"Submission Wrestling is the first of its kind. Whether you are an instructor, a student or a competitor, this book will increase your overall grappling knowledge and skill." -- Martial Arts Gazette newspaper
"This book provides the grappling skills necessary to become a complete fighter!" -- Former Ultimate Fighting Championships Commissioner and fivetime World Champion, Ron Van Clief
Product Description
The blueprint to what makes grappling work. An effective step-by-step grappling book for martial artists, wrestlers, students and instructors. This comprehensive, readable and effective explanation of grappling on the ground includes over two hundred photographs illustrating positions of advantage, correct posture, grips, movements, escapes, counters and reversals. Also provided are tips on finding a good instructor, conditioning and drilling exercises, as well as specific points for mastering the twelve ground positions. Special appendices include rules and regulations of competition and a glossary of grappling-related web sites. At any level of submission wrestling, the fundamentals for success in competition remain same . . . control, position and submission. This holds true for such grappling styles as Brazilian jujutsu, judo and sambo. This book provides both the novice and experienced martial artist with in-depth knowledge and insight into the sport and science of submission wrestling.The blueprint to what makes grappling work An effective step-by-step grappling book for martial artists, wrestlers, students and instructors. This comprehensive, readable and effective explanation of grappling on the ground includes over two hundred photographs illustrating positions of advantage, correct posture, grips, movements, escapes, counters and reversals. Also provided are tips on finding a good instructor, conditioning and drilling exercises, as well as specific points for mastering the twelve ground positions. Special appendices include rules and regulations of competition and a glossary of grappling-related web sites. At any level of submission wrestling, the fundamentals for success in competition remain same . . . control, position and submission. This holds true for such grappling styles as Brazilian jujutsu, judo and sambo. This book provides both the novice and experienced martial artist with in-depth knowledge and in sight into the sport and science of submission wrestling.
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