Author: Edgar Kruyning
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291766782
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book contains more than 700 pictures of 100 unique techniques and covers more than 200 pages including the history and competition strategy of MMA. MMA Legends Bas Rutten & Rampage Jackson, World Champion Marloes Coenen and GLORY LHW World Champion Gokhan Saki all recommend this book. MMA Legend Renzo Gracie: "The Essentials of MMA is a must have for all fighters." About the authors: Martijn de Jong is a BJJ, Karate and Jiu Jitsu black belt with more than 26 years experience. He also studied Judo, Thaiboxing, Wrestling and Shooto extensively. After his active MMA career he started teaching and produced multiple world champions like Marloes Coenen, Alistair Overeem, Siyar Bahadurzada and more. Edgar Kruyning holds the most degrees in black belts in the world. All together he has over 43 degrees in Ju-Jutsu, Judo, Aikido, Yoseikan Budo, Iaido, Aikibudo, Kobudo and Karate. Edgar also has his own Grappling, kickboxing and MMA team. Like www.facebook.com/The.Essentials.of.MMA for updates!
MMA, The essentials of Mixed Martial Arts
Author: Edgar Kruyning
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291766782
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book contains more than 700 pictures of 100 unique techniques and covers more than 200 pages including the history and competition strategy of MMA. MMA Legends Bas Rutten & Rampage Jackson, World Champion Marloes Coenen and GLORY LHW World Champion Gokhan Saki all recommend this book. MMA Legend Renzo Gracie: "The Essentials of MMA is a must have for all fighters." About the authors: Martijn de Jong is a BJJ, Karate and Jiu Jitsu black belt with more than 26 years experience. He also studied Judo, Thaiboxing, Wrestling and Shooto extensively. After his active MMA career he started teaching and produced multiple world champions like Marloes Coenen, Alistair Overeem, Siyar Bahadurzada and more. Edgar Kruyning holds the most degrees in black belts in the world. All together he has over 43 degrees in Ju-Jutsu, Judo, Aikido, Yoseikan Budo, Iaido, Aikibudo, Kobudo and Karate. Edgar also has his own Grappling, kickboxing and MMA team. Like www.facebook.com/The.Essentials.of.MMA for updates!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291766782
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book contains more than 700 pictures of 100 unique techniques and covers more than 200 pages including the history and competition strategy of MMA. MMA Legends Bas Rutten & Rampage Jackson, World Champion Marloes Coenen and GLORY LHW World Champion Gokhan Saki all recommend this book. MMA Legend Renzo Gracie: "The Essentials of MMA is a must have for all fighters." About the authors: Martijn de Jong is a BJJ, Karate and Jiu Jitsu black belt with more than 26 years experience. He also studied Judo, Thaiboxing, Wrestling and Shooto extensively. After his active MMA career he started teaching and produced multiple world champions like Marloes Coenen, Alistair Overeem, Siyar Bahadurzada and more. Edgar Kruyning holds the most degrees in black belts in the world. All together he has over 43 degrees in Ju-Jutsu, Judo, Aikido, Yoseikan Budo, Iaido, Aikibudo, Kobudo and Karate. Edgar also has his own Grappling, kickboxing and MMA team. Like www.facebook.com/The.Essentials.of.MMA for updates!
