Ultimate Fighting Techniques Volume 2: Fighting from the Bottom (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu series) Paperback – November 10, 2006

If you want to improve your jiu-jitsu game through the use of books, there are three you should read. The first is Ultimate Fighting Techniques Volume 1 - a book that details the basics such as clinching and fighting from the top. The second is Gracie Submission Essentials by Helio and Royler Gracie - a book that is completely focused on submissions from almost every imaginable position. The third is this book, and I have found it to be the most useful for improving my skills._Ultimate Fighting Techniques Volume 2: Fighting from the Bottom_ reveals what you should do when you are fighting from positions that are considered "disadvantaged" - that is, positions where your back is generally on the mat. If you intend to compete in a grappling tournament, you WILL find yourself in these positions eventually. The knowledge in this book could very well be the difference between you having to submit to an opponent and you being able to reverse positions and submit them. Do you know how to escape the side mount without being choked out or submitted via kimura? Can you break the mounted choke? Can you do a half-guard sweep? If the answer to any of these questions is NO, then you need to study this book.This book contains 304 pages. All of the "disadvantaged" positions are covered in this book; however, the primary focus is on the back, mounted, side control, and guard positions. The techniques are broken down step-by-step and include numerous photographs to make learn them on your own relatively easy.Note: While this book is titled _Ultimate Fighting Techniques_, it is primarily Gi-Brazilian Jiu-jitsu focused. Most of the techniques will translate to MMA/UFC-style fighting (and there are some MMA-specific techniques included), but that is not the focus of the work. For a more-specific MMA texts, try B.J. Penn's _Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge_ or _Bas Rutten's Big Book of Combat_.

I've gotten DVDs and now paperback. The DVDs are great if you have time to sit through and watch it. I was somewhat skeptical of books but this one turns out to be done quite well. The advantage of a book is you can flip through pages at anytime and not have to sit and watch the DVD. It also helps if you have some basic background in BJJ as the photos cannot show a continuous movement as DVDs as you will need to connect the moves on some illustrations. Most are pretty much self explanatory. In the end, books can only take you so far whereas real practice is valuable.

This is another great book by Royce Gracie. Unlike some other books written by the Gracie family this book focuses on knowledge and technique to be good at grappling and not just on strength. The book is full of hundreds of great techniques that really work quite well. I go to jujitsu class every day with a new technique and I keep frustrating my fellow classmates with my new knowledge. This book, and Royce's first book, are a must have for anyone that wants to increase their skill in grappling without having to hit the gym five days a week in the hopes of being strong enough to using some "fancy looking" move. On a scale of 10, I would give this book a 9.5!

This book was about what you would expect .... if you liked vol one, you will like vol 2 .... same will hold if you didn't like vol 1

Excellent book. Format is laid out exactly the way I could use it best. I love the fact that Royce helps us with the bottom game. As a beginner, I end up on bottom often as we roll. This book has helped me know how to respond when I am on bottom. I also like the fact that these moves seem to be fairly basic ones, but they work! I plan on having this book handy at all of my training sessions and will work just one or two techniques. Very happy with this purchase!

used but good

The photos are great and I love the Gracie focus on street. Book needs to be updated though.

Great book, very clear and deductive, goes over all the basic and fundamental Graice techniques from the bottom, starting from the worst situation (back) to the equal (gard), although I knew most of the techniques the book emphasized to me many important details.I warmly recommend

The best grappling book I have ever read and very useful and practical for mma or bjj

3 stars because it's about Royce