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Judo for Mixed Martial Arts: Advanced Throws, Takedowns, and Ground Fighting Techniques Paperback – July 15, 2008

by Karo Parisyan (Author), Erich Krauss (Author), Glen Cordoza (Author),

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In Judo for Mixed Martial Arts, world renowned judoka and UFC fighter Karo Parisyan unleashes the secrets of how to toss an opponent eight feet into the air and then finish him with a bonebreaking submission the moment he hits the ground. Covering thirty of the most practical throws and more than sixty submissions, this book is guaranteed to become the bible amongst MMA fighters.

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Victory Belt Publishing
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July 15, 2008
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9 x 11 inches
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097773157X
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978-0977731572
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Karo Parisyan is a black belt in Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is currently a fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Erich Krauss is a professional Muay Thai kickboxer who has trained and competed in Thailand. He has written or co-authored fifteen books, including Wrestling for Fighting: The Natural Way.

Glen Gordoza is a professional mixed martial arts fighter and co-author of Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Victory Belt Publishing; Original edition (July 15, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 097773157X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0977731572
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 11 inches

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Glen Cordoza is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author, and a former professional mixed martial artist and Muay Thai boxer. He is one of the most published authors on the topics of MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and fitness with twenty books to his credit.
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ERICH KRAUSS is a New York Times bestselling author who has written more than thirty books. Inspiration for his stories comes from more than twenty years traveling the globe, from living in the Amazon rainforest to fighting professionally in the Muay Thai rings of Thailand. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Georgina.
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Great book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2022

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The book was in acceptable condition and is full of awesome Judo moves

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Sako Hartounian

Excellent source on no-gi judo, but maybe not the best place for people new to judo to start

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 12, 2010

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This book is great for its purpose, which is to show guys how to pull of judo throws in mma and in no-gi situations. Karo Parisyan shows what he does best, for intermediate judo players who have a basic understanding of the throws and want to adapt them to no-gi, this is must have. While "Judo for MMA" has its strengths, it also has its weaknesses and in some ways feels like a rushed product.

1) Beginners to Judo might not fully understand what is going on with the techniques.

2) No instruction on proper falling for the person being thrown. I don't know anybody who would let you practice throws on them without you letting them also practice throws on you.

3) No information on about how to use the cage, which is absolutely crucial for setting up Judo throws in MMA fights.

4) Many filler techniques that just take up pages and that Karo Parisyan probably has never used in his fights(i.e. rolling kneebar, calf crush, not saying they are not good techniques). Every other book I have by Victory Belt is made almost entirely of techniques actually used by the fighters in their fights and examples given of the time they've used it in competition.

I personally don't consider this the best book for beginners to Judo because I believe that it is best for someone interested in learning judo to first learn it in the context of the sport of Judo, by taking a Judo class, as oppose to trying to learn it for mma or no-gi without a clear understanding of the principles. The reason why I say this, is because Judo throws have so much subtle technique and so many intricate parts, that they need to be taught, learned, and practiced at a slow pace. This explains why Judokas traditionally train with and compete in the gi, because the added friction forces them to perfect technical and complex throws that they would have otherwise discarded if they were exclusively wrestling shirtless with all the sweat and slipperiness. Once the judo practitioner perfects these throws in the gi, his body remembers the movement when he takes the gi off.

A better introduction to judo for complete beginners is "Guerilla Jiu Jitsu" by Dave Camarillo or "Judo Unleashed" by Neil Ohlenkamp, both of which happen to be books that teach you how to throw with the gi. In addition, Dave Camarillo's book teaches you how to fall, which absolutely important. "Judo Unleashed" is great overall introduction to actual sport of Judo. Of course, the best way to learn Judo is to join a local Judo club that hopefully has good instructor who has a creditable lineage, knows how to prepare guys for competition, knows how to slow down the training for beginners, and who respects you and your decision to cross-train in other arts(i.e. MMA or BJJ).

While in the end, "Judo for mma" has a lot of great techniques that useful for MMA and no-gi fights, especially the throw setups that counter wrestling takedowns and throw setups off of the standing kimura. I personally use some of these techniques myself when I see the opening for them when I grapple without the gi. I recommend this book, just not for the completely novice.

