Jiu-Jitsu University

Book arrived today. I'm not new to grappling, but it's certainly not my strong suit having spent most of my time training in striking arts. I've recently gotten heavily into Bjj to polish up those holes in my game and been thoroughly enjoying it. I bought this book to learn some new techniques for at the gym, but within 20 minutes of reading I feel I need to put it down. Not because it's bad, but because each lesson, over every page or 2 deserves to be processed properly. It makes sense. It's legitimate. It cements the good pieces I already knew, and gives me many many more tools and tiny tidbits to strengthen my game. I honestly don't want to read much more, and read the whole thing front to back simultaneously. I feel I need to get back to the gym now and practice the basics again. Don't think just buy it

I'm on a beginner on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, but a dan grade on traditional Ju-Jitsu. Great book. Highly detailed. Very accurate and includes plenty of helpful tips. Great detailed photos, clear and big, clearly illustrating the text. As for the text, seems its my intructor talking at some points! Get something out of the way: the only one issue i've found: from the closed book you can see where white/blue/brown/black belt areas are, which is great. However, the purple belt area is within the blue (seems it was an editorial mistake), still, its blue and then purple chapters :) and as each page has the chapter indication on the top corner, its easy to see the given area. The books seems to aim at helping you learn the lessons at the various levels, in fact it brings you down to 'learn the misson lessons for each belt and let time do the rest'. It won't have all the techniques under the sun, it does a good job of what it wants to transmit and certainly has enough to keep you interested and busy I think. Very pleased indeed. If all authors/publisers wouldbring material of this quality!!... Certainly, one of the best books I've ever bought.

Really easy to follow with colour pictures showing a step by step break down of particular techniques photographed from two different angles. It illustrates some really useful tips & also highlights common mistakes & what you should not do when you find yourself in certain situations. The book is neatly separated into different sections starting with white belt through to black belt - each section of the book is dedicated to each particular coloured belt. The chapters explain what is expected of each belt & the progress & milestones that you generally should be aiming towards within an approximate timeframe. As a relatively new white belt practitioner, I find this book a really useful tool to reinforce what my Instructor has taught me on the mat. It is a great complement to what I learn in class. I can highly recommend this book.

This is by far one of the best books on the subject and a great edition to my small library!.....It details with high quality pictures and instruction in the principal fundamentals of BJJ through a series of phases. It sets the foundations at white belt through to black in a very concise and clear read! Filled with great techniques from escapes to passing guard etc. this is a must for anyone interested in the sport, and if not for teaching you something you didn't already know, then just for the pure pleasure of the look, feel and read of this book. plenty to keep you busy.

Perfect book to take your Jiu Jitsu to the next level, understanding the fine details.

Don't be fooled by the drab cover. Inside it's packed with full colour, clear photos that very adequately describe the moves, often using two camera angles. Having the opponents in different coloured gi's helps too. It's slightly oddly organised with the belt system since you couldn't really stick to just the white-belt content as a white belt. But that doesn't matter at all and the author points out that it's not a linear course in that respect. What you get is Saulo's battle-proven insights into the positions and moves that make up good BJJ. It's packed with subtleties that prove to be very important and powerful. Just the slight change in weight, a little hip movement, an elbow tucked in and so on make the difference between survival and being submitted. This is where a book falls down of course because it's hard to remember this stuff between reading it and trying it. That is true for all such books. Overall - it's a must buy for BJJ fans at any level.

I have been practicing JJ intensively for 4 years (blue belt), and own several other books mainly from Royce / Renzo / Royler Gracie (all very good) and a few JJ dvds. What I can say is that this book is very very well put together. The system / structure in terms of main focus of each belt is different but it does makes sense and meets my own demands to improve and evolve in certain areas and techniques. I can say that I think that if you follow this book closely and train hard following this system and approach you can't go wrong. You'll have a proper JJ base. This is exactly what I was looking for, no point in learning very advanced techniques as whit/blue belt, what you need is to have a solid base and work from there, and this is exactly the philosophy behind this book and Saulo's teaching methods. Having said that, this book does contain advanced techniques, but for upper belts. The main focus however is for you to prioritize your learning, and focus on the most important areas according to each belt and your experience along your JJ journey. Brilliant book and Saulo is a brilliant insructor. The only fault I have is that I can't go back in time and start training JJ with Saulo 4 or 5 years ago and build a solid base. Great buy, recommend it for every one from novice to black belt.

