The Essential Literature

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I just dropped out of graduate school. I feel so damn liberated.


Anyways, what're the best books on BJJ/grappling/wrestling history? How about all martial arts?
 
Mastering Jiu Jitsu by Renzo Gracie: Theory.

The Book of 5 Rings by Musashi: Warfare and the martial arts. Great read in my opinion.
 
I've never heard of the Renzo book. Nice. I did read the big Grace history book by Kid Peligro. I read the whole thing one day at Barnes and Nobel when I was like 20 years old and had no money.
 
The Renzo book is great. my first bjj book, it is co written with Danaher.

University of Jiu Jitsu is good as well.
 
Ironically, because of your situation, Mastering Jujitsu was Danaher's thesis.
 
Did the dream team make you quit graduate school?

They're just bad influences, first they made you skip class and now this
 
These are mainly for mma, but

Urijah Faber's Laws of the Ring or something like that.

GSP's the way of the fight.

These books tell of the fighter's mentality and with GSP's, I'm sure you get some of his Kyokushin background in there.
 
Wow, really?! What were you studying?

I just busted my hump for the past year and a half to finish my grad school pre-reqs. I start in the Fall.
 
NewGuardBjj said:
I just dropped out of graduate school. I feel so damn liberated.


Anyways, what're the best books on BJJ/grappling/wrestling history? How about all martial arts?
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For wrestling, check out "A Season on the Mat" by Nolan Zavoral. Great read about Dan Gable and the Iowa wrestling program. I also enjoyed "Four Days to Glory", which is about High School wrestling in Iowa. "Foxcatcher", Mark Schultz's autobiography was good.
 
I was in an MFA program for creative writing. Got into five programs with under 5% acceptance rates. I'm throwing it all away because of the dream team.
 
cjd said:
For wrestling, check out "A Season on the Mat" by Nolan Zavoral. Great read about Dan Gable and the Iowa wrestling program. I also enjoyed "Four Days to Glory", which is about High School wrestling in Iowa. "Foxcatcher", Mark Schultz's autobiography was good.
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Love Dan Gable's story.
 
NewGuardBjj said:
I was in an MFA program for creative writing. Got into five programs with under 5% acceptance rates. I'm throwing it all away because of the dream team.
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Cool, bro. Have a nice day. I'm outta' here.

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An MFA in Creative Writing? Dropping out was probably the smartest decision of your life.
 
NewGuardBjj said:
I was in an MFA program for creative writing. Got into five programs with under 5% acceptance rates. I'm throwing it all away because of the dream team.
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What does one actually learn in an MFA program? Did it actually enhance your writing skills? I have to admit, they always seemed like luxury purchases for Bohemians with rich parents to me.

Also, not grappling specific, but my three favorite martial arts books are Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams, and Sam Sheridan's two books, Fighter's Heart and Fighter's Mind. The latter two especially are very well written IMO.
 
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What does one actually learn in an MFA program? Did it actually enhance your writing skills? I have to admit, they always seemed like luxury purchases for Bohemians with rich parents to me.

Also, not grappling specific, but my three favorite martial arts books are Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams, and Sam Sheridan's two books, Fighter's Heart and Fighter's Mind. The latter two especially are very well written IMO.
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The lower echelons of the MFA world may be filled with bohemians, but anything within the top 50 is all about publishing and professionalism. The Jack Kerouac types get weeded out long before the waitlist. It
 
Choque and the new english translation of Carlos Gracie o Criador de uma Dinastia.

Over the last few years, these two books have destroyed a lot of the historical myths about the Gracie's. You may hate the organization/writing style, but you will probably appreciate the subject matter.
 
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