The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide
Author: Danny Plyler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440307830
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A Must-Have Resource for all Warrior Athletes Regardless of your skill or fitness level, The Ultimate Mixed Marital Arts Training Guide - with more than 300 step-by-step photographs, detailed callouts, and comprehensive instruction - is the personal trainer you need to accomplish your workout goals and sharpen your techniques. You'll learn: • Cardio and strength training exercises like mountain climber push-ups, partner closed guard sit-up reaches, and the Muay Thai scarecrow • Striking and defense techniques such as the jab, cross, hook, overhand, Muay Thai knee, inner/outer thigh kick, and head kick • Wrestling and countering techniques including the dirty boxing clinch, the over-under clinch, and the Muay Thai clinch • Takedowns like the hip throw, shoot takedown, and single and double leg takedown • Jiu-jitsu passing and escape techniques for the full mount, knee mount, closed guard, open guard, and more • Winning submission moves like the arm bar, Kimura, omoplata, guillotine, ankle lock, and triangle choke • Drills to improve your punching and kicking speed and accuracy • Mental exercises to sharpen your focus, reduce your fears, and increase your concentration • Diet and nutrition techniques the pros use to stay in top fighting condition - whether they're in training mode or cutting weight before a match Whatever your personal fitness and fighting ambitions might be, The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide is your all-in-one resource to peak physical conditioning, clear mental focus, increased confidence, and superior fighting skills.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440307830
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A Must-Have Resource for all Warrior Athletes Regardless of your skill or fitness level, The Ultimate Mixed Marital Arts Training Guide - with more than 300 step-by-step photographs, detailed callouts, and comprehensive instruction - is the personal trainer you need to accomplish your workout goals and sharpen your techniques. You'll learn: • Cardio and strength training exercises like mountain climber push-ups, partner closed guard sit-up reaches, and the Muay Thai scarecrow • Striking and defense techniques such as the jab, cross, hook, overhand, Muay Thai knee, inner/outer thigh kick, and head kick • Wrestling and countering techniques including the dirty boxing clinch, the over-under clinch, and the Muay Thai clinch • Takedowns like the hip throw, shoot takedown, and single and double leg takedown • Jiu-jitsu passing and escape techniques for the full mount, knee mount, closed guard, open guard, and more • Winning submission moves like the arm bar, Kimura, omoplata, guillotine, ankle lock, and triangle choke • Drills to improve your punching and kicking speed and accuracy • Mental exercises to sharpen your focus, reduce your fears, and increase your concentration • Diet and nutrition techniques the pros use to stay in top fighting condition - whether they're in training mode or cutting weight before a match Whatever your personal fitness and fighting ambitions might be, The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide is your all-in-one resource to peak physical conditioning, clear mental focus, increased confidence, and superior fighting skills.
The Best of Mixed Martial Arts
Author: M. M. A. Worldwide
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781600780882
Category : Martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"MMA worldwide magazine, Bodyguard magazine, and TapouT magazine bring you inside the action-packed world of mixed martial arts. This collaboration compiles over three years of articles, columns, and techniques that will bring MMA to life"--Page 4 of cover
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781600780882
Category : Martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"MMA worldwide magazine, Bodyguard magazine, and TapouT magazine bring you inside the action-packed world of mixed martial arts. This collaboration compiles over three years of articles, columns, and techniques that will bring MMA to life"--Page 4 of cover
Mixed Martial Arts Fighting Techniques
Author: Danny Indio
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462909868
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Learn devastating mixed martial arts techniques from all over the world with this expert guide. Superb fighting skills are essential in all sorts of situations and can save your life if you are attacked. Mixed Martial Arts Fighting Techniques is a complete how-to manual for the modern fighter, presenting a detailed overview of all the best MMA fighting techniques and the various situations in which they can be used. Comprehensive and well laid-out, with hundreds of tips such as grappling your way into a dominant kesa-gatame position to force your adversary's submission or knowing when to fight "dirty" to attack your opponent's vulnerabilities, this manual will give you a leg-up for everything from a no-holds-barred street fight to the regimented rules of fighting in the ring. With over 700 color photos and downloadable instructional video that clearly demonstrate all the right moves, this book gives you the winning edge you need! Use Western boxing and Muay Thai techniques to move out of harm's way as you deliver a devastating array of attacks Use Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA techniques to escape holds and move into dominant positions Use modern streetfighting techniques Use Filipino knife-fighting techniques And much more!