My son was absolutely chuffed to receive this book. Cleverly divided in to belt sections with lots of pictures of holds and moves and progressive difficulty - he loved it

I have been a wrestling coach for 25 years and started Jiu Jitsu with my son 6 months ago at the local Martial Arts School after the wrestling season ended. We train 6 days a week for 2-3 hours. I have several BJJ books and DVDs but this has become my go to reference book. I decided to write my first book review today when I bought a second copy of it to give to a frend - because I was unwilling to lend him my copy. The book is laid out by belts with White Belt learning survival on the bottom from back, mount, side control, etc. Blue belt learns escapes, Purple belt the guard, Brown belt the mount, and Black belt learns submissions. The layout makes it easy to find techniques in the book, even if your school does not follow a similar format. There are about 200 techniques covered in the book with most of the major techniques covered (though as you know, there are multiple different names for different moves and you still might need to figure out what your school calls a particular move). The photographs are well done with Saulo Ruberio in a blue Gi and his partner in a White Gi which makes the pictures easier to understand. The explanations are very thorough and well done(well edited by Kevin Howell)with only a few places difficult to understand. There are also drills for the techniques, combinations and set ups for many moves. Saulo also gives just enough anecdotes to make it personal without distracting from the purpose and flow of the book. This book has given me a strategy for learning, training and rolling with an emphasis on proper technique(rather than accumulation of a large number of moves). Highly recommended for beginners. Update: I have been training Jiujitsu now for 2 years (blue belt 1 stripe) and this is still my go to reference book. Good solid basics for Gi and no-Gi. I have not seen the survival techniques for white belts taught elsewhere and this strategy helped me more than anything to survive against bigger, stronger, younger and more experienced Jiu jitsu players. This book if studied and learned will give a good solid foundation for any school you train with. The only major hole I see is that no take downs are taught. This book also focuses on competition Jiu jitsu - not self defense or MMA. I read from it nearly daily to help refine my techniques. Best Jiujitsu book I have found yet for beginners.

Very happy with this book, it was a great price and arrived the same day as ordered.

Beginner in BJJ?? Regular studying of this book WILL help you get your strips sooner. This book talks a lot about mindframe and the BJJ learning journey as well as being heavy on technique break downs and sequences. Every sequences has a write up. I've read the first 1/4 of this book 4 times. Learned something new everytime, especially while acquiring more experience in class. There are critical lessons layed out in a specific order. The pictures and descriptions offer a lot of insight. This is not an all-encompassing technique book. If an all encompassing technique book existed, it would basically be an encyclopedia set. This majority of this book covers A LOT of positions, defenses, escapes and attacks. It is meant to be learned in a specific order and a specific mind frame. For begginer, novice, intermediate, if you are looking to improve faster and learn outside of class, it would be STUPID to NOT have this book. I am not an expert, nor am I intermediate at BJJ so I can't speak for higher level practitioners. 6 stars.

Lástima que no esté traducido al español, pero si te manejas con el inglés, un pedazo de libro muy educativo que cubre gran parte de los aspectos del aprendizaje del Jiu Jitsu con muchas fotos acompañadas de los elementos clave necesarios para pulir las distintas técnicas, y todo ello bien organizado por objetivos y cinturones.

le livre est tout simplement excellent point j'ai pris ce livre car je commence là MMA très bientôt et j'avais aucune connaissance sur le sol. Le livre est en anglais malheureusement mais très simple à comprendre ou à traduire, les images sont très bien expliqué et certaines prises s'adaptent parfaitement pour le MMA, je recommande pour tous les amateurs qui cherchent à apprendre de nouvelles connaissances