Not sure If this is the right spot for it but have any of you read books about martial arts you were practicing and got ideas/improved from it?

[Long Dark Blues]

I got this book for my birthday long ago and applied some of the techniques and principles in no-gi after reading it:

 

[godhatesacoward]

saw a book by renzo gracie as well may check that and this out. BJJ seems like an art where reading could have the most benefit. Much more conscious vs subconscius compared to most arts.

 

[Jesus X]

Before the era of youtube maybe before 2004 any advanced boxing technique we learned was from books.

 

[wwkirk]

Reading this special martial arts book changed my life. Previously, I was a regular human. From this book I now know how to kill a man with a mere touch, which renders me a cut above. I have yet to deploy it mind you. But I KNOW HOW. And that makes all the difference.

 

[MLarson]

I got this book for my birthday long ago and applied some of the techniques and principles in no-gi after reading it:

I love watching his Judo in MMA highlights.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I want to try this one out.
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Nice! I used to have his book grappling master and I used a lot of the moves to submit my friends. There were no BJJ schools so we had to just learn moves any way we could, then use them on each other.

 

[Stoic1]

Back in the early 1990's I bought a book called Best Judo. Absolutely changed me.

For those of us outside of California it was the closest grappling textbook we could find.

 

[MLarson]

Nice! I used to have his book grappling master and I used a lot of the moves to submit my friends. There were no BJJ schools so we had to just learn moves any way we could, then use them on each other.

There's even a DVD of it.

The book is expensive but vid isn't.

 

[godhatesacoward]

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This is awesome for beginners.

how beginner? like white-blue belt beginner or just started rolling recently beginner

 

[Bathwater]

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how beginner? like white-blue belt beginner or just started rolling recently beginner

I would say someone a few weeks in. Its emphasis on understanding underlying principles rather than just step-by-step techniques is the most valuable thing for newbies.

 

[Fedorgasm]

There's even a DVD of it.
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The book is expensive but vid isn't.

This is the one I had. Just grappling master without the club. I'm guessing the club one was for cops.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

I would say someone a few weeks in. Its emphasis on understanding underlying principles rather than just step-by-step techniques is the most valuable thing for newbies.

"The aspect. "
- Saulo Ribeiro

 

[MLarson]

This is the one I had. Just grappling master without the club. I'm guessing the club one was for cops.

Though it sounds like it but I'm sure it can work for none cops as well.

I wonder if the dog brothers use any of these techniques. I assume it you better leverage on some holds

 

[Natural Order]

Best series you could ever watch imo.



Ruas bless.

 

[HHJ]

Fedor's book had some things about escaping kimuras that I used in my training.

 

[NadaRekowski]

I read and studied a medieval book about sword fighting techniques.