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Professor John J O'Brien was a former Inspector and Superintendent of Police in Nagasaki Japan, and is credited as the man who brought Jiu Jitsu to America in 1902. He was one of the first foreigners to receive an instructor diploma from the Japanese government, and was the Jiu Jitsu teacher of President Theodore Roosevelt and members of his cabinet teaching classes at the White House. In this classic text on Japanese Jiu Jitsu, Prof. O'Brien presents the secrets of this system of physical training and self defense. Over 25 self defense techniques are illustrated and described in detail.
This comprehensive and informative text has been restructured and brought fully up to date in order to explain international law as it stands at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
In a world where volatility is the new norm and change is a constant, the individuals and organisations that are flourishing are those with a clear sense of purpose based on authentic ethical values. Purpose is the secret ingredient - with purpose you have the key to exceptional performance, greater wellbeing and clarity in a VUCA world. But how do you find such purpose and ensure it propels your business forward? The Power of Purpose shares a simple 6-step framework you too can identify, clarify and shape your business purpose. You’ll gain a competitive advantage and boost your bottom line, but the benefits are not just commercial – you’ll also inspire a new generation of employees, f...
How we learn from those around us: an essential guide to understanding how people behave. Humans are, first and foremost, social creatures. And this, according to the authors of I'll Have What She's Having, shapes—and explains—most of our choices. We're not just blindly driven by hard-wired instincts to hunt or gather or reproduce; our decisions are based on more than “nudges” exploiting individual cognitive quirks. I'll Have What She's Having shows us how we use the brains of others to think for us and as storage space for knowledge about the world. The story zooms out from the individual to small groups to the complexities of populations. It describes, among other things, how buzzw...