Eddie Bravo

Jiu-jitsu Unleashed

5 stars (Bravo for Bravo) - This book will improve your game!!! I couldn't stop reading it. The more I read, the more I realized how similar I was to Eddie. We're both musicians, we both love Jiu Jitsu, we came from Karate backgrounds, and we both like to be creative. Eddie has taken his game a step beyond most and though he can come off as cocky (like bruce lee :) , he is the first to give props to the people who got him to where he's at. I'm from a Gracie based academy and know what he means about the Gi. Though he's against it, it is part of the sporting aspect and therefore I don't mind learning about it. But it seems like more and more of my friends are taking off the Gi when it comes to open sparring. Plus, i'm hearing the name Bravo echoing in my school a lot more often. Thanks for your willingness to share your experiences and techniques with us.. -MG 5 stars (Absolutely Brilliant) - I am a jiu jitsu student with about 2 years of experience and I own a number of jiu jitsu books and DVDs. I train almost exclusively with the gi at a BJJ school on the East Coast and have never met or trained with Eddie Bravo. I recently picked up a copy of Eddie Bravo's new book thinking I would flip through it and then put it back since I already have a vast library of instruction materials. When I began to read it however, I realized it was a very different book from what I was used to seeing. Most BJJ books on the market seem to be a collection of random techniques. Most of the books are informative, but they don't tie the techniques together very well. Eddie's book is more than just a technique primer, it's an overview of his very unique system of BJJ. Before I get into the good things, I'll mention the few negatives: First, the book is not in color and the photos sometimes could be from better angles or could have shown more "reverse" angles so a technique would be more clear. The book is only 190 or so pages and does not contain an overwhelming amount of tec...
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