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Submission Fighting Techniques

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Most books are all hype. I have read several books that promised to teach you submission, yet droned on about this and that. This book delivers exactly what it says. There are not pages wasted on anything. ... This book delivers the highest quality of submision techniques I have seen in books yet. If you want a good book on practical offensive no gi submisions this is that book. This book is better than Gene Lebells, Robert Furgsons, and evens the Gracies books. With that aside you might want to pick up winning wrestling moves, and a book on grappling defense.

For those with an interest in the martial arts, Iverson's book is an excellent reference on offensive, no gi submission techniques. The text is extensively illustrated, with the moves simply and sequentially explained.

It has been said that when fighting, the best defense is a good offense. With practice, the reader will be able to apply the techniques Iverson demonstrates in this easy-to-use book to the maximum effect.

I have had many grappling books in my time(Lebell,Gracies,etc) but i must say that this is among one of the best. The book is purely no-gi submission techniques and it can't be faulted for not being a complete book on fighting techniques. It does what it says on the cover. The book covers submissions from all the grappling positions-north/south, guard, mount, knee on stomach, standing etc, etc. at the start of each chapter it covers how to maintain that position. Then the rest of the chapter covers numerous effective moves to submit your opponent. This book is all meat and no fluff. The total number of pages without fighting techniques on them is about 5! If your like me you have been burned by buying crap books that are not what they claim to be. This book is not one of them. It is a good sized book and very reasonably priced. Even more advanced fighters could learn alot from this book. Having trained around the world i wish i would have had this book a while ago.

After reading the first edition, I understand the observations of the other readers. However, the second edtion is a completely different book from top to bottom. The second edition is much more in depth covering a wider variety of subjects like striking combinations from the stand up, closing the distance, clinching and takedowns. Throughout the book striking is incorporated into groundfighting as are escapes, reversals, and transitions. The pictures in the second edition are excellent as are the descriptions of hundreds of submissions. Submissions include arm bars, shoulder cranks, chokes, heel hooks, knee bars, ankle cranks, and even face locks. This second edition is superb. At 320 pages for the price, I recommend it to any interested reader, beginner or more advanced.

Get this book. The second edition of this book is outstanding. The pictures are easy to understand and follow. I have checked out many different books on submission fighting and this one actually delivers. Iverson knows his stuff and it shows in this book.

This book had great information and went into detail about each technique. This is a good source of information for the person just starting to the intermediate level. I high recommend it.

I was let down by this book. everyone on this site thought it was great. however i found that it lacked alot of detail needed for a submission, and there was nothing about seting up submissions in this book. this book does have alot of submissions but many of them would be shut down by somone with less then a year in the sport. for the price of this book you can get something better that will give you more insight into the game of submission fighting.

I felt that this book was a half way decent book. For one thing it will show very inexperienced beginners how to apply arm bars and chokes and various other techniques and also how to do it from many, many different angles & variations. One thing that I personally like to see in grappling books is the set up to the takedown, the physics of the takedown, and then the application of the grappling technique and how to increase the leverage, or generally improve the technique. This book has very basic takedowns (but sometimes the simplest way is the easiest)And the explanation of the physics of the hold are not the best I have ever seen. Also it does not show any clothing induced chokes, due to the fact that both combatants are in just shorts and shoes. All in all it is a great book for beginners to learn how to apply a hold and how to do it from many many many variations, and angles. But it has very little information on passing the gaurd, or drawing your opponent of his base.

Great book, mostly about MMA/Vale Tudo fighting, a lot of positions are depending on strikes. Nevertheless a lot of moves can be used in submission grappling as well. One of the most complete books written up to now, shows a lot of variations, clear fotos, showing good angles. Highly recommended for wrestlers who want to enter the submission/NHB game as well as for ground and pounders to complete their ground game and get submssions from nearly every position instead of making the sport so bloody.

Overall, this was the best book I have read on the subject, hands down. I read Iverson's first book and the second edition is much improved. I appreciated the emphasis on stand up fighting including the many positions such as free striking, closing the distance and the clinch, to include muay thai, underam clinches, and the like. I also liked how much emphasis was placed on striking and how to incorporate it into every position like the rear mount, side control, etc. Making this book a truly complete one are the techniques for repositioning, defenses, and escapes. This book tells me how to do take downs, how to transition from those takedowns to a guard pass, how to secure a good ground control position, and then how to submit my opponent either with knees, elbows, and punches or a variety of submissions. Furthermore, I bought this book from one of the authorized dealers for only $20. What a good deal.