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	THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
		Yawara herself is average as far as anime standards are concerned, and there aren't any characters with hair more wildly colored than brown.
		Yawara, when one actually takes the time to look past the somewhat creaky animation and limited color palette, is a charming, gentle series that deals less with the culture of martial arts than an extremely talented and charming girl who'd like nothing more than to be normal again.
		Yawara has a lot of -real- rivals, as well as taking on the responsibility of training her own school's rather lackluster judo club (don't worry, they get better!).
	www.themanime.org /viewreview.php?id=481 (677 words)

	anime.mikomi.org - Yawara! A fashionable judo girl.
		Yawara's "rival" is perhaps a touch on the Project A-ko side for my liking, but just a touch.
		Yawara's grandfather's character is way over the top; but considering most old people in anime are way Way WAY over the top, Jigoro is almost subtle by comparison and downright hysterical.
		Not quite, and Yawara can throw a mean heavy object if you catch her in the tub, but I enjoyed the effort they put into the judo itself.
	anime.mikomi.org /series/18.html (600 words)

	Fangirl Anime Reviews -- Yawara! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara Inokuma lives with her grandfather (and occasionally her mother, who is usually off roaming the world in search of Yawara's long-lost father).
		Yawara couldn't really care less about competing with her in judo: but the competition in love spans a good chunk of the series.
		Yawara gains maturity and sense of herself by the end (going by spoilers, the end of the manga, and the TV special here)...
	www.evitable.org /reviews/yawara_review.html (645 words)

	Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl!
		Yawara is the name of the central character and a play on the compound word Jûdô.
		Inokuma Yawara is a pretty and relatively normal 14 year old Japanese girl.
		He wishes for Yawara to participate and win a gold medal in the Olympics, but she is less than willing to devote herself to that extent.
	www.artistic-inks.net /manga/guide/articles/yawara.htm (379 words)

	AMR: Yawara : A fashionable Judo Girl
		Yawara is, mostly, a normal girl trying to determine her path through life.
		Yawara, now mature, is both attracted and repulsed by the plans made for her, and regrets many of the ordinary pleasures she has lost, especially romance.
		Of course those who have dedicated themselves to sports mastery, including a nemesis created by her grandfather to keep her developing, the coach she hires and a sports photographer can't help but see her simply as someone to be defeated or pushed forwards to the glory she deserves.
	amr.wuu.ru /html/yawara.html (256 words)

	AikiWeb Aikido Forums - yawara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		DR claims to trace itself that far, and it is tracing itself to the word yawara.
		The question led to a great deal of discussion and the immediate reaction was that 'yawara' was another word for judo, and then, after a little more reflection, jujutsu.
		Later on, the dictionaries came out and we saw that the explanation for 'yawara' varied from 'soft', as in yawaraka(i), to 'judo'/'jujutsu' in general monolingual dictionaries, with both being given as the first meaning according to the dictionary.
	www.aikiweb.com /forums/printthread.php?t=3042 (646 words)

	YAWARA! A Fashionable Series of Old
		Yawara is finding that the rigorous judo routine is infringing on her quest for a "normal life," while Jigoro single-mindedly views everything that is not judo as a distraction from Yawara's training, much to Yawara's chagrin.
		After a freak near-accident (Sayaka, out of boredom, grabs her driver from behind and obstructs his view of the road.) in which Yawara and her grandfather are almost run down by the Honami car, Sayaka invites them back to her family's estate in apology.
		As a sports reporter, he has great interest in sport idols and when he sees Yawara take down a purse thief on the street with a perfectly executed judo throwdown, he immediately recognizes her talent and sets off to discover the identity of this hidden judo talent and future sports idol.
	www.ex.org /4.1/15-anime_yawara.html (967 words)

	dvdanime12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara is recognized as one of the best sports related anime/manga of the past 10 years and one of the most popular overall sports stories to grace the genre (Not the most popular though, that still goes to “Ashita No Jo”, a wonderfully brutal boxing story).
		Yawara, trained since she could watch in Judo, catches onto the plan and soundly trumps the pervert.
		Yawara is fun little show and I find it odd that no one in their right mind has picked it up for distribution.
	www.deathvalleydriver.com /anime/dvdanime12.html (739 words)

	Yawara: General Music Player
		"Yawara" is a Brazilian indigenous word that means `the one that kills with a single stroke', given to the biggest american feline, the Panthera (Jaguarius) onca.
		Yawara was designed to present not only a game music player, but also a good presentation and useful information for bold programmers, all nested in a user friendly environment.
		Yawara will turn the Z80 mode on in turbo R and any latter MSX (there are none by now, but we never know...) If it crashes anyway ("Zanac" uses to do it), restart turbo R with key <1> (on the main key set) pressed, forcing it to start in Z80 mode, then run the program.
	www.angelfire.com /art2/unicorndreams/msx/Yawara.html (3761 words)

