Victory Belt Publishing Jiu-Jitsu University

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.

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.

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

One of the best books written on the discipline of the art of jiu jitsu. Saulo Ribeiro has constructed this book to deal with the most important aspect of defending oneself and escaping from disadvantageous positions(which is an aspect of the game that most books either ignore or explore very little). From there on he goes forward to discussing various guards,posture control and submissions etc... The progression of the book feels very natural and the pictures are properly detailed. While I have gone through Eddie Bravo's books before and I do acknowledge that they are very innovative; but I think this book deals more with basic nuances of jiu jitsu rather than flashy moves, which will always result in a practitioner's development in the game. So, I highly recommend going through this book and then add techniques from Eddie Bravo's books just to keep it more fun and unorthodox; while understanding the risks involved and having a basic game to fall back into, in case you run into any trouble while rolling.