Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Closed Guard (Book of Knowledge)
by BJ Penn, Erich Krauss, Dave Camarillo, Glen Cordoza
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Author: BJ Penn, Dave Camarillo, Erich Krauss, Glen CordozaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-10
ISBN: 0981504469
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
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Book Review: Another Fantastic Jiu-Jitsu Book by Penn
Summary: 5 Stars
Well I guess you could summarize a review of this book be simply stating, "Penn has done it again." And you would be absolutely right!
Like his other well done martial arts book, Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge, Penn has done an outstanding job at presenting the technical material in both an outstanding visual collection of very well done color photographs, along with a very detailed and analytical amount of information presented in text form to compliment the color photographs.
This book is without a doubt one of the best books I have yet seen on the technical aspects of working from the closed guard position. Penn shows you a wide variety of techniques and how to not only use them, but also how to get into position to use them from the closed guard position. Were there any bad parts to this book? Well, as far as I am concerned I would have to say NO! Although I might add that there are some areas where I would like to have had a bit more detail in both text and photographs, but not enough to rate this book anything less than the exemplary 5 star rating that I did give it.
I would highly recommend this book for the traditional jiu-jitsu practitioner as well as the aspiring MMA competitor who wished to ratchet up their grappling skills several notches. You won't be disappointed at all with the purchase of this outstanding technical book.
Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.
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