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Summary: The book the Gracies don't want you to read
Review: This book rocks!!! I got it years ago when it was "only" 500 pages, and I am pumped to see it on Amazon.com. I guess I'll have to buy the new one now.What is it? It is everything you ever wanted to know about mixed martial arts. Do they have every technique under the sun? No. Do they have more than you know now? Oh, yeah. I guarantee it. You could easily spend a hundred times as much trying to get this much info from watching tapes. Most bang for your buck available in the martial arts world.
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Summary: Great but get US Military version for 7.99 @ USBJJ.COM
Review: This is a huge collection of grappling techniques. However, unless you are a professional fighter or a BJJ Purple Belt, in which case you probably already know these moves, $80 is a bit pricy for a book. Go visit USBJJ.COM for a few basic moves and THEN you can get 49 short videos and the US Military Brazilian Jujitsu Manual for $7.99! If after you have learned all of those techniques then go blow $80 on this book.
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Summary: Great but get US Military version for 7.99 @ USBJJ.COM
Review: This is a huge collection of grappling techniques. However, unless you are a professional fighter or a BJJ Purple Belt, in which case you probably already know these moves, $80 is a bit pricy for a book. Go visit USBJJ.COM for a few basic moves and THEN you can get 49 short videos and the US Military Brazilian Jujitsu Manual for $7.99! If after you have learned all of those techniques then go blow $80 on this book.
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Summary: Comprehensive MMA book
Review: Though I don't particularly like the binder idea, the contents of the book are worth the cost. For the most part, the different chapters cover possitions and how to use them. In other words, Ch. 1 is "Attack from Stand-up", and Ch. 2 is "Defending Against Stand-up". Possitions covered include stand-up(covers striking, clinching, and throws), Side, Mount, Back mount, and Guard. There are also chapters on conditioning/training, and on rules for a MMA/NHB competition. The finnishes that are shown are pretty standard, and run the gammut from chokes to keylocks to heel hooks and knee- and arm-bars. The important stuff, though, isn't really the finnishes, it's the countergrappling that's included, and how the authors "troubleshoot" the holds to make them more efficient. There is some concentration on being able to finnish a guy in such a way that he can't counter you, or cause you dammage. One thing I've notice in some schools is they concentrate too much on what they can do to an opponent, and not on keeping themselves safe; this book solves that problem. Other cool additions to this book that you don't see too many other places is attacking an opponent who's against a cage or wall, how to strike from the different ground possitions, and how to set up a tounament, incuding the use of a bye chart. Pluses in the format is that each section concentrates on a specific aspect of the fight game (ex: Attack from back mount), and the table of contents further shows were to find a specific section of that chapter (ex: Attack from back mount-Overcomming choke resistance when his chin is tight). While the photos span two pages, ussually, to show a sequence, there are arrows, as well as numbers, to show when one picture follows another. There is also a pretty handy index in the back. The down side of the format is that, being a binder, the pages are constantly in danger of tearing out. Another little problem I have is that the text is a little sporadic at times. As far as the material goes, I would have liked to see a little more depth given to striking from the feet. I also find it strange that the text teaches heel hooks, but when it provides rules for a competition, prohibits their use. Overall, though, I'd say this book gives the reader the basic technical tools nessesary to compete in MMA/NHB competitions. I'd also say that it's not something you read to learn how to do, for example, an knee bar; you read it to learn how to set up, then execute a knee bar from a possition you didn't think of doing it from before, and do it while taking a minimum ammount of dammage.
