Encyclopedia of Leg Locks
Encyclopedia of Leg Locks

Author: Rigan Machado

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781933901145

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A world Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion and trainer of many top Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters, Rigan Machado reveals the techniques, training, and strategy for dominating and submitting your opponent with leg locks. Time-tested in real competition, Rigan's book is considered by many experts as the ultimate guide to leg-lock submissions, and a “must read” for all Submission fighters. It includes hundreds of photos and comprehensive information that will vastly improve the practitioner's ability to finish the opponent with devastating leg locks. This unbeatable volume is the only book you'll ever need to learn the leg locks submissions for Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Author: Jose M Fraguas

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781949753172

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This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures! This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the UFC, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships. There never has been an instructional tool like the original series "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". Each technique deals with separate strategies and positions, but they all combine into an integrated tactical solution to ground mastery.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Author: Alexandre Paiva

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2013-02-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1462910009

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a guide to the most effective and devastating techniques in popular martial arts by World Champion and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu legend Alexandre Paiva. The book contains over 1,000 full-color photographs demonstrating the moves that made the author the most feared competitor in BJJ circles and now one of the most sought-after instructors. Jiu-Jitsu or Jujutsu came into prominence in the early 90's when jiu-jitsu expert Royce Gracie won the first, second, and fourth Ultimate Fighting Championships against much larger opponents who were using other styles such as boxing, muay thai, karate, and wrestling. Since then it has become one of the most popular styles in MMA due to its focus on ground fighting. Learn the techniques that have proven dominant in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and in the Mixed Martial Arts cage: Takedowns The Closed Guard Passing The Closed Guard Butterfly Guard Open Guard Pass Side Control Half Guard Back Mount With sections devoted to both gi and no-gi techniques, whether training for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament or a Mixed Martial Arts fight, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is one book no true competitor can afford to miss.

Jiu-Jitsu University
Jiu-Jitsu University

Author: Saulo Ribeiro

Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 1628601922

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Saulo Ribeiro—six-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion—is world-renowned for his functional Jiu-Jitsu knowledge and flawless technique. In Jiu-Jitsu University, Ribeiro shares with the public for the first time his revolutionary system of grappling, mapping out more than 200 techniques that carry you from white to black belt. Illuminating common Jiu-Jitsu errors and then illustrating practical remedies, this book is a must for all who train in Jiu-Jitsu. Not your run-of-the-mill technique book, Jiu-Jitsu University is a detailed training manual that will ultimately change the way Jiu-Jitsu is taught around the globe.

The MMA Encyclopedia
The MMA Encyclopedia

Author: Jonathan Snowden

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 1554908442

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' "Did you see the big fight this weekend'" The question used to be about boxing matches, when the giants of the fight world were Mike Tyson and Roy Jones. Now fans are leaving the sweet science in droves for the combat sport of the future: mixed martial arts (MMA). MMA has drawn millions on cable and network television, as well as out-performed professional wrestling and boxing on pay-per-view. Fans are attracted to the sport, but unlike boxing (where strategy and technique are limited to using both your left and right hands), an MMA fight can be surprisingly complicated. The MMA Encyclopedia puts the fighters, the facts, and the fundamentals of the world's fastest growing sport at your fingertips as the definitive reference guide to mixed martial arts. The encyclopedia will break the MMA language barrier for those who don't know a wristlock from a wristwatch, while at the same time offering perspective and analysis that will entertain the hardcore fan who already has the basics down pat. With three appendices that detail the results of every MMA'fight in history, this the ultimate reference book for the ultimate sport.

The Essence of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
The Essence of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

Author: Rigan Machado

Publisher: Unique Publications

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780865681941

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This book encompasses an amazing diversity of arm locks, chokes and leg locks in a very comprehensive manner. Rigan Machado, one of the most knowledgeable jiu jitsu instructors in the world and an active competitor himself, takes the reader through a great variety of principles, techniques and drills as used in "Machado Jiu Jitsu." This work examines the style, history, traditions and techniques of this martial arts method that shocked the world for its effectiveness.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Author: BJ Penn

Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing

Published: 2009-08-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780981504469

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BJ PENN—UFC World Champion, Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, and best-selling author of Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge—sheds new light on the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with this unprecedented examination of the closed guard. Through step-by-step color photographs and descriptive narrative, Penn shares his elaborate system for gaining control of your opponent's body while fighting off your back, and then unleashes more than eight fight-ending submissions. He divulges his most vicious strangleholds, including collar chokes, arm chokes, and triangle chokes. He demonstrates how to apply bone-breaking pressure to your opponent's wrist, elbow, and shoulder using his most ruthless straight arm bars, inverted arm bars, kimura locks, Americana locks, and omaplata locks. And to ensure your offense never gets shut down, Penn unveils your opponent's most common submission defenses, and then teaches you how to capitalize on that defense by transitioning into secondary submissions and a host of sweeps. Detailing dozens of ways to chain your attacks together to form fluid combinations, this book leaves no stone unturned. Whether you are new to the grappling arts or an experienced practitioner, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Closed Guard will take your game to the next level.

The Essential Guard
The Essential Guard

Author: Kid Peligro

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931229418

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The nuances of the guard, the most important position in jiu-jitsu, are covered in this instructional guide that teaches practitioners how to put up an impenetrable defense to any opponent. Showing how a myriad of techniques originate in the guard, including sweeps, reversals, and submissions, these drills demonstrate how small changes in hip position and weight distribution can make the difference between success and failure in submission combat. Extraordinarily detailed with tips from leading black belts and down-to-earth advice on what to think about during a match, this guide is instructive reading for even advanced belts seeking to refine their game.

Gene Lebells Grappling World
Gene Lebells Grappling World

Author: Gene LeBell

Publisher: Cfw Media

Published: 2002-02-02

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780967654317

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This book has taken Gene years to write, and it is his legacy to the world of grappling. It is a massive text on the art of finishing holds. Among the 500-plus pages are chapters on grips and handles; catches and grabs; foot and leg controls; arm bars and shoulderlocks; wristlocks and twists; straight leglocks; ankle bends and twists; chokes; and necklocks and cranks. Many of the techniques shown in the volume are old, never-before-seen pro wrestling techniques. There will never be another grappling text containing so many unique and devastating finishing holds -- unless Gene LeBell pens a sequel.

Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Author: Rigan Machado

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781949753219

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This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures! This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the UFC, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships. There never has been an instructional tool like the original series "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". Each technique deals with separate strategies and positions, but they all combine into an integrated tactical solution to ground mastery. From the first page to the last, you'll get a very understandable breakdown of how to systematically and technically improve your game. A classic book for all grapplers, MMA fighters and martial artist regardless of style. This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures!This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the UFC, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships. There never has been an instructional tool like the original series "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". Each technique deals with separate strategies and positions, but they all combine into an integrated tactical solution to ground mastery. From the first page to the last, you'll get a very understandable breakdown of how to systematically and technically improve your game. A classic book for all grapplers, MMA fighters and martial artist regardless of style