	Live-eviL Anime Fansubbers -Yawara ! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara is the granddaughter of the judo legend, five-time champion and eight-dan fl belt, Jigoro Inokouma; he wants Yawara to be the queen of the judo world, gaining the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics and the National Achievement Award.
		Yawara is therefore trapped inside two different lives, her secret life as a possible judo star, the life that others see for her, and her desire to be just a normal girl who studies home economics at an all girls university.
		Yawara wears all sorts of bizarre hairstyles and outfits, as do her friends, and Jigoro Inokuma is the perfect old master, small, white-haired, wise, super-strong and incredibly greedy.
	www.live-evil.org /yawara.php (736 words)

	Anime News Network - Yawara! A fashionable Judo Girl (TV)
		Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
		All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
		Distributed in Japan as Ranma 1/2's sister show, Yawara was significantly more popular in Japan.
	animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1325 (243 words)

	[No title]
		The reporter finds out that Yawara liked Kazamatsuri when she was shocked that he's with Sayako.
		FS Yawara's recording to her team has arrived and the message inspires doesn't do much for their ability but...
		Yawara's worried about her friend Jody, who was seriously injured.
	members.lycos.co.uk /devanimefury/Reviews/K14.htm (578 words)

	Naoki Urasawa article by P. Duffield
		Yawara's greatest desire is to be a regular girl, but it's a daily struggle against grandpa Jigoro, who is determined to see her win Olympic gold.
		Once he meets Yawara, he gradually becomes torn between his desires to support Yawara's personal choices and to encourage her to pursue her athletic potential of becoming a sports legend.
		Yawara's insensitive, manipulative grandfather isn't the only one who wants her to keep training.
	www.mindspring.com /~theduffields/resume/articles/features/urasawa.htm (1396 words)

	"YAWARA!" article by P. Duffield
		Matsuda becomes determined to prove Yawara is a judo expert and so follows her throughout the rest of the series.
		Kazamatsuri is her handsome, playboy trainer who becomes infatuated with Yawara, and Yawara can't help but fall for the charming dandy.
		Yawara attempts to have a fresh start when she graduates and enters a two-year college to become a travel agent, a college of her own choosing with no judo team.
	www.mindspring.com /~theduffields/resume/articles/indepths/yawara.htm (698 words)

	Jujitsu-Do Martial Arts Center - Title Page
		The 20-art course of Professor Henry Okazaki is demonstrated, along with effective self-defense applications and variations of the original forms.
		In this video, Professor Cross demonstrates this unique course, with its advanced applications of Yawara, Nage Te, and Shime Te, which helps intermediate students integrate the basic courses of Danzan Ryu into their self defense repertoire.
		This 7-inch, hand-held dowel is used for striking nerves and acu-points, escape assistance, joint immobilization reinforcement, and takedowns.
	www.jujitsu-do.com (451 words)

	AnimeNfo.Com : Anime : Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
		It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does.
		However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar.
		His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor".
	www.animenfo.com /animetitle,520,jjjodz,yawara__a_fashi.html (104 words)

	Definition of Yawara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To define the meaning of "Yawara" in simple terms, we have to go back to the days of the fighting warrior......
		With the need to perfect the grappling techniques in battle, several schools were formed for "Kumi-Uchi" training and because of the many different styles of the schools they more or less joined forces and became known as the "YAWARA".
		Later in the 18th Century, weapons were re-introduced into the system and it is from that time on that the art was called "ju-jitsu".
	homepages.tesco.net /alun6/homep_filesX/main_html_filesX/yawara.htm (160 words)

	Cold Steel cold steel yawara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	www.cold-steel.info /cold-steel-yawara.htm (229 words)

	Urasawa Naoki 浦沢直樹
		Although Yawara is the star of the series, she is surrounded by a big cast of interesting characters.
		Miyuki is a Yawara lookalike, she has also two suitors, enemies who make her life hard.
		Miyuki's enemies are a lot more ferocious than those of Yawara, the cast is less appealing than that of Yawara and we miss a lot of the humour we found in Yawara.
	users.skynet.be /mangaguide/au2027.html (1363 words)

	anime episode summaries :: Yawara ep. 23 :: March :: 2005
		Jigoro arranges for Yawara to appear in several tournaments so that she can make a name for herself.
		Although fatigued, Yawara manages to win her first few tournaments.
		Matsuda is worried about Yawara health because she hasn’t been sleeping and taking care of herself well.
	itsuki.blogsome.com /2005/03/27/yawara-ep-23 (222 words)

