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Summary: Great Book that's also fun to read
Review: Very humorous book with tons of submission holds, way too many to memorize. The other reviewers have a point in that some of the moves would be really difficult to pull off in a real combat or tournament situation but what'd they expect? There has to be at least 200 different submission holds. Even if only 1/4 of the moves were feasible, that's still 50 good submission holds. That's way more than any other book on the market. Outnumbering even the fighter's notebook in submission holds. If you're looking for a book that has many different ways to make someone submit, this is the book to get. However, the book doesn't explain how to get someone into a certain position and uses the philosophy of "if you're in this position, you can do this" as opposed to "this is how you get the person into this position and this is how to finish him" but there are so many different submissions from different positions that there's at least one submission no matter where you and your opponent is. You just have to pick out the submissions that are possible and weed out the ones that are too impractical. Overall, a great book.
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Summary: Too much fun for a single person
Review: Well let me start out by saying that I am A. A prowrestler, and B. An amatuer grappler. Originally I bought this book to give me Iseas for my "signiture Move". I had prvious submission and Amatuer wrestling experience so I could judge the book from a fairly versed standpoint. Well let my sart with the bad. First of all If you have never grappled and don't known what Scissors, the Guard, the Mount, or a figure 4 are then you should look elseswhere. If you know about positional dominace and Hooks then this is definately the book for you. I took three years of Mixed Grappling so I was not a newbie...The fact is a Newbie would be lost, shocked, and over loaded. This book is for those who have an understanding of how the moves work. Second If you can't think of your own setup, or make your own you might have a hard time. Some of the subs are just pictures of the finish result. Third some of these holds are impossible to pull off, But still their is a huge number that are. If you are familar with BJJ then this book will help you with Subs they noramlly don't train for. If you a Catch Wrestling Fan buy this book immediately. This Is the only book I've seen with actually Catch moves. I bought this book weeks ago and stil haven't put it down since, I've walked around using this books techs on some of the people around me. I even found the sig move, and many more, that I now use in the ring. I would say if you are a grappler then this is a good book to own, but If your new take some classes. It's the only way to learn the fundamentals. PS you will need a partner after reading this book.
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Summary: Enjoyable to read, but little to be learned.
Review: While the book does contain MANY submission holds, there are very few that both have a chance of working against an experienced grappler and can be understood and achieved based on the given diagrams and descriptions. Creating a book that can teach an untrained person any real technique is always a difficult proposition, and unfortunatly Gene Lebell, in my opinion, has not put together a book that can accomplish this.With that said, I really enjoyed parts of this book. Certain sections of the book contain hilarious photographs with captions to match. A particularly enjoyable page details the course of action to take when you attempt to use someone's hair as a handle, only to discover the person is wearing a wig. Only buy this book if you have some grappling training and are looking for an enjoyable take on it as a whole.
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