Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge

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First of all, I respect BJ Penn's heart and technics, he is one of the greatest pound per pound MMA fighter up there, together with Fedor Emalianenko, Lyoto Machida, George St. Pierre and Anderson Silva ( all are Affliction or UFC champion in different weight classes and have been reigning for the last two years, Fedor and Lyoto still undefeated!!). BJ's accomplishments are awesome, the progress, power and speed, technics are top notch.The book is amazing! explaining from very basic to intermediate skill of striking and grappling, best of all, he blends them very well, great teacher and great technics but.... here's the hard part, sorry, BJ. In the introduction he shared his experience when he loss his second fight with Matt Hughes mainly caused by his blown off ribs when he tried to get Hughes's back at the end of second round which he said he has less than a minute to finish Hughes up. Then Hughes utilized BJ's broken ribs so that BJ had to protect his ribs than his face and arm. I'm not sure I remember that, so I watched the fight again and it's clearly that BJ's out of gas on the third round and Hughes just keep punching and mauling BJ on his heads, not a single punch intentionally aimed to BJ's ribs. And the previous round, BJ has almost two minutes when he almost control Hughes's back. But BJ did a superior job in this book, the way he explain his opinion and technic are great. Just a little bit misleading reason in why he loss his second fight with Hughes. I and almost all people will still admire and respect him evenif he admit that in that fight he wasn't well prepared for the stamina, it even make him a bigger man. That factor makes me give this book 4 stars , other than that, 5 stars!! Fedor's book is also very awesome, not as structured as BJ's but show and teach exactly what he does in the ring in a lot of his battles, great technics but not as much great introduction (or reason) for finding our own strength and training samples. One thing that I admire BJ a lot, he never really got cut or battered even when he loose, Fedor is undisputed till now ( and the next two years,too, probably) but in some fights he got battered, though (ex: Cro Cop fight, Nogueira even Hong Man Choi), winning riskier fighter ?? or BJ, mostly winning safer fighter? your choice. I admire them both but hopefully all of us can be better MMA learner or fighter (even analyst) from keep learning from the best. Thank you Victory Belt Publisher.

For beginners and seasoned martial artists this book is hands down one of the most comprehensive and authorative MMA books on the market, it is well worth every penny and truly has lasting value, I'm greatfull to have a copy and give thanks to BJ Penn, his partners and victory publishers, this is truly a high quality book, when I read it I feel as if I am getting mini private lessons from a brilliant mma legend, the book is packed with a unique quality of philosophy and theory of fighting principles that have helped transform my understanding of mma and fighting for self defense, can't recommend s book enough, and the price I got it for felt like it was basically free, definitely worth it's weight in retail, I think it's worth a whole lot more personally but hey, I'm not gonna complain about getting such a stellar bargain price, thank you whoever sold this to me and as always thank you Amazon for offering so many wonderful priducts and great vendors!!!

The two most valuable lessons to take from this book is that first, a style of Mixed Martial Arts fighting should be built off of one main discipline with techniques from other styles added to complement the base style. Second, that the style should be an integrated blend, not a disintegrated patchwork hybrid creation. Penn warns us against developing the habit of separating grappling from striking, switching on the fly from one to the other. Rather, he says, we should always be doing both. The techniques in The Book of Knowledge are presented as whole MMA techniques which blend striking with grappling.Bj's book is made up of techniques that work for him and would be usable by most people. There are no kicking techniques and no leglocks. What is shown are basic techniques, which if done properly, are always dangerous. Nothing fancy, just master the basics and shove them down your opponent's throat until you beat him.All basic positions are covered, standing and on the mat with multiple angles of clear color pictures on coated paper. The sections are color coded and tabbed. The book is physically of a high quality.The only problem might be for absolute beginners. Knowledge of some of the most basic concepts and positions is assumed. Even so, with some extra careful study and though, the total beginner would pick this material up.

BJ Penn's "Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge" is an extensive and comprehensive book on fighting in the cage. There's a huge number of photos, demonstrating a dizzying number of combat techniques. All techniques are shown in the cage.Here are just a few of the many topics and techniques covered.TOPICS: TECHNIQUESBasic striking: jab, hook, overhand, uppercutStriking for the takedown: double-leg takedown, hook to fake shot to overhand, jab to double-leg takedown, Desouza special, single-leg takedownCounterattacks: slipping left jab, slipping the cross, countering kick to sweep-kick takedownCountering the takedown: sprawl, high knees from sprawl control, punching your leg freeThe clinch: pummelling, pummelling to the body with kneesFighting against the cage: Cage to single-leg, foot stompsStriking the downed guard: stepping down, belly stomp, face stompMount: double attack mount, kata-gatame choke variationAgain, every combat technique is amply illustrated with photos.

a must for a mma books collection

Un livre bien organisé qui recense pas mal de techniques de MMA (~free fight / ~combat libre) avec les règles américaines: coup de coudes autorisés mais pas de coups genoux ou coups de pied au sol.

全部英語だけど洋書だから当たり前田のcracker、、、えー写真が多いのでテクニックはなんとなくわかる読めば読めない事もないけど日本版が出たら絶対買った方がいいね待てない人はとりあえず買っちゃえ

Great book for general knowledge of mma. All the basics of fighting are displayed in this book in terms of striking, grappling, and submissions.