Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22486 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

About the Author
Helio Gracie is the founder of "Gracie Jiu-Jitsu"—also known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu—and the author of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He was named Black Belt magazine's Man of the Year in 1997. Royler Gracie has competed in the black-belt ranks for 20 years, winning four world titles and the Abu Dhabi World Submission Championship for two consecutive years. He is the coauthor of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Practice and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Submission Grappling Techniques. Kid Peligro holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is the winner of two World Masters titles. He is a columnist for both Gracie and Grappling magazines and the coauthor of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense Techniques, Submission Grappling Techniques, and Superfit. He lives in San Diego.

Customer Reviews

Exactly what it says it is
This book starts with a brief history and background on Helio and Royce, as well as their fight philosophy. There is a brief section on what makes someone a good BJJ practitioner and how to train techniques.

It then moves into what this book is all about BJJ submission essentials. It starts with Helio demonstrating a number of his favourite submissions before Royler takes up the rest of the book demonstrating a plethora of other submissions.

The book covers submissions from all situations and positions whether standing, mounted (top and side), guard, from the back or fighting from the bottom. All techniques are explained in great detail to ensure that the technique you're executing is correct. This is enhanced greatly by Kid Peligro's large, clear photos, which includes close ups of grips and multiple angles etc when necessary.

Basically, this book is exactly what it says on the cover - an explanation of BJJ submission techniques.

What this book is not - while it may be a useful reference book for a newer student it doesn't go into fundamentals of wrestling such as basic positioning, transitions between positions, or wrestling theory. Applying these techniques without any of those basics in a fight situation is almost impossible. These are however, covered in other Gracie BJJ books. As such this book is most useful for those who already have wrestling experience, though this doesn't necessarily have to be in BJJ.

Good BJJ book with many submission
Once you have a good understanding of the basic of BJJ, this book takes your game to another level offering you many options in term of submission. To get the most out of this book, it is recommended that you master one technique at a time, then try to combine it with other techiques. For example, I found that the bent arm lock works really well with Kimura as a second attack option.

Great book for those with experience.
This is a great book by the Gracie's. But as you go along in the book you can see it wouldn't benefit a beginner much. It is for those already with brazilian jiu- jitsu experience.