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462909868
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Learn devastating mixed martial arts techniques from all over the world with this expert guide. Superb fighting skills are essential in all sorts of situations and can save your life if you are attacked. Mixed Martial Arts Fighting Techniques is a complete how-to manual for the modern fighter, presenting a detailed overview of all the best MMA fighting techniques and the various situations in which they can be used. Comprehensive and well laid-out, with hundreds of tips such as grappling your way into a dominant kesa-gatame position to force your adversary's submission or knowing when to fight "dirty" to attack your opponent's vulnerabilities, this manual will give you a leg-up for everything from a no-holds-barred street fight to the regimented rules of fighting in the ring. With over 700 color photos and downloadable instructional video that clearly demonstrate all the right moves, this book gives you the winning edge you need! Use Western boxing and Muay Thai techniques to move out of harm's way as you deliver a devastating array of attacks Use Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA techniques to escape holds and move into dominant positions Use modern streetfighting techniques Use Filipino knife-fighting techniques And much more!
Mastering the Rubber Guard
Author: Eddie Bravo
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780977731596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
InMastering the Rubber Guard,Eddie Bravo, the only American to submit a member of the legendary Gracie family in jiu-jitsu competition, reveals the techniques and strategy of the Rubber Guard, a revolutionary system of grappling designed specifically for the street and mixed martial arts competition. Through descriptive narrative and nearly a thousand color photographs, Bravo teaches dozens of unique moves and submissions. Widely regarded as not only the most offensive, but also the most defensive, guard game in existence, the Rubber Guard will change the way you view and play jiu-jitsu.
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780977731596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
InMastering the Rubber Guard,Eddie Bravo, the only American to submit a member of the legendary Gracie family in jiu-jitsu competition, reveals the techniques and strategy of the Rubber Guard, a revolutionary system of grappling designed specifically for the street and mixed martial arts competition. Through descriptive narrative and nearly a thousand color photographs, Bravo teaches dozens of unique moves and submissions. Widely regarded as not only the most offensive, but also the most defensive, guard game in existence, the Rubber Guard will change the way you view and play jiu-jitsu.
The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts
Author: Jason Holt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000450449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mixed martial arts (MMA)—unarmed fighting games permitting techniques derived from a variety of martial arts and combat sports— has exploded from the fringes of sport into a worldwide phenomenon, a sport as controversial as it is compelling. This is the first book to pay MMA the serious philosophical attention it deserves. With contributions from leading international scholars of the philosophy of sport and martial arts, the book explores topics such as whether MMA qualifies as a martial art, the differences between MMA and the traditional martial arts, the aesthetic dimensions of MMA, the limits of consent and choice in MMA and whether MMA can promote moral virtues. It also explores cutting-edge practical and ethical topics, including the role of gender in MMA, and the question of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the women’s divisions. The contributors to this anthology take down, ground and pound, and submit many essential questions about this fascinating recent development in the culture of sport and spectacle. This is important reading for anybody with an interest in combat sports, martial arts, or the philosophy, sociology, culture or history of sport.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000450449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mixed martial arts (MMA)—unarmed fighting games permitting techniques derived from a variety of martial arts and combat sports— has exploded from the fringes of sport into a worldwide phenomenon, a sport as controversial as it is compelling. This is the first book to pay MMA the serious philosophical attention it deserves. With contributions from leading international scholars of the philosophy of sport and martial arts, the book explores topics such as whether MMA qualifies as a martial art, the differences between MMA and the traditional martial arts, the aesthetic dimensions of MMA, the limits of consent and choice in MMA and whether MMA can promote moral virtues. It also explores cutting-edge practical and ethical topics, including the role of gender in MMA, and the question of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the women’s divisions. The contributors to this anthology take down, ground and pound, and submit many essential questions about this fascinating recent development in the culture of sport and spectacle. This is important reading for anybody with an interest in combat sports, martial arts, or the philosophy, sociology, culture or history of sport.
