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 Pleasant Surprise Aug 31, 2009
Excellent presentation and readability, Fedor covers all ranges with efficient technique that cover most of what you need. Although not covered in detail, old school conditioning is implied much like the Ice Man Chuck Liddel. I think this book has much too offer for all skill levels. This will be a standard in my library.
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The Last Emperor manual Jul 30, 2009
Best mma book ever.
Genuine techniques, good issues for strategy also.
Unfortunately only very few pages dedicated to physical conditioning (exercises with barbells, dumbells, kettlebells are absents...).
Essential to study the Fedor's most powerfull weapon...his mind...
The Handbook for Beginning MMA Jul 29, 2009
_Fedor: The Fighting System of the World's Undisputed King of MMA_ is one of the best books I've read in regards to the basics of fighting. It contains over 200 pages of techniques covering all three of the major fight ranges (striking distance, the clinch, and grappling). These techniques are explained both through the use of multiple full-color photographs and informative captions. Together, they do an excellent job of allowing readers to understand what they are reading so that they can duplicate it while practicing. This is the textbook for Mixed Martial Arts 101, and should be in the library of every new student of the fighting arts.
The book's strength as a beginner's guide, however, is also its biggest weakness. The authors devote an entire page to showing readers how to get into the proper stance; two more pages and 12 photos on how to throw a straight snap jab; two more pages and nine photos detailing how to throw a straight long jab; two pages on how to throw a left hook; etc, etc, etc... Beginning fighters should love this, as it will allow them to understand almost exactly how Fedor fights; more experienced fighters with their own styles will find themselves skimming page after page of this book trying to find something that they don't already know. Those nuggets of gold are in there, but they tend to be rare because so much of the book is devoted to the basics. With such a grand title as "The Fighting System of the World's Undisputed King of MMA," many readers will expect a book that has more uniqueness to it. What they get is an excellent guide to the basics of Fedor's style, but little else beyond a beginner to intermediate technique manual.
The exact contents of the book are 90 pages devoted to striking, 53 dealing with the clinch, and 100 concerning ground techniques. The contents can be additionally broken down as follows:
- 24 pages on punching. Everything from multiple versions of the jab to the stepping in uppercut are covered.
- 8 pages on kicking. The kicks are very basic and do not go above middle-height.
- 9 pages on checking. This is a form of blocking strikes.
- 33 pages on counter attacks. This section puts together what was taught in the earlier striking sections. Strikes that happen after or while the opponent is attacking can often surprise an opponent and result in stronger blows.
- 12 pages on combinations. Multiple strikes thrown together as a combination often lead to a knock-out. My favorite is the setup for the "superman punch" that starts on page 106.
- 8 pages on combinations from the clinch. The short distance between opponents means that strikes must be thrown in a slightly different way to be successful.
- 8 pages on the Muay Thai Clinch. The Muay Thai Clinch could actually be a book in itself. The authors cover the basics of how to throw knees from it, counter it, and escape it. That's it.
- 32 pages on throws. Taking an opponent from the clinch to the ground can win a fight. This section covers throws from wrestling, judo, and other martial arts and applies them to MMA.
- 5 pages on takedown defense. There are only two techniques here: the basic sprawl to rear naked choke and the single leg defense. This section seems a bit empty, but takedown reversals have also been covered in other sections.
- 100 pages on ground techniques. This section is a mixture of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, and other grappling techniques. There are some interesting chained sequences in this section, but there is also one big failing: the basic positions of grappling such as the guard and mount are not significantly explained. Considering that the simple jab got a two-page treatment, I'd have thought something as important as the guard would get at least one - but it didn't. It seems as if the authors just expected everyone to have some prior experience in jiu-jitsu. The moves in this section tend to be relatively advanced, so I'd recommended someone new to jiu-jitsu pick up an additional book if they need to learn the very basics of ground fighting.
My final verdict on this book is: it is definitely worth purchasing if you are a beginning fighter or MMA enthusiast. More experienced fighters may be disappointed with the lack of advanced moves, but they will still take something away from this book if they read it completely.
Note: For those that don't know, Fedor Emelianenko is a professional MMA fighter that, at the height of his career, was considered the best heavyweight in the world. He has fought in organizations including Affliction, PRIDE, Bodog, and Rings, but not in the UFC (at least not at the time of this writing). He has wins over name fighters including Renato Sobral, Heath Herring, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Gary Goodridge, Mark Coleman, Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic, Matt Lindland, Tim Sylvia, and Andrei Arlovski.
0 of 5 found the following review helpful:
''THE BEST MMA FIGHTER RIGHT NOW BAR-NONE'' FEDOR'S REIGN HAS BEGUN!!! Jun 19, 2009
I DONNO.. WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THESE ''HATERS'' ON THIS BOOK.. IS A BOOK.. THAT TELLS YOU ''HOW TO FIGHT'' FEDOR TELLS YOU.. IN THE BOOK.. THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS TO DATE IS HIS ''BRUTAL RUSSIAN WORK ETHIC'' THAT HE HAS.. AND APPLIES TO HIS TRAINING REGIMEN.. NO ONE TRAINS LIKE HE DOES.. THAT'S WHY HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE ON EVRYBODY HE FACES.. I REMEMBER READING.. ABOUT MANNY PACQUIO'S TRAINING REGIMEN.. AND FREDDIE ROACH EVEN SAID IT.. HE HAS A ''BRUTAL WORK ETHIC AS WELL'' HE TELLS THE ''PAC-MAN'' TO REST AND PACQUIO DOSN'T LISTEN HE RESPONDS '' IM GONNA RUN'' CAUSE MY OPPONENT MIGHT BE.. DO WE SEE SOMETHING HEAR GUYS.. FEDOR & MANNY BOTH HAVE ''UNCONPARABLE WORK ETHIC'S'' AND THERE THE BEST IN THE SPORT.. WILL SMITH EVEN TALKS ABOUT THIS.. IN TRAVIS SMILEY SHOW.. IT'S ALL ''WORK ETH'' I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.. FOR ANYONE.. WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.. YOUR GETTING TRAININED BY THE BEST.. FEDOR.. AND FEDOR EVEN MENTIONS IN THE BOOK '' I CAN'T TEACH'' THE RUSSIAN WORK ETHIC IN THIS BOOK.. HE MENTIONS HIS UPBRINGINGS.. I LOVE THIS BOOK.. CHECK IT OUT.. I RECOMMEND FOR FEDOR FANS, BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATES.. NOT FOR EXPERTS..
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great Fighting Book Mar 25, 2009
I have had probably a hundred martial arts books over the years and this is one of the best for "down to earth" nothing fancy fighting techniques that work. I was very impressed with the knowledge of Fedor about strikes, balance, and always covering with the other hand when you strike. I was a boxing coach for ten years and had state champions. If there is one thing I have seen that is the number one flaw I see with mixed martial artists is when they punch they generally drop their other hand. Something basic but of utmost importance. Fedor covers it better than any martial arts books with the exception of "Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee who was light years ahead of those of his time. He spoke of mixing martial arts back forty years ago. This book covers strikes, checking kicks,(which many don't cover) takedowns, throws, ground submissions and just common sense wisdom by a man that has tested these techniques in the fires of real combat. He even states that you have to consider your body frame and use what works best for your type of frame. Which I believe is real wisdom. A tall lanky fighter uses his strength of reach and leverage in striking while a short stocky fighter uses his physical strength and grappling to stay with his strengths. The best part I liked in this book was mixing the techniques and formulating them into a fighting system. Is it the best system? It is for Fedor! Use what works best for you but this book is a sound book no fighter should be without.
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