Mixed Martial Arts

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one word - awesome! - Rated
Quite simply this book is the bible when it comes to MMA. Well written and brilliantly put together its full of high percentage techniques that work.

It wont turn you into a world champ by itself, only you can do that. But it gives you some excellent building blocks and a great basis for you to start drilling, learning and perfecting.

My one criticism (if you can call it that) is that id have liked to have seen a stretching section to have some idea of what BJ does to get that insane flexibility !!!

Awesome Buy - Rated
After reading all the great reviews on this website I decided to buy it, I was not dissapointed. The book totally exceeded the high expectations I had for it. No matter if you are a fighter or a interested fan listen to the reviews and buy it, it will not dissapoint in the slightest.

Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge - Rated
Absolutely brilliant if he had covered the Thai Roundhouse attack/defence it would have been perfection.

Setting the standard - Rated
Anyone who has seen BJ fight knows what crazy skills he has. He's unorthodox with a complete skill set that we all aspire to.

This book goes some way to explaining what he does and how he does it. If you think this book will get you anywhere near his level then you'll need some amazing natural ability of your own. What this book does offer is a solid foundation in training for modern mma. It covers every area the fight could take place, standing, against the cage, in the guard, you name it he's covered it.

There are countless techniques covered from real basics to more advanced counters to the previously shown techniques.

One of the great points of the book is that where needed 2 camera angles are used for the techniques. It might seem obvious that such a simple thing makes the techniques so much easier to understand but it's not always used in these type of books. This alone takes the guess work out of positions so you can really understand what he is showing.

Although BJ's background is BJJ this is not a BJJ book, he works on the principle you should stick at what you're good at. So if you are a striker that's your first line of attack, if that fails then you grapple. If you've spent years mastering an art only to be told not to use it in a book that book is quickly discarded. So whatever your number one skill set is this book teaches you to how to make better use of it while giving you a great plan B should you need it.

Awaiting Randy's book now to see if he can deleiver the same standard as BJ.

Review - Rated
I found this book very useful it covers all the techniques u need for mma in detail and every page includes numerous colour photos from all angles. It means you can easily grasp and clearly see the techniques demonstrated.

It also covers all positions u will find yourself in during a mma bout, the section on fighting against the and standing up from the cage was very useful.

Overall whether you are a beginner to the sport of a mma or just looking to improve your game you will not be disappointed. It's become my new bible for mma, in short buy it now!