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Strategic Guard: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Details and Techniques | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joe Moreira, Ed Beneville
Publisher: Grappling Arts Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 84280
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0972109730
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780972109734
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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Product Description
The hallmark of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is the guard position. BJJ not only teaches you how to defend from your back, but how to be comfortable off of it and attacking from it. If you cannot fight from your back, you are not fully prepared to fight. Strategic Guard is a detailed, organized examination of the open guard with a particular emphasis on obtaining and maintaining the guard and attacking from the open guard. Strategic Guard features seventh degree black belt Joe Moreira's unique brand of jiu-jitsu, developed over the course of his 40 years of experience in iu-jitsu and judo. The essence of the guard is core body movement. Strategic Guard clearly and concisely demonstrates Moreira's methods for mastery of these core body movements, which make the guard the potent weapon it is. Strategic Guard is packed with over 2800 color photos arranged in intuitive, easy-to-follow spreads. Grappling Arts Publications prides itself on innovative visual presentations that have redefined how martial arts books are made, and this volume raises the bar again. Techniques are shown from multiple angles so you don't miss a thing. Illustrations highlight key points and demonstrate directions of movement and pressure. Thorough text descriptions provide insights and a wealth of detail for even the advanced practitioner. Topics are summarized into flowcharts using thumbnail pictures so that you can easily get the big picture. The secrets of obtaining and maintaining the guard position are organized logically and systematically. Subject matter is examined intensively. This is not some diluted attempt at covering all things grappling; it is a focused examination of critical aspects of the guard position. Table of Contents 1. Side Control Escapes 2. North/South Escapes 3. Deflection 4. Half Guard 5. Protecting the Side: Loose Passes 6. Protecting the Side: Tight Passes 7. Knee Through the Middle Counters 8. Under-Hook Pass Counters 9. Submission Counters 10. Sitting Guard 11. Sweeps (sitting guard)
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Strategically sound, tactically relevant November 11, 2008
Rev. Bodhi, RM, DD (OH USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been following the rise of the grappling movement since the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in Denver, Co., 1993. Since this time, exaggerations have developed about the importance of grappling skills in the martial arts arena, which have more to do with individual marketing claims than about the genuine importance of basic grappling skills. There are, however, fundamental truths about grappling essentials that are needed if one desires to become a well-rounded fighter. Enter: The Strategic Guard, Volume 3.
My personal experience in operating in actual violent combative environments has demonstrated a general requirement for the complete understanding of defensive tactics stressing basic escapes from disadvantage positions and repositioning strategies designed specifically to turn the tide of an initially bad situation into a better situation, in order to dominate the adversary.
During my experience in grappling competitions prior to the 1993 UFC era, understanding how to maneuver and operate from the bottom position from my back, made all the difference as to whether or not I was able to win the match, commandingly.
From my personal experiences in two very distinct environments calling for grappling skills, I believe it is imperative for competitive mixed martial arts athletes and hard-core combatants, both possess solid, basic skills of how to operate successfully, defensively, from the ground, in the bottom position, from their backs.
Volume 3: The Strategic Guard, does precisely this through its photographically rich--text-enhanced manual. The Strategic Guard specially addresses the needs a practitioner must master in order to change a position of disadvantage to one of advantage, and being on our back, one the bottom in an open-type guard is definitely one of disadvantage, especially if we find ourselves here without our intention to