Kawaishi, Mikonosuke. (1955). "My Method of Judo". London: W. Foulsham.
* Vilenkin, Grigory. (1908). "The Political and Economic Organization of Modern Japan". Tokyo: Kondo Shoten.References
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