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Brazilian Jiu-jitsu – THE MASTER TEXT Ebook

 

Review by Kip Brockett:-

Gene “Aranha” Simco runs the very popular Jiu-Jitsu.net website and is also the owner of the NYMAG Academy in Pougkeepsie, NY. If you’ve never been to the website, you are short-changing yourself if you have the least bit of interest in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

I have to say right off the bat, that this is one excellent resource. This book contains over 320 pages and is jammed full of information.

It’s broken up into 3 main categories:
Sport Jiu-Jitsu
Submission Grappling
Vale Tudo
There is only one drawback to this book and it’s not much of one. All the pictures are black & white. I’m sure it’s because of the cost involved in producing a book with color pictures as I believe Mr. Simco produces this book himself. Now let’s move on to the important stuff!

The book starts out with an introduction of how it began as a student handbook and evolved into the version I’m now reviewing.

Before the techniques are discussed, Mr. Simco starts with a chapter called, “Where Do I Start?”

Some of the things discussed in this section are:
Finding a school
The gi and belts
History
Injuries
Diet
Importance of technique
Various facts
Warm up excercises
First 5 suggested lessons
He also uses quotes of well-known BJJ practitioners such as Royce Gracie, Carlson Gracie, Andre Pederneiras, Rodrigo Gracie and Fernando Sarmento Jr., to help hammer in many of the points involved.

This section is very well-written as it goes into much detail that’s quite often left out of books of this kind. It answers many questions that a novice might have and reinforces many aspects to teachers and veterans of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Each main section contains several subsections of techniques. Here are the main categories for each:

Sport Jiu-Jitsu
Takedowns & Throws
Passing the Guard
Hold Downs
Arm Locks & Chokes
Leg Locks
Taking the Back
The Guard
Closed
Half Guard
Spider Guard
Butterfly Guard
DeLaRiva Guard
“X” Guard
Scissor Legs / Sweep
Sweeps to ArmLocks
Arm Locks & Chokes Sequences from the Guard
Common Double Attacks
Submission Grappling
Stand Up
The Sprawl and the Turtle
The Top – Attacks and Defense
Strategies for using and passing the guard
Vale Tudo
Closing the Distance
The Clinch
Passing the Guard (with strikes)
Fighting from the Top Position
With strikes
Cervical / Neck Cranks
Knee on Belly for Vale Tudo
The Vale Tudo Mount
The Vale Tudo Guard
Setting up Armlocks for Vale Tudo
After these main sections follows 2 more entitled:

Drills & Excercises

and

Where do I go from Here?

The pictures are clear with concise descriptions. There are also mentions of possible dangers in each move and what to watch out for when performing them.

The demonstrators are clad in white and blue (I think!) gis so as to see the moves more clearly without the meshing of the same color uniforms. I’m really surprised anyone doesn’t do this anymore!

I think all future BJJ authors should take note of how Mr. Simco presents his material. He not only presents a technique, but also presents a counter-move after most of the techniques. This to me is probably one of the most noteworthy aspects of this work.

The book costs $39.99 and is a steal at this price. Not only that, but Mr. Simco will answer any questions you have about the material on his discussion forum on Jiu-Jitsu.net. Talk about personal service!

Mr. Simco informed me that he’s working on the next edition of this text and it should be out by this summer. It will be 800 pages! What’s more, if you buy this version, you get the next version for only the difference of price between the two. So essentially you’ll be getting this one for free.

Here’s what Mr. Simco had to say about this:
“I really stand behind my work and before this thing goes to retailers, I want to reward all the people who helped me get here by replacing their book with my new version.”
Try that with the other texts on the market today!

If I could give this a higher rating than five stars, I would. This is a reference manual that you’ll use again and again. Well done Gene “Aranha” Simco! It was a pleasure to review this work.

May 2003

336 Pages
(2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0971279306
ISBN-13: 978-0971279308

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