Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Jiujitsu in WWII: Dutch resistants fighter and secret agents
    Jiujitsu in WWII: Dutch resistants fighter and secret agents
    Jiujitsu in WWII: Dutch resistants fighter and secret agents
    Ebook80 pages15 minutes

    Jiujitsu in WWII: Dutch resistants fighter and secret agents

    By J.H.G. Smits

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The author has been researching the role of jiu jitsu and of its practitioners in the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. This publication is a first result of that research, in which the entire jiu jitsu photo album of Hans van der Stok is included. Another volume on several other Dutch practitioners of jiu jitsu who also were involved in resistance activities in Holland during the War will be published in the near future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLa Douze
    Release dateSep 28, 2017
    ISBN9789086664320
    Jiujitsu in WWII: Dutch resistants fighter and secret agents
    Author

    J.H.G. Smits

    Johan Smits (b. 1961) studied at the Academy for Library and Documentation Studies in The Hague. He works for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is a practitioner and teacher of jiu jitsu in the Netherlands.

    Related to Jiujitsu in WWII

    Related ebooks

    Martial Arts For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Dennis Hisardut Ju-Jitsu

      Jul 25, 2018

      Dennis Hisardut Ju-Jitsu
      9 min read

    • Article

      All For One One For All

      May 21, 2019

      All For One One For All
      9 min read

    • Article

      Bare Knuckle Boys

      Jun 1, 2021

      Bare Knuckle Boys
      5 min read

    • Article

      Donn F. Draeger’s Research Analyzed In Lectures In Japan

      Sep 17, 2019

      Martial artists from all over Japan recently assembled in Tokyo for a series of lectures on the life and legacy of Donn F. Draeger. The American martial arts researcher and writer is best-known for his book Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts, co-writt

      6 min read

    • Article

      In Defense Of Self

      May 18, 2021

      For self-defense, which of your skill sets would you draw on first? Would it be the umbrella “MMA toolbox” you’ve built or possibly your boxing, your taekwondo or your muay Thai? “For me now, because I’m good at recognizing ranges, it really depends

      1 min read

    • Article

      Medical Implications Of Waki-gatame

      Sep 14, 2021

      Clinches, Takedowns, and Tactics from YMAA Publication Center. Joseph Estwanik, M.D., served as the ringside physician during the early years of the UFC. He’s the former president of the Association of Ringside Physicians, an orthopedic surgeon and t

      2 min read

    • Article

      Bjj For The Street

      Nov 23, 2021

      Bjj For The Street
      11 min read

    • Article

      Archery: The Martial Art?

      Jan 20, 2022

      Archery: The Martial Art?
      5 min read

    • Article

      2022 Black Belt Hall Of Fame

      Mar 15, 2022

      AWARD WINNER “We have a quick pace, a lot of action and demonstrations, and there is no redundancy.… No one has time to get bored. We want to educate and entertain.” George Chung spoke those words in 1984 when a Black Belt writer asked him about the

      12 min read

    • Article

      The Chinese Connection

      May 18, 2021

      The Chinese Connection
      8 min read

    • Article

      Sudden Violence

      Nov 26, 2019

      Sudden Violence
      3 min read

    • Article

      Efficiency in Motion

      Nov 23, 2022

      Efficiency in Motion
      5 min read

    • Article

      Martial Arts Community Bids Farewell to TERUYUKI OKAZAKI

      Jul 21, 2020

      Teruyuki Okazaki was a bully. That may not be the most flattering way to remember one of the principal leaders of karate in the West, a student of Gichin Funakoshi and a protégé of Masatoshi Nakayama — not to mention one of the art’s most incredible

      3 min read

    • Article

      Anko Itosu

      Apr 1, 2023

      Anko Itosu
      9 min read

    • Article

      Beware Of Greeks Bearing Kicks!

      Jan 11, 2022

      Beware Of Greeks Bearing Kicks!
      8 min read

    • Article

      Up Close: Olivier Gruner

      Jan 11, 2022

      Up Close: Olivier Gruner
      3 min read

    • Article

      Farewell, Gene Lebell

      Nov 23, 2022

      Farewell, Gene Lebell
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Bruce Lee Lineage

      Jul 23, 2019

      When Bruce Lee opened his school in Seattle in 1960, he wanted to create a place where anyone could learn a self-defense method that was good for the spirit, good for health and good for selfprotection. Although many Asian elders opposed his decision

      10 min read

    • Article

      Living Legacy

      Sep 14, 2021

      Living Legacy
      8 min read

    • Article

      Weaponize Your Structure!

      Jul 23, 2019

      Weaponize Your Structure!
      7 min read

    • Article

      War Fighting With Tim Kennedy

      Jan 1, 2023

      Tim Kennedy is a rarity in the martial arts world — even though he denies it, as you’ll see. He started in the traditional arts (shotokan karate, Japanese jujitsu, wrestling, boxing and jiu-jitsu), then enlisted in the military, where he trained in t

      14 min read

    • Article

      Rethinking Rank

      Nov 4, 2018

      Rethinking Rank
      10 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Jiujitsu in WWII

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Jiujitsu in WWII - J.H.G. Smits

      Bibliography

      Preface

      For more than a decade I have been researching the history of jiu jitsu in the Netherlands from 1900 to 1945, and I have always had a particular interest in the Second World War years. Owing perhaps to a prevailing sense of peril and uncertainty, jiu jitsu became increasingly popular in the Netherlands during those dark days.

      While researching another book, I stumbled upon a photo album which had been a gift to a well-known Dutch jiu jitsu master, Johan van der Bruggen. In the war years, Van der Bruggen was also the only teacher of judo in the Netherlands.

      The album had belonged to one of his jiu jitsu students, Hans van der Stok, and it contains a note that Van der Stok died in captivity in 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp. Further research revealed that Hans, an ardent practitioner of jiu jitsu, had escaped from occupied Holland to England, trained as a secret service agent and returned to Holland to join the Dutch resistance. While resisting the occupation of his homeland he was captured, imprisoned and eventually executed.

      Reflecting on this I was deeply moved. At first I planned to devote a chapter of my history of jiu jitsu in the Netherlands to Hans van der Stok. Eventually, I decided to publish the photo album in its entirety to give present-day practitioners and other readers the chance to get acquainted with this remarkable young man.

      This publication is the result of that decision.

      Thanks to its unique photographic material, this album gives us a clearer picture of the history of jiu jitsu in the Netherlands. Although it is intended primarily as a tribute to Hans van der Stok, I felt that the album’s historical importance gave me licence to add my own explanatory notes to the photographs. In the original album the photographs appeared without commentary.

      For this publication I have maintained the order of the photographs as they appeared in the original album. However, I have taken the liberty of enlarging certain photos, and in some cases I have dedicated a full page to a single photo while the original album featured two or even four photos to a page.

      Hans van der

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1