Synopsis:
Every once in awhile something new comes along that changes the way we think and the way we learn. It may be something newly designed or something that brings many useful articles together into one. BJ Penn's Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge does both of these in an incredible fashion.
The book itself does not focus on one specific style of fighting, nor does it contain them all in a segregated fashion. Instead it takes a truly revolutionary approach in MMA fighting instruction; it fuses all styles of martial arts into one elaborate system. It will be difficult to find one “technique” that doesn't represent this innovation. The book truly does take instructional books to the next level.
The book is structured in a very, very good way. Random moves aren't just thrown together in a jumbled mess as in most instructional books. Things are broken down into two big sections, stand-up game (striking, wrestling, clinching) and ground game (wrestling, ground and pound, and BJJ). In each of those, each position is given a section (an example would be the Double Leg Takedown Section in the Stand-Up Game section). Inside of these smaller sections are even more specific sections, which cover things in even more detail (A failed-double leg section inside the double leg takedown section). Every section is colour coded in two colours to help the reader find exactly what he is looking for just by glancing at corners of the page. This structured system and layout makes reading the book a joy and will make it quite the reference book for all MMA fans and practitioners out there.
Nicknamed "The Prodigy", B J Penn was introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Hilo Hawaii at the tender age of 17 by neighbor Tom Callos. It was through Tom Callos that BJ met Ralph Gracie in 1997 and decided to relocate to Mountain View, CA to further his jiu-jitsu training. |
