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RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS
As a Sensei I'm often asked to recommend reference materials to my students. I also get asked "What are the best exercises for Jujitsu training?"
Over the years I have read many books, watched many training videos and tried various fitness and flexibility training techniques. The bottom line is that different training techniques suit different people and, although there is a lot of common ground, training methods that work for one martial art do not necessarily work best for another.
The amount of fitness training you need to do for any martial arts depends on how far you want to progress and what belt grading you hope to achieve.
Listed below are just a few of my recommendations; Jujitsu training books and reference materials I have found useful.
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Jiu Jitsu: The Official World Jiu Jitsu Federation Training Manual: New Official Training Syllabus for Beginner to Green Belt
Synopsis
In this manual, the author demonstrates hundreds of techniques including warm-up exercises, courtesy rituals, how to fall safely and a wide range of skills that students must learn and aim to perfect to ensure progress.
Review
Obviously you can't learn Jujitsu solely from a book, but Robert Clark has provided an excellent source of reference in his 160 page book which will provide lots of useful information for beginners or those wishing to attend Jujitsu classes.
The photographs are clear and concise and will be invaluable source of reference |
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Jiu Jitsu: The Official World Jiu Jitsu Federation Training Manual: New Official Training Syllabus for Blue to Brown Belt
Synopsis
In this manual, the author demonstrates hundreds of techniques covering the more sophisticated moves required for the higher belt gradings.
Review
In much the same format as the Beginner to green belt version, in this book Robert Clark has provided another excellent source of reference. For anyone who studies the grappling arts, this book is not only informative but the pictures are clear and concise giving a full breakdown of each technique. It was quite refreshing to be able to follow the sequence of photographs for the techniques as some books of the same genre tend to forget that the picture only gives a two dimensional view of the technique being discussed and you are left wondering how the author got into position in the first instance, let alone execute the arm lock/throw etc.
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Jiu Jitsu: The Official World Jiu Jitsu Federation Training Manual: Black Belt Syllabus
Synopsis
This official training manual of the World Jiu Jitsu Federation covers the black belt grade. The third in a series of three, this book builds on and extends the instruction covered in the two previous books.
Review
This book provides excellent support to proper dojo study. Used in conjunction with proper martial arts training sessions under the instruction of a qualified sensei this book is an excellent reference. For those students that are only able to train once or twice a week this book can act as a valuable reminder for recently learned techniques or for a cram session before grading. |
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