Jiu-Jitsu Unleashed: A Comprehensive Guide to the World's Hottest Martial Arts Discipline

by Eddie Bravo and Erich Krauss

Book Overview

An introduction to jiu-jitsu from one of its most dominant stars

Thanks to the dominance of its practitioners at Ultimate Fighting Championships and other mixed martial arts tournaments, jiu-jitsu has become one of the most popular forms of martial arts in the United States. This fighting technique features ground fighting and submission moves that bewilder even the most ferocious opponents.

In Jiu-Jitsu Unleashed, expert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007144811X
• ISBN13: 9780071448116
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Jits Book that everyone should own

This book is a must have for any Jiu jitsu practioner or MMA fighter. Eddie Bravo's approach of no gi grappling is innovative and completely functional. The Chapter on his Rubber guard enhanced my ground game almost immediately. I was tapping out my sparring partners left and right even though they are bigger and stronger than me. The positions Eddie describes require a degree of flexibility but very little strength. I was able to incorporate most of the moves into my full out sparing sessions after only a few days of drilling them. Some of the moves in the book are difficult to pull off, but other than that this is a solid giude to BJJ. I recommend this book to any serious martial artist

Great book!!

This book is the best I have bought on jiu-jitsu, and I have bought a lot of them. Whoever says this book is overhyped probably got beat by one of bravo's students--I hear they are doing really good in the comps--or they don't know anything about training without a gi. There are a lot of moves in the book, and none of them require that you wear a gi. Everything in the book made sense to me, but that might be because I have trained for a couple of years. Two of those years, I have been training without a gi. So, yeah, this book was really good. What I like most about it is they are all new moves. You won't find them in any other book. If you doubt, check it out for yourselves.

Absolutely Brilliant

I am a jiu jitsu student with about 2 years of experience and I own a number of jiu jitsu books and DVDs. I train almost exclusively with the gi at a BJJ school on the East Coast and have never met or trained with Eddie Bravo. I recently picked up a copy of Eddie Bravo's new book thinking I would flip through it and then put it back since I already have a vast library of instruction materials. When I began to read it however, I realized it was a very different book from what I was used to seeing. Most BJJ books on the market seem to be a collection of random techniques. Most of the books are informative, but they don't tie the techniques together very well. Eddie's book is more than just a technique primer, it's an overview of his very unique system of BJJ. Before I get into the good things, I'll mention the few negatives: First, the book is not in color and the photos sometimes could be from better angles or could have shown more "reverse" angles so a technique would be more clear. The book is only 190 or so pages and does not contain an overwhelming amount of techniques. Last, Eddie assumes that you already know most of the BJJ basics. If you are brand new to the art this should not be your first book-- Eddie skims over the rudimentary fundamentals that most BJJ should already have mastered (ie- keeping posture, escaping from the mount, basic guard sweeps, etc...). If you want a good book for a brand-new BJJ student, I suggest Royce Gracie's "Ultimate Fighting Techniques" since it is organized by position instead of by belt (like the Renzo/Royler Gracie book). You really should be approaching the blue belt level before you sink your teeth into Eddie's book. One more thing, it's completely a no-gi book (Eddie explains his reasons for this in the text). Okay, now for the good stuff... When I began reading this book I was absolutely amazed by Eddie's creativity. I could not put the book down. I read the entire text in two sittings and will read it multiple times more I'm sure. Eddie gets to the heart of the no gi problem which is controlling your opponent without the grips you would normally have with the gi. His techniques are wonderfully creative adaptions to address many of the common problems found in no-gi fighting like controlling a man from the back position, maintaining and submitting from the mount, sweeping and submitting from the guard and half guard, etc... I own his "Twister" DVD so I knew he was a unique talent, but I was absolutely blown away by this book. What makes this book even better are the anecdotes he tells about how he developed the techniques. The book reads more like a philosophy/biography than a mere "how to" manual. The chapters flow very easily together with each chapter building upon its predecessor. I also appreciated the respect he pays to the Gracie family. While Eddie became famous for beating one of the Gracies in a no-gi tournament, he acknowledges their genius and fighting spirit. He seems appropriat

Renewed my love of the art!!

Before i start, let me say that i have no affiliation with eddie bravo or anyone from his school, if anything i was kind of anti-Bravo, coming myself from a gracie run school. I have been training on and off now since the first ultimate fight but i have been out of training for the last two years for a couple of reasons, but one being lack of the same luster i had for the art before. Having given that long winded bio, let me say that this is the best money i have ever spent of bjj material in my life. This book has really brought back that old inspiration alot of us had back when Bjj first hit the scene after the 1st UFC. The presentation of material, and the various techniques it presents throughtout the book is excellent. the way the chapters read for each position covered acuately had me do something i havent done with a book on Bjj in a long time; It made me want to read everything in the book. So many of the books now out on Bjj are as dry as a bonegiving you that same feeling of "You've read one, you've read them all!" Bravo keeps you interested not only in his techniques, but also in the stories that lead him to developing each one. Just as a note, most of my training ive done both Gi and no gi training, and have always prefered Gi, so for me to rave about a book thats main point is training with the Gi is alot of the times wrong, says alot. My only hope for this book is that Eddie puts out another one soon. And a personal note to Eddie Bravo: Thank you for helping me find the original love of the sport i thought i had lost forever!