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Akitatengu

The heat.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 18, 2010

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Another well laid our Krauss/Cordoza. Karo is a legend of the sport, a true mixed martial artist. He probably doesn't get the respect he deserves from the MMA community. This book, unlike a lot of others in this spectrum talks about the importance of set ups! Karo being a phenomenal Judoka made the correct adjustments required to be effective in MMA. More than that, he designed the platforms needed for throws to work in the cage.
This book takes you through his take on Ne Waza (ground work) but I think the true genius lay in the throws and take downs. If you understand Judo this book will lead you on the right path to making your art realistic in a street setting and cage setting.

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Snoopy

Well worth the money

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2009

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Very good information about specific grips to use in the clinch to replace the grips you lose when your opponent isn't wearing a gi. It does lack information about kazushi, or the un-balancing that is needed to set up Judo throws. You'll need a little bit of Judo knowledge to get the most out of the throwing techniques in this book. " The Sport of Judo ", by Kobayashi is a good one for that: very short and to the point and explains the un-balancing that is missing from Kayo's book.

Otherwise it's great; some good grappling techniques that would fit nicely into just about any mixed martial artist's tool box, some stuff on g n' p. One thing I like is that when Karo gives a technique he also tells you which fights he's used it in so you can see the technique in action.

Score another win for Victory Belt.

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Blah Blah41

Awesomeness in a book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2010

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This book contains a wide variety of useful judo techniques. However it is important to note that while most of these techniques originate from Judo, they have been adapted for MMA/UFC where an opponent does not necessarily wear a Gi or Dobak. This does make the techniques more versatile.

This book serves equally well for a martial artist seeking to expand his arsenal or someone training for some sort of competitive fighting. If you are in Judo, the detail presented in the book can give you much greater insight into the techniques than will your colleagues who only attend class.

The only drawback for competitive judo is that the author includes a number of leg based techniques, which although completely effective, are no longer sanctioned in Judo competition.

Last but not least, though this book is larger than most, you really can take it pretty much anywhere.

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Damon D. Levine

Well worth the price

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2008

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As mentioned, the book is much more than throws. If you want to throw someone you typically need to clinch...this can be tough if strikes are allowed, especially if your opponent has a reach advantage. This book covers a few striking methods to close the gap and get into the clinch.

I was happy to see a very good section on the guard and submissions from this position.

This book covers a large amount of "phases" of combat including standing at a distance, clinching, throwing, and ground work and does it all very well. It will be truly valued by the kickboxer who wants to close the gap to clinch/throw, by the grappler, and the mixed martial artist. Victory Belt has put out another quality product.

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Pretty good book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2013

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This is a good book, provided that you have a solid foundation in judo. I think you would have a lot of difficulty learning many of the techniques contained in the book unless you have some experience as a judo player. The photos and descriptions do a great job of explaining how to execute the techniques. If you have some experience as a judo player and are looking for some MMA techniques or just some "no-gi" techniques, this is a great place to start.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 17, 2018

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Fredrick A. Stockdale

judo for mma

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 10, 2009

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I would recomend this book but not for your first of this kind, i would recommend the fedor book which gives you much more solid and efficient examples for takedowns/throws/sweeps/subs and striking if your a beginner or first time buyer.

this is not to say the fedor book is for beginners!!!.

However if this is a passion/goal to learn how to adapt your judo or simply learn some judo for mma it is very usefull, although i feel that the book may be slightley over filled.

this is because some of the throws seem overly flashy (as i have never trained or read another judo book) and seem like only a advanced judo player could pull them off,(only my opinon)

and if tried in mma would be very risky as there seems to be to many parts to some technique and seem to leave your face exposed for strikes.

However there is a big selection of technique throughout the book that is very good, they are solid techniques which seem very efficient and likely to work straight off which shows there effectiveness.(especially in the main section on throws...obviousley!!)

However there are some good examples of ground work which are judo based and also seem very achivable in mma as they are solid simplistic techniques.

As i have said there is alot of techniques in this book, some very good and some not so (in my opinion!)- although if you really want to learn judo or further your skills this book really is for you and all the technique you will proberly find very usefull.

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