Mixed Martial Arts
Author: L.A. Jennings
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538141965
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is an international phenomenon, with a fascinatingly diverse and complex history that stems from fighting sports around the world. In Mixed Martial Arts: A History from Ancient Fighting Sports to the UFC, L.A. Jennings explores the vast global history of martial arts—including Asian martial arts, African fighting sports, European pugilism and wrestling, and the fighting styles of North, Central, and South Americas—and how they gave rise to the modern sport of MMA. Jennings shares some of the most famous moments in fighting history alongside stories of the fighters themselves, such as the infamous 1976 fight between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki. When the Ultimate Fighting Championship premiered in 1993, it introduced the world to the controversial “cage fighting” at a scale never seen before. With the assistance of technological innovations and globalization, MMA has become the fastest growing sport on earth, the culmination of thousands of years of fighting for sport. Featuring fascinating stories and photographs of fighters from around the world, Mixed Martial Arts reveals the long and captivating history of this often-misunderstood sport.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538141965
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is an international phenomenon, with a fascinatingly diverse and complex history that stems from fighting sports around the world. In Mixed Martial Arts: A History from Ancient Fighting Sports to the UFC, L.A. Jennings explores the vast global history of martial arts—including Asian martial arts, African fighting sports, European pugilism and wrestling, and the fighting styles of North, Central, and South Americas—and how they gave rise to the modern sport of MMA. Jennings shares some of the most famous moments in fighting history alongside stories of the fighters themselves, such as the infamous 1976 fight between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki. When the Ultimate Fighting Championship premiered in 1993, it introduced the world to the controversial “cage fighting” at a scale never seen before. With the assistance of technological innovations and globalization, MMA has become the fastest growing sport on earth, the culmination of thousands of years of fighting for sport. Featuring fascinating stories and photographs of fighters from around the world, Mixed Martial Arts reveals the long and captivating history of this often-misunderstood sport.
Mastering Mixed Martial Arts
Author: Antonio Nogueira
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780981504421
Category : Mixed martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Antonio Nogueira is known as "The World's Most Dangerous Groundfighter"
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780981504421
Category : Mixed martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Antonio Nogueira is known as "The World's Most Dangerous Groundfighter"
Quitters Never Win
Author: Michael Bisping
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635767075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
The Ultimate Fighting Champion Hall of Famer tells his story in this no-holds-barred memoir—featuring a bonus chapter in this updated American edition. In Quitters Never Win, Michael Bisping—Britain’s own Rocky Balboa—tells his life story from childhood as a British Army brat to a legendary mixed martial arts career and induction into the UFC Hall of Fame. The ultimate UFC underdog, Bisping fought his way to Number One contender three times, only to be knocked back each time. But he refused to give in, clawing his way to his first World Title shot at the age of thirty-seven—and becoming the first ever British UFC world champion. Bisping offers fresh insights about his fighting career, never-before-told stories about his film and TV career, and a harrowing account of his fighting off attempted kidnappers while filming in South Africa. Loaded with the humor and brutal honesty that first won him a following on the television show Ultimate Fighter 3, Bisping recounts his record setting thirteen-year fight career battling the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635767075
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
The Ultimate Fighting Champion Hall of Famer tells his story in this no-holds-barred memoir—featuring a bonus chapter in this updated American edition. In Quitters Never Win, Michael Bisping—Britain’s own Rocky Balboa—tells his life story from childhood as a British Army brat to a legendary mixed martial arts career and induction into the UFC Hall of Fame. The ultimate UFC underdog, Bisping fought his way to Number One contender three times, only to be knocked back each time. But he refused to give in, clawing his way to his first World Title shot at the age of thirty-seven—and becoming the first ever British UFC world champion. Bisping offers fresh insights about his fighting career, never-before-told stories about his film and TV career, and a harrowing account of his fighting off attempted kidnappers while filming in South Africa. Loaded with the humor and brutal honesty that first won him a following on the television show Ultimate Fighter 3, Bisping recounts his record setting thirteen-year fight career battling the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.
Judo for Mixed Martial Arts
Author: Karo Parisyan
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780977731572
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 9780977731572
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.