	Station Information - Yawara
		A Yawara is a weapon used in the martial art of Saito Ninjitsu.
		It takes the form of two small, thick sticks which stick out about an inch from each side of the hand.
		They are usually used in pairs to initiate throws, bone breaks, pressure points, etc. When one becomes proficient with yawara, they can use them as an effective fighting weapon that is both legal and easy to conceal.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/y/ya/yawara.html (79 words)

	Yawara, Ibaraki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara, Ibaraki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Yawara (谷和原村; -mura) is a (A settlement smaller than a town) village located in (Click link for more info and facts about Tsukuba District) Tsukuba District, (Click link for more info and facts about Ibaraki) Ibaraki, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the village has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 15,427 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 459.14 persons per (Click link for more info and facts about km²) km².
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/ya/yawara,_ibaraki.htm (108 words)

	Yawara, Ibaraki - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara, Ibaraki - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Yawara,_Ibaraki (85 words)

	anime episode summaries
		Unfortunately for Yawara, she is still pretty unknown and has no previous records so fighting in a huge international match is still a long way.
		In order to fulfill her promise to Jody, Yawara agrees.
		The entrance examinations for Mitsuba College (?) are coming up pretty soon, too, so Yawara spends the whole night studying and then the rest of the day doing judo.
	itsuki.blogsome.com (653 words)

	The Yawara Stick
		These include the Yawara stick (a short piece of wood designed to reinforce a punch or an edge of fist strike, also used in Bo-Kibo fighting techniques to hook into the corner of a man's mouth, punching out his teeth and then ripping his cheek open to his ear).
		In professional police models this is an eight-inch cylinder of plastic or aluminum, one inch in diameter, usually with a device such as a spike or sharp ring, to prevent its being snatched away.
		It is not the Yawara, Kubotan or even a Lady’s wooden hairbrush that is lethal, it is you, you and your skills, that add the lethal element.
	www.donrearic.com /yawara.html (2978 words)

	URASAWA Naoki ; Youngrok LEE's Comics Page
		Maybe there are almost no manga fans that do not agree Urasawa is one of the representative manga artists in his comtemporaries(1980~90s).
		If you see the various faces in Yawara and Keaton, you will be aware of his endeavors.
		His ambidexterity is not confined to not only drawing level but also to his manga contents that invokes the humanistic and universal sympathy so effectively.
	myhome.naver.com /fischer/Urasawa/UrasawaE.htm (775 words)

	Julie's Anime Reviews
		The basic premise: Yawara is a judo expert (like her grandfather, who trains her) but just wants to be a normal girl.
		There's also a rich woman who is determined to beat Yawara in judo, and her coach, who is impressed with Yawara's judo skills (and who Yawara develops a crush on)...
		I half want Yawara to be a judo star (women's liberation and all!) but I still sympathize with her wish to be a homemaker...a little...
	www.juliestudio.com /anime/reviews/yawara.html (284 words)

	Self-Defense Forums: For A Fighting Chance - Yawara Sticks
		I'm wondering if anyone knows if there are any manufactured yawara sticks still available?I remember seeing aluminum sticks some years back, but not recently.
		For those who are not familiar, the famous female criminal/secret agent Modesty Blaise habitually carried a yawara stick (which the author referred to as a Konga or Kongo), frequently tucked into her hair.
		They had aluminum and wooden yawara sticks at the gun show I went to today.
	www.selfdefenseforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=8586 (697 words)

	Yawara-bo
		Hibuki literally means "secret weapons" or "hidden weapons." One of the more popular weapons was the yawara-bo, sometimes referred to simply as yawara.
		The first kanji character, yawara means "flexibility" or "giving away." The same kanji character is also pronounced as "ju" in terms like judo or jujutsu.
		Yawara was another early reference to unarmed fighting styles such as jujutsu.
	www.e-budokai.com /hibuki/yawara.htm (1019 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yawara was created in 1987 by Urasawa Naoki (artist for Master Keaton and Pineapple Army, and the creator of Happy!
		With intensive training given by her grandfather (a judo champion in his own right), Yawara is unbeatable.
		Yawara, on the other hand, would prefer to give up judo and become an ordinary girl.
	the.animearchive.org /yawara/about.txt (227 words)

	Yawara! Miracle Girl OP Single
		is completely devoid of any references to judo and, in fact, contain a montage of scenes of Yawara trying on various outfits.
		This actually is not much of a surprise to those who can pick up the lyrics, which tell of a young girl's hidden or unrealized desires, in Yawara's case, this being her desire to be a "real girl" free from all her judo obligations.
		Nagai Mariko's vocal is charming and pleasant while the melody is catchy and upbeat, featuring synthesized keyboards and horns, with backing guitar.
	www.ex.org /4.1/38-cd_yawarasingle.html (402 words)

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