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Dec 23, 2008 Nate rated it really liked it

I got Wrestling for Fighting: The Natural Manner by Randy Couture, Erich Krauss and Glen Cordoza a few months dorsum and have been slowly digesting information technology ever since. My wife came across Krauss and Cordoza'due south Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Cognition (with B.J. Penn) on my Amazon wish list and information technology made for a successful Christmas present then she followed upward on my birthday with this tome.

I'll confess, at starting time I was a little disinterested in it. Let's confront it, as much equally I respect wrestling every bit a sport and mar

I got Wrestling for Fighting: The Natural Way past Randy Couture, Erich Krauss and Glen Cordoza a few months back and have been slowly digesting it always since. My married woman came across Krauss and Cordoza's Mixed Martial Arts: The Volume of Knowledge (with B.J. Penn) on my Amazon wish list and it made for a successful Christmas present so she followed up on my birthday with this tome.

I'll confess, at commencement I was a footling disinterested in it. Let's confront information technology, as much as I respect wrestling as a sport and marital art and regard information technology equally an essential 1/3 of MMA, I'd e'er thought of it as pretty slow.

Merely I made a good faith endeavour to at least give it as much of a reading as I gave Penn'due south book. And so it sat on the bed side, next to the crapper and on the kitchen table and slowly but surely I came to really capeesh it over several months of perusing it one technique at a fourth dimension.

First off, Krauss and Cordoza take this shit downwards. They have a keen formula -- get a name fighter with a distinct style or expertise, set up a articulate organizational structure (color coded even), add clear descriptions of each step of each move and great great color pictures that are very clear and piece of cake to see -- with niggling inserts to show grips and other little subtleties.

Secondly, my fat piffling almost 40 year one-time ass hasn't trained in over a decade and I have no interest in going back to the gym. Nevertheless, I find these books have dramatically increased my appreciation for and agreement of the human chess aspects of MMA. Previously I thought of wrestling every bit just single and double legs, trips, sprawls, slams and body locks. At present I'm much more attuned to the nuances of the game, like the battle to secure underhooks by pummelling, etc.

I also find the transitional sequences very enlightening. Knowing the way moves can exist strung together to prepare upward i another adds cracking depth to my understanding of fights and strategy in the ring.

These books are also great insights into the mentality and technical repertoire of individual fighters. Couture is clearly based in wrestling -- over 2/3 of the book focuses solely on wrestling techniques. Only the terminal quarter (there's also a narrative section at the beginning running through Randy'southward career) adds strikes and a very basic submissions. This contrasts to B.J. Penn'due south more integrated book which centers on BJJ but is very self-concious about featuring every technique in the context of MMA.

All in all, for me this volume has been highly enjoyable and I look forward to reading Karo Parisyan and Fedor Emelianenko's books with Krauss and Cordoza.

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Feb 25, 2009 David rated information technology really liked it

So far, this volume has been a promising source of material on freestyle and greco-roman wrestling equally applied to combative sport. I take found it easy to follow and well written overall.

Like all books on martial arts or sports, it doesn't replace a proficient instructor. Withal, for those with a background in some aspects of unarmed combat, it may help broaden your horizons.

So far, this book has been a promising source of fabric on freestyle and greco-roman wrestling every bit applied to antagonistic sport. I take constitute it easy to follow and well written overall.

Like all books on martial arts or sports, it doesn't replace a proficient instructor. Notwithstanding, for those with a background in some aspects of unarmed combat, information technology may help augment your horizons.

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Sep 14, 2012 Carlo rated it liked it

The all-time part of this book is the techniques, patently, just my favorite part was the autobiographical story about Randy's career as a fighter. Every bit a fan of the sport since his early days, I would have never guessed that early on he was substantially winging it and relying entirely on his wrestling to become him through multi-dimensional cage fights. The best office of this book is the techniques, obviously, but my favorite part was the autobiographical story about Randy'due south career as a fighter. As a fan of the sport since his early days, I would have never guessed that early on on he was essentially winging it and relying entirely on his wrestling to become him through multi-dimensional muzzle fights. ...more