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Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge | 
 enlarge | Authors: B. J. Penn, Erich Krauss
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing,US
Category: Book
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 9462
Media: Paperback
Pages: 308
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0977731561
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.81
EAN: 9780977731565
ASIN: 0977731561
Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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 The Book of Knowledge - Near perfect August 11, 2008
Mr. D. S. Malone (Essex, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
BJ Penn is regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists in the world. If you watch one of his fights, you will quickly discover that he is a force to be reckoned with. He is currently Lightweight Champion of the UFC and is amongst the top contenders in the Welterweight division. He has a solid ground game, unnatural balance and crisp striking skills - a true well-rounded fighter.
So what do you get when a fighter of his calibre writes a book? A vital asset to any practitioner that's what.
The book starts with an entertaining foreword that acts as a nice introduction to Penn's fighting career. He also puts you into the right mentality with the training + drills sections. From there onwards it moves towards the many techniques listed within the book.
The book is clearly split into appropriate sections in a logical order. Stand-up to clinch to ground. The techniques are given a brief write up which is accompanied by pictures from multiple camera angles and easy-to-follow captions. This is especially useful for any submissions novice, as some techniques could be made difficult to learn from just one camera angle.
All techniques within this book provide a wealth of information on the basics of MMA. However, if you are considering a move into MMA this book alone is unlikely to lead you to successful career. It only covers the basic techniques from every field.
I used this book as a teaching tool at my MMA class; newcomers can easily follow the instructions and it allows them to gradually improve all aspects of their game whilst providing tips here and there. At the start of each section there is an introduction and the `DO's' and `DON'Ts' list make for a very informative read.
PROS-
Covers a wide variety of techniques
Multiple camera angles
Effective instructional captions
Can set the foundation of a mixed martial artist to be
CONS-
Techniques from every aspect (striking, clinch work, throws and submissions) are very basic. The ground-game section for example covers the basic submissions such as RNC, guillotine choke, arms bar, kimura, americana, omaplata and triangle choke. Any experienced BJJ/Judo guys buying this book may want to consider an additional purchase if they wish to advance their own ground game. The same goes for any strikers out there - there are limited striking techniques, little to none on kicks. This is why one star is deducted.
In conclusion, this is an excellent book and it provides many of the most effective techniques used to by champions today. It sets the tone for any amateur and anyone who is interesting in the ever-growing sport of mixed martial arts.
This book is indeed a book of priceless knowledge and a must buy (unless you wanna get TKO'ed by some basic technique).
Great For Mixed Martial Arts July 11, 2008
Sterling (Kent. United Kingdom)
Although this book is very good, it is a comprehensive guide to Mixed Martial Arts as a discipline rather than a complete book of all martial arts techniques required for MMA. The information on striking, submissions and wrestling is quite basic and elaborate detail on the execution of techniques isn't brilliant, but the book assumes you have knowledge of submissions, strikes and wrestling and the real gem of information is on applying this to MMA, i.e. how to utilise the fence for takedowns, how to use boxing combos to setup a takedown, and how to use striking to defend against submissions, (as opposed to straight grappling), using a thai clinch to escape wrestling style pummelling etc. In this sense, this book is genuinely a wealth of knowledge, and fantastically displays the application of muay thai, boxing, jiu-jitsu and wrestling to MMA, with a heavy focus on the almalgamation of multiple disciplines to suceed in MMA. However, I would advise against purchasing this book for a comprehensive guide to all areas of MMA, some information on striking leaves out important nuances, and the same goes for submissions (a specific striking/grappling etc. book would be better for this), but as aforementioned, the focus of the book is on mixed martial arts strategies and techniques specifically, and in this sense, 'Mixed Martial Arts: Book of Knowledge' is in no way a misleading title.
 Makes the Boring Bits Interesting June 27, 2008
Adorno (UK)
The other reviewers have looked at this as a book for training but I can recommend this for anyone who follows MMA moderately seriously. What I found most helpful was the way that Penn and his co-authors work through what the casual fan sees as the "boring bits" when there are no fists, knees, elbows or feet flying around. At the end I really felt that I had a much better understanding of what was going on when fighters are against the cage or the importance of the struggle for position and posture on the ground - you begin to see a lot of technique at work where before you only saw two blokes leaning against a fence.
It's worth mentioning that for a book that is mostly pictures this is quite a serious read. You really need to pay attention to make sense of the techniques but you are rewarded with a much deeper understanding of what is going on.
one word - awesome! May 19, 2008
G. Cooke (wiltshire, UK)
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 December 16, 2007
Sam Swift (Derby, UK)
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.
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