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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice book to have,
By CHW "CHW" (CANADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mastering Mixed Martial Arts (Paperback)
This was a good read for me, I have been doing striking for 7 years (Karate, Savate, Kung Fu:Xing Yi and Bah Ji), and is just starting BJJ now (only about a month).I was having a hard time transitioning to submission, but after reading The Guard, it helped me quite a bit at figuring out the moves more easily. The book was written in a really well organized way, starting with the most basic guard position and the moves we can do from that position then branch into other positions and moves depending on the opponents reaction. Anyway, easy to read, easy to remember, and if you can find a better book on guard, let me know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book on the guard, from the master of the guard,
By Lance D. Freimuth "Student" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mastering Mixed Martial Arts (Paperback)
The first thing I have to say is that this is not a no-gi book. This is not a book of random moves and submissions from the guard. This is the exact guard system developed by Minotauro Nogueira (Big Nog) that he uses to compete in MMA. It's not a bunch of moves he doesn't use, and each move stacks onto of the previous set of moves. It's a complete system to be used in it's entirety. In that respect, I think that it's one of the best books I've read on the market for MMA guard.One pitfall this book avoid that a lot of other books can't is that he stays right on the point. There's no submission grappling or gi specific moves in this book that he simply executed with a pair of MMA gloves on. Everything is specifically tailored to the MMA guard. A lot of the book is geared towards avoiding taking punishment in the guard, something that Nogueira has learned a lot about in his career. The first section of the book is posture control. The main emphasis of these chapters is controlling your opponent your guard to avoid taking damage, but still being offensive. Traditional closed guard and Nog's famous double shin on biceps guard are covered and broken down, showing the reader how to execute sweeps, submissions and gets up in an MMA environment. The hand trapping and head control he shows are actually really key to making the bottom work for you in a fight. A relatively large portion of the book is centered around the half guard. I honestly think this is one of the best half guard sections I've ever seen in any book on grappling or MMA. Second best would be Eddie Bravo's book, and yes I really do think it trumps that. So many great, fundamental moves, broken down in very exacting detail. He also often explains the mistakes and counters available in positions, and then will go on to correct it in the next set of photos. If you have any doubts about the half guard for MMA, just read this book and then watch Nogueira's fights. In this section, he covers the details of his half guard sweeps he used to catch Tim Sylvia, turn Fabricio Werdum, and the infamous half guard sit out he's used on everyone including Bob Sapp. I really think that the half guard section in this book is fantastic. The book rounds out with some of his best sequences from a double wrist control, both open and closed guard variations, as well as a his methods and techniques from the butterfly guard and a couple of key techniques from the downed guard, as if an opponent just stood up front inside your open guard, or you just got knocked flat with a punch. There's a lot of good moves he covers that can turn this potentially bad situation into a potentially great one. So that's it, this really is an awesome book, especially for the price. If you're the market to find a book geared towards being effective, dangerous, and exciting off of your back in an MMA fight, I can't recommend this book enough. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Jiu-Jitsu Book Out There,
By Muay Thai Student "Josh" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mastering Mixed Martial Arts (Paperback)
Nogueira is the best guard player in MMA, and this book gives his entire system. I really like how every move is based on the move that came before it. If your opponent does 'this' to defend your technique, you answer with 'this'. If he defends your second technique, you go to the third technique. It goes on and on like this, providing answers most fighters don't know. And this isn't just in the guard, it is the half guard as well. A very, very good book to understand how you must grapple in mma.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent treatise,
By jiujitsuking - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mastering Mixed Martial Arts (Paperback)
This is a very good book about today's MMA, from the bjj point of view. The photographs are excellent and generally clear. The overview is well presented in a logical way and the techniques are truly those of a champion like nogueira: simple but lethal. Progression should have been more logic and progressive, but a great work.
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