Women in Judo
This is the first book to explore womens judo in all aspects, from the history and governance of the sport to cutting-edge sport science perspectives.
The book examines the story of judo for women and how the history of the sport has paralleled the cultural and social challenges faced by women in both the East and the West. It considers the issues of leadership and governance in contemporary womens judo, and the obstacles to stronger involvement for women in the sport as a whole, as well as the rules and competition structures that shape the sport today. The book also looks at the tactical and technical considerations of coaching women in judo, and the significance of the coachathlete relationship, as well as the physiology of the athlete including the female athlete triad and how that relates to training, performance, technique and skill acquisition. A concluding chapter presents short biographies of the pioneering female judoka Rusty Kanokogi, Ingrid Berghmans, Kaori Yamaguchi, Karen Briggs and Ryoko Tani.
This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in martial arts or womens sport and a useful resource for those studying sport history, sociology of sport, gender studies and sport development and coaching.
Mike Callan is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography and Head of the i-dojo International Judo Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is the President of the International Association of Judo Researchers, Education Director of the Commonwealth Judo Association and Managing Director of the Judospace Educational Institute. He has worked in the International Federation Services team for judo at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He is a 7th Dan and was awarded the International Judo Federation Special Award for his services to education and research.
Women, Sport and Physical Activity
Edited by Elizabeth Pike, University of Hertfordshire, UK
The Women, Sport and Physical Activity series showcases work by leading international researchers and emerging scholars that offers new perspectives on the involvement of women in sport and physical activity. The series is interdisciplinary in scope, drawing on sociology, cultural studies, history, politics, gender studies, leisure studies, psychology, exercise science and coaching studies, and consists of two main strands: thematic volumes addressing key global issues in the study of women, sport and physical activity; and sport-specific volumes, each of which offers an overview of womens participation and leadership in a particular sport.
Available in this series:
Womens Artistic Gymnastics
Socio-cultural Perspectives
Edited by Roslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart and Gretchen Kerr
Women in Rugby
Edited by Helene Joncheray
Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching
Edited by Leanne Norman
Women in Judo
Edited by Mike Callan
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/sport/series/WSPA
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Contributors
Lisa Allan is Events Director for the International Judo Federation, in 2017 she was the first woman appointed to the 23 person IJF Executive Committee and she is the Head of the IJF Gender Equity Commission. She is a former Sports Director for SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for international sports federations and organisers of multi-sports games. In 2012 she was the Judo Manager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. This followed a successful period as a Partnership Manager with Sports Scotland.
Sanda orak is President of the Croatian Judo Federation, Vice President of the Croatian National Olympic Committee, Education Director of the International Judo Federation and a member of the International Judo Federation Executive Committee. Sandra is the Director of the Institute for Tourism, Croatia. She has practised judo since primary school and has been a competitor, a club coach and a judo volunteer. In 2016 she was awarded the Women and sport diploma from the Croatian Olympic Committee and in 2018 she was asked by the IJF to be the Managing Editor of the new academic journal The Arts and Sciences of Judo.
Xanne Janse de Jonge is Senior Lecturer in Exercise & Sport Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research focuses on the effects of female hormone fluctuations on exercise performance and has expanded to include oral contraceptives and the effect of female hormone fluctuations on training adaptations. Xanne also works in applied sport science research and in particular training load monitoring in collaboration with the Central Coast Mariners Football Club and the Judo Federation of Australia. Xanne is on the Judo Federation of Australias Sport Science Advisory Committee.
Natalie Powell won the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the womens under 78kg category representing her home country of Wales. As a British judoka she is the first female to be ranked number one on the International Judo Federation (IJF) world-ranking list. The Rio 2016 Olympian holds three European Championships medals and 29 medals from the IJF world tour events and was third in the 2017 Senior World Championships. Natalie is coached by Darren Warner and based at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff, UK. She is pursuing an MSc in Advanced Sport Coaching Practice at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.