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Jiu-jitsu University
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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. Here 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 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 change the way jiu-jitsu is taught around the globe.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Illustrated edition (17 Nov. 2008), Victory Belt |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780981504438 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0981504438 |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 2.24 x 27.48 cm |
by Mr E Man
Don’t be fooled by the drab cover. Inside it’s packed with full colour, clear photos that very adequately describe the moves, often using two camera angles. Having the opponents in different coloured gi’s helps too.
It’s slightly oddly organised with the belt system since you couldn’t really stick to just the white-belt content as a white belt. But that doesn’t matter at all and the author points out that it’s not a linear course in that respect.
What you get is Saulo’s battle-proven insights into the positions and moves that make up good BJJ. It’s packed with subtleties that prove to be very important and powerful. Just the slight change in weight, a little hip movement, an elbow tucked in and so on make the difference between survival and being submitted. This is where a book falls down of course because it’s hard to remember this stuff between reading it and trying it. That is true for all such books.
Overall – it’s a must buy for BJJ fans at any level.
by Daniel Flamino
Good book. Easy to read. Videos took all the attention of Jiu-Jitsu enthusiastics but this book is good for learning the fundamentals of it.
by AverageAmazonEnjoyer
Actually intimidating at first to discover that you haven’t been taught the things outlined in Survival. The concepts are so well described and shown that I was able to drill them and do them at training, telling you both the why and how
by Francisco M. Albino
I have been practicing JJ intensively for 4 years (blue belt), and own several other books mainly from Royce / Renzo / Royler Gracie (all very good) and a few JJ dvds. What I can say is that this book is very very well put together. The system / structure in terms of main focus of each belt is different but it does makes sense and meets my own demands to improve and evolve in certain areas and techniques. I can say that I think that if you follow this book closely and train hard following this system and approach you can’t go wrong. You’ll have a proper JJ base. This is exactly what I was looking for, no point in learning very advanced techniques as whit/blue belt, what you need is to have a solid base and work from there, and this is exactly the philosophy behind this book and Saulo’s teaching methods. Having said that, this book does contain advanced techniques, but for upper belts. The main focus however is for you to prioritize your learning, and focus on the most important areas according to each belt and your experience along your JJ journey. Brilliant book and Saulo is a brilliant insructor. The only fault I have is that I can’t go back in time and start training JJ with Saulo 4 or 5 years ago and build a solid base. Great buy, recommend it for every one from novice to black belt.
by Lee.K
Only weeks into my BJJ journey so not delved much further than the white belt section. Fabulous descriptions and excellent pictures let’s hope both my spine and the books can take a beating
by Norbertas Lapenas
I think every BJJ practitioner should have this book.
Layout is very nice when you need to find stuff. Loads of pictures and detailed explanations of moves.
I especially like how the book separates itself by belt ranks.
by Chrissie
Cannot fault this. It’s knowledgeable and well written. Great images. It’s my bible!
by PS
I’m on a beginner on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, but a dan grade on traditional Ju-Jitsu. Great book. Highly detailed. Very accurate and includes plenty of helpful tips. Great detailed photos, clear and big, clearly illustrating the text. As for the text, seems its my intructor talking at some points!
Get something out of the way: the only one issue i’ve found: from the closed book you can see where white/blue/brown/black belt areas are, which is great. However, the purple belt area is within the blue (seems it was an editorial mistake), still, its blue and then purple chapters 🙂 and as each page has the chapter indication on the top corner, its easy to see the given area.
The books seems to aim at helping you learn the lessons at the various levels, in fact it brings you down to ‘learn the misson lessons for each belt and let time do the rest’.
It won’t have all the techniques under the sun, it does a good job of what it wants to transmit and certainly has enough to keep you interested and busy I think.
Very pleased indeed. If all authors/publisers wouldbring material of this quality!!… Certainly, one of the best books I’ve ever bought.