Defend Yourself with Judo was originally published in 1960 and is a concise and practical guide to self-defense applications using Judo techniques, In the author's own words: "What I have tried to offer is a reasonably comprehensive system of techniques, which I have found to prove their worth, whilst fighting under combat conditions with a friend. Although individual mastery of each separate defence is the first essential, when this is achieved, they must all be blended together to form a somewhat limited, yet complete, system in order to increase their potential effectiveness."