Gracie Jiu-Jitsu: The Master Text Paperback – Import, 1 May 2006

Since starting training in jiu jitsu I have want to find a book for referring to when learning new techiques and this is the best book I have found !Everything about the way this book is organised is brillant and the pictures are very clear too.

This book covers jiu jitsu fundamentals and self defense as good as any. For what it aims to do - preserve the simplicity of Helio's high leverage innovations - it is a fanstastic, if slightly pricey, book. There's answers to many questions that don't appear in daily jiu jitsu training. ("How do I use what I know to defend a knife attack?") It's also great for reminders - "What's the perfect posture to avoid a triangle?" - Helio demonstrates the correct way.All this said, do buy the book for what it is, not what it isn't. It isn't a manual on modern innovations - there are better places to learn the X-guard, the De La Riva Guard, the Rubber Guard, and other no Gi techniques. The focus is on gi jiu jitsu fundamentals and self defense. For that, it succeeds greatly.

You have to thank Helio for modernizing jiu jitsu. The family name and contribution to jiu jitsu / mma are what made me buy this book. I am grateful and will remember Helio Gracie forever. I purchased it about a week after he died as a personal memorial to him. The content is great if you train with the gi. I would recommend it to everyone just to see the man that really started it all as it relates to modern jiu jitsu.

This book contains the complete foundation of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The theory, principles, and technique are invaluable; and come directly from the source. Grandmaster Helio Gracie is no longer with us, but anyone new to the practice of GJJ can use this to learn his amazing self-defense/fighting art. I am a GJJ Brown Belt with over 9 years of experience and still constantly reference this book. In addition, there are historic photographs and stories that any student will enjoy.

great job with the photos, if you are passionate about jujitsu it's a must have for the history of it