Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts: The Ground Game Paperback – September 10, 2010

I have been practicing MMA or variations or martial arts for the last 25 years. I have more MMA instructional DVD's and books than one can imagine. That said, the OVERWHELMING majority of them are steaming piles of useless dung, that will get an inexperienced "fighter" seriously injured.I told my son, "If there is only one piece of advice you ever listen to, stay away from drugs."I will tell you, whether you are an experienced veteran, or the first time self-learner, "If there is only one book you ever buy, invest in, "Greg Jackson's: The Ground Game."If you can afford The Stand Up Game (also by Jackson), grab that as well.The Ground Game is packed with great photo's and instruction, that are simply dominant over the competition. The book will seriously improve your game with the proper practice. He shows you techniques for offense, then how to defend against them. He is giving you a plethora of valuable instructional techniques, that would cost a fortune and take an eternity to learn in a school, for an extremely fair price.Greg Jackson is THE BEST coach in the world. This isn't an opinion, it is a fact. You want the best instruction possible, especially when it comes to a fight. Do yourself a favor and invest in yourself. Grab this book before it's out of stock.A BIG thank you to Greg (and Kelly!) for these two books of knowledge! I'm not a fan of any fighter, but I am a fan of Greg Jackson. Deepest Gratitude-J

At first I quite disappointed. I thought the explanations were very simplistic and most of moves are pretty basic, unlike many Jiu-Jitsu books. But I tried some the moves in class. Surprisingly I had a lot of successes. Positions like half-guard and butterfly became much easier. Suddenly I was submitting guys and escaping from guys who used pin me down or just sweep me. That's why simple is good. It makes it easier to memorize a few moves before class and then try them out. Also by keeping it simple it make it easier to understand the idea behind method which what I really need in real sparring situation instead of thousand details.If you do MMA or BJJ and want to improve your ground game this book is value for your money. You should get it.

Prosa lot of techniques that actually works from one of the best MMA Coach on the planetstrategy explainedConsNo drills at all (i'll appreciate if the author will release a 3d book from this series or better a video material with DRILLS!)PS In case author will release a second edition I would vote for adding the "difficulty to implement" levels to each technique,cause some technique from the book is really hard to implement or too risky.

Great content. Drills would have made it perfect. Please do a videobnext

This book is comprehensive and helful , Greg Jackson knows the MMA game very well and gives for the most part practical techniques to help you in this book. Also awesome diet info. Would recommend this book to anyone.

I bought both complementary books, the stand up game and the ground game, they are great...

Great book! Much advice and can help anyone get more refined on their game. The more you learn the more you earn.

this book was pretty good pcitures gives you detail just wish it had more oves though but overall cant go wrong with it i would place this book as basic no-gi