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Summary: Comprehensive MMA book
Review: Though I don't particularly like the binder idea, the contents of the book are worth the cost. For the most part, the different chapters cover possitions and how to use them. In other words, Ch. 1 is "Attack from Stand-up", and Ch. 2 is "Defending Against Stand-up". Possitions covered include stand-up(covers striking, clinching, and throws), Side, Mount, Back mount, and Guard. There are also chapters on conditioning/training, and on rules for a MMA/NHB competition. The finnishes that are shown are pretty standard, and run the gammut from chokes to keylocks to heel hooks and knee- and arm-bars. The important stuff, though, isn't really the finnishes, it's the countergrappling that's included, and how the authors "troubleshoot" the holds to make them more efficient. There is some concentration on being able to finnish a guy in such a way that he can't counter you, or cause you dammage. One thing I've notice in some schools is they concentrate too much on what they can do to an opponent, and not on keeping themselves safe; this book solves that problem. Other cool additions to this book that you don't see too many other places is attacking an opponent who's against a cage or wall, how to strike from the different ground possitions, and how to set up a tounament, incuding the use of a bye chart. Pluses in the format is that each section concentrates on a specific aspect of the fight game (ex: Attack from back mount), and the table of contents further shows were to find a specific section of that chapter (ex: Attack from back mount-Overcomming choke resistance when his chin is tight). While the photos span two pages, ussually, to show a sequence, there are arrows, as well as numbers, to show when one picture follows another. There is also a pretty handy index in the back. The down side of the format is that, being a binder, the pages are constantly in danger of tearing out. Another little problem I have is that the text is a little sporadic at times. As far as the material goes, I would have liked to see a little more depth given to striking from the feet. I also find it strange that the text teaches heel hooks, but when it provides rules for a competition, prohibits their use. Overall, though, I'd say this book gives the reader the basic technical tools nessesary to compete in MMA/NHB competitions. I'd also say that it's not something you read to learn how to do, for example, an knee bar; you read it to learn how to set up, then execute a knee bar from a possition you didn't think of doing it from before, and do it while taking a minimum ammount of dammage.
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Summary: The Best Fighting Book for this Era
Review: Want a no B.S. book that'll show you how to wreck shop in the ring or in the streets, then invest here. I first thought that this book was gonna be a lot of fluff and that all i would get is a few moves that i already didnt know from jiu-jitsu class. Well i was more than wrong, this book contains over 800 moves...didn't think i wrote the correct number, yes that is over 800 moves contain counter techniques to every monve you learn.This book contains only the moves that'll work not the fake moves that'll get you creamed. It covers Stand Up ( hand and Feet Skills) and also Ground(Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,Jiu-Jitsu, Vale Tudo, and other ground and pound styles). It doesn't have any pretty flower martial art like akido, and tai chi. Only hardcore new age skills of Mixed Martial Arts. it also has a sections on stretching, training, and how should set up a class to be productive. i've had this book for about 7 months and i'm putting foot in my teachers you know what. he doesnt know where i get my new moves from because he doesnt know them himself. don't waste your time buying another book if you want to learn actual fighting techniques. believe me they work and fear the person that owns this if you don't. the only thing that isn't good about this book is nothing . i dont write reviews but from all the money i wasted trying to put a worthwhile style together i could've bout this and saved alot of money ($650 to be exact) thats alot of books . If you think there is a better book out there for the this stuff then let me know. it's not so just get this one.
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Summary: Bad cover, worse book
Review: Waste of money and time for any serious boxer like me.
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Summary: This Book Is The BEst Ever
Review: Well i am a MMA fighter i have been doing alot of MUAY Thai but ground fighting isnt very popular in my country so i got this book and started out with my friends....
IT is really GOOD well i got into a few street fights and went away with a single scratch which is totally different from the past although Muay Thai is good but you will still take a few shots to the head and body no matter how good you are in a street brawl......
DONT listen to people who say this book isnt that great due to its black and white printing cause you are learning how to fight here and not reading some dumb comic....
lastly ill have to say reading is not enough you have to train with real life partners cause it is one whole different thing when you read it and when you actually do it in real life combat
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Summary: This is a waste of $$$
Review: You could easily buy a videotape set or a DVD set of updated techniques instead of this book. The pages tear easily. It's bulky and impractical and most of all the people in the pictures are unrealistic-looking fighters. They look effeminate and small. Their goatees are as outdated as the material they are trying to demonstrate. I would give it a zero stars, but the thing only goes as low as 1 star.
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