MMA Training: Review of BJ
Written by Gary on August 28, 2008 – 7:55 am -
BJ Penn is presently the UFC lightweight champion and one of the most recognizable mixed martial art fighters on the planet. He has fought all over the world has found success in all aspects of the fight game. Whether it was capturing UFC titles or being the first American black belt to win at the brazilian jiu-jitsu mundial BJ was always game. You either love BJ Penn or you hate him BJ his for cockiness. But you cannot deny BJ immense talent for the fight game.
BJ brings his vast knowledge and experience to the table in his book “BJ Penn’s Mixed Martial Arts: The book of knowledge.” Together with Erich Krauss, Glen Cordoza, and Victory Belt publishing, BJ lays out his views, strategy and techniques he uses while fighting. He manages lay out detailed instruction through use of colored photographs from multiple angles. BJ covers every aspect of the fight game, striking, ground’n’pound BJJ, wrestling, etc. BJ does something that many have not done with any instructional, this in my opinion is what sets this book apart. BJ combines all these martial arts disciplines into one effective style. BJ details how to set up submissions by striking, how to set up takedowns with striking, how to pass the guard by setting up the pass with strikes. BJ does not hold anything back, and the beginning of every section BJ explains his philosophy regarding the section he is going to cover, and outlines some key points the reader should remember when reading the section.
BJ also has a section on how to fight against the cage. I can’t find any book that covers this particular aspect of fighting. Section after section BJ lets it all hang out, you will notice this with his subsections that he has. Covering a failed takedown and how to defend a guillotine is an example of one of these subsections. This author found it interesting how BJ detailed how to use the De La Riva guard in mma. This book presents a variety of techniques where you the reader can also build your own game with or add to an already existing game. This book is truly for the mixed martial arts fighter.
Lastly in the beginning there is a little history of BJ Penn and his journey to become one of the most successful mixed martial arts fighter in the world today. Also a section on fitness as BJ gives you some examples of the workouts he uses to prepare for an upcoming. YES BJ Penn covers fitness!!! An interesting note that the crossfit “fight gone bad” workout was actually made specifically for BJ Penn himself, so that workout is also included.
This book is the most complete instructional on MMA training that there is on the market today. Here are some pictures detailing how BJ practices what he teaches. This pictures are from BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson. They have been floating around the internet so please excuse the graphic nature of the photos.
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