Jeet Kune Do Entering to Trapping to Grappling (Jeet Kune Do)

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Summary: Larry makes it easy
Review: "Jeet Kune Do Entering to Trapping to Grappling" provides "step by step" instructions for practical grappling techniques. Included in the book are techniques for entry to chokes, takedowns, and hand and leg manipulation. Definitely, a text book to study and practice - giving one a feel for the effectiveness of JKD techniques. The second volume builds on the first. Both are excellent books, to add to your Martial Art Library.

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Summary: Honestly, what are the other reviews talking about?
Review: I bought the book because the reviews were very good but it is not. I wanted to improve my techniques and the book tought me nothing.
Larry uses the name and image of Bruce Lee to sell something that is far from Lee's philosophy. What am I talking about: mediocrity. The book even has a foreword from Linda Lee, whom I think was only trying to help his friend a bit.
Yes, the books "shows" a variety of techniques. But there is no deepness in it. In the two years that I've been practicing from an very good Wing Chun Kung Fu teacher i've learned most of the tecniques exposed in the book, but with a huge difference.
Trapping and Grappling in mostly about awareness, balance, center lines, pessure points, joint control. Larry's book says nothing about that. Here is a typical text sample of the book (page 28) "If your opponent gives you a front hand answer, you can loop his front hand and throw a back fist. If he parries that, you can lop again and punch." This is accompained by a secuance of five tiny pictures wich loosely describe the movement. Only that sometimes you don't know how the guys got from picture A to B. The pictures are too small sometimes to see what's going on, where the punch went or how the grab is done. The text is fluffy and the design bad. Not much effort was put on the making of this book.
Watching at a smiley face on a Bruce Lee Picture in the book makes me wonder, would he actually had endorsed this book at all?

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Summary: Excellent Collection of Techniques
Review: Take this book for what it is: one of the best books around if you want to learn a variety of techniques (a lot of them). Light on principles but very well illustrated this book is of value to beginner and experienced alike. Get your training partner and practice these techniques, no substitute for practice in the different ranges. If you seek in depth principles try Jeet Kune Do From A to Z.

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Summary: Principles, not a manual
Review: The person who said that this book can cut years off your training probably has a 9th Dan in tying shoe laces. The book is a great guide for any martial artist who seeks to improve his/her grappling techniques and knowledge base in general. It should not be viewed as a step by step manual. Principles and illustrations can never replace physical training, only serve as a guide and open owns mind to available possibilities.

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Summary: Plethora of trapping/grappling techniques
Review: This book does a pretty good job of presenting techniques from a clinch, or another situation where one is close enought to use Wing Chun-style trapping techniques. It also covers moving into a clinch possition, as well as several takedowns and throws from said possitions. It covers using these techniques both offensively and defensively. Also covered is basic fighting stance and footwork, some standing submissions, and some leglocks for securing a person on the ground. The book was made in 1984, so it may not be 'state of the art' where some clinching and grappling techniques are concerned, compared to what has developed in modern MMA competitions. It's a decent enough book, and for someone with no knowledge of clinching, trapping, or basic upright grappling, I think it could be helpful, and is reasonably useful for MMA competition and self-defense training, but mostly as a suplementary text.

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Summary: EVERYONE NEEDS THIS BOOK!!
Review: This comprehensive book goes over the art of grappling very well. Grappling is something that is often neglected and overlooked in the martial arts world, but this category of fighting is very important and every martial artist must be familiar with it if they want to be fully competent.

Grappling does occur a lot in real fights. So this book is very valuable. Every martial artist must get this book

RIGHT NOW!!