Considerations on the Contributions of Judo to the Development and Improvement of Motor Qualities and Skills Pertaining to Close Combat

The growing complexity of the physical and mental demands of the modern battlefield imposes an intensive program of instruction and education of the military meant to improve their performances. Through its specific training methods and means, judo ensures a complex set of motor and utilitarian-applicative skills and abilities, as well as a wide capacity of focusing attention and will, necessary in the fighter’s adjustment to the rapid and unexpected changes which appear during the combat