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Manufacturer: Victory Belt Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780977731534
ISBN: 0977731537
Label: Victory Belt Publishing
Manufacturer: Victory Belt Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2007-06-15
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
Release Date: 2007-08-15
Studio: Victory Belt Publishing
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Randy "The Natural" Couture is the most respected and celebrated MMA combatant in the history of the UFC. A UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion, and a UFC Hall of Famer, Randy Couture's reputation and fighting style are among the best in the world.
Now, with Wrestling for Fighting: The Sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Couture presents the techniques and strategies that allowed him to devastate the world s best strikers and grapplers time and time again. His unique fighting system, a mix of martial arts, wrestling, boxing and jiu-jitsu, is broken down clearly and concisely for amateurs and seasoned veterans alike. Couture also includes important information on creating fight game plans, and a variety of training tips you won t find anywhere else.
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Summary: Outstanding Book On Wrestling For MMA!
Comment: Randy has put together this book in much the same way that he put together his MMA career, brilliantly!
I have read through this book many times and really am having a difficult time finding anything really wrong with this book. Sure you could henpeck it to death with trivial inconsequential things, but really to what point.
This book was very well done and the layout is really quite remarkable. I really like the fact that Randy and his opponent are dressed in opposing colored shorts and shirts, which makes it a lot easier to distinguish between each of them and some of the moves that are being demonstrated in a lot of the photographs. It is also quite helpful that the photographs are all in color and printed on glossy paper.
Randy takes you through a wide variety of wrestling moves and situations that you will undoubtedly find yourself in when competing in MMA competitions and does so with the utmost professionalism and instructive ability that one can get from reading a book. Not quite the same as live one-on-one instruction, but it is pretty darn close.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in wrestling and not just those involved in MMA. You definitely get your monies worth!
Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.
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Summary: randy is not even a top fighter
Comment: randy and his book is not great he is more hype than anything his record of 16-8 is not impressive like this book i dont think he is a top fighter at all and the other millions of people world wide think the same as i do ,so its up to you if you want this but not recommended.
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Summary: Wrestling for Fighting: the natural Way
Comment: A well written opening summary of Randy's early life and career,
accompanied by informative and excellently illustrated techniques
that can easily be learned by all those eager to follow and benefit from Randy's years of experience, both in the ring, and in the Octagon.
The illustrations are all in color - and should present no difficulty
for aspiring students of wrestling and the sport of mixed martial arts.
Randy explains the difference between freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling,
and explains how his Greco Roman wrestling background served advantageously in his Octagon bouts.
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Summary: It is worth
Comment: Very good book for a intermediate MMA practitioner. You will not waste your time and money.
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Summary: As the title suggests.....
Comment: Randy Couture has been one of the poster boys for Mixed Martial Arts competition in recent years - and a good one at that. His words are well thought out, he's articulate, hard-working and talented. A lot is made of his age, as well. However, I don't think it means a great deal except to say he's an example of what hard work and good attitude can acheive.
Erich Krauss and Glen Cordoza do a great job of getting these qualities to shine through in this publication. The book's dedication speaks of work ethic and self-reliance, as well as the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and influences. One can only say that this is as much a recipe for success as any. It's worked in Couture's case, anyway.
The book is - like most Victory Belt publications - a large format book. It's 11" x 9" and has 214 pages. It's a glossy book on high quality paper. It's also generous with photos and the photos are detailed and clearly show the techniques presented. I was critical of a couple of Victory Belt's publications in the past for proof-reading. This one does a lot better. It is very unfortunate that one of the very few errors that slipped through happened to be in a very noticeable place. Nonetheless, the writing is excellent and gets better with each publication. I'd be a real jerk if I said it took away from the book.
As seems to be the Victory Belt template, the book opens with an introduction which spends twelve pages chronicling Randy's career. Erich and Glen are getting better at this every time. It's the best written of the Victory Belt intros by far and the one I enjoyed the most, as well. Take note, though, it may be that I simply enjoyed Couture's story more than the others.
The technical portion of the book is broken up into three parts. The first talks wrestling, the second focusses on Greco-Roman wrestling and the third on adapting the wrestling game for Mixed Martial Arts. Each part is broken up into six to seven chapters concentrating on different aspects of Randy's game. As far as the techniques go, this is clearly the game of Randy Couture. The book also shares a lot of information with his earlier video series from Century. That makes this a great adjunct to the series, as well.
The wrestling section starts with a comprehensive chapter discussing wrestling basics. This is followed by a look at four basic takedowns. This is followed (quite naturally) by a chapter on finishing the single leg. Clearly this is and area Randy considers key. Following this is a long section on tie-ups. Here, you really start to make the connection between the Randy you see in the cage and the one n the book. There are two defensive chapters in the wrestling section - Sprawling and Defending the Single Leg.
The section on Greco is shorter, with a two page introduction followed by a chapter on pummelling and then basic takedowns. I enjoyed this section a lot as I picked up several of details that (as a Jiu Jitsu guy) I didn't know before. There are then chapters on armdrags and on more advanced takedowns. All are effective techniques, well photographed and captioned.
The last part of the book is called "Wrestling for Fighting" and is obviously the crux of the book as far as the authors are concerned. It starts with an introduction (as for all the book's parts) and then jumps into the relationship between strikes (especially the overhand) and the double-leg takedown. There is then a chapter on closing the distance. Following this, come the chapters on the most famous parts of Randy's game - The clinch and cage tactics.
The clinch chapter concentrates on Couture's much hallowed "Dirty Boxing" technique while the chapter on cage tactics provides invaluable pearls on how to use the fence to your advantage. I'm not sure Randy has given up all his secrets here, but the book certainly describes much of what I've seen the man do in the cage.
From here, there are chapters on ground tactics and submissions. The tactics here are simple. There is a good deal of time devoted to "Ground 'n' Pound" and two basic choke submissions. Both should be a big help for wrestlers looking to make the change.
All-in-all, I think there's something in here for everyone. Wrestlers making the jump to MMA will obviously benefit the most as it shows precisely how the wrestler's game translates. People like myself, who don't have a strong wrestling background will be able to add elements to their game they had previously not been exposed to. And, I don't think there's out there who couldn't benefit from the clinch and cage tactics chapters.
The book brings the good points of all Victory Belt's previous publications together. It's shorter, more basic and easier to navigate than the already excellent 'Book of Knowledge' from BJ Penn and more articulate and mature than 'Mastering the Rubber Guard'. This one takes pride of place on my bookshelf and will join the Best of the Best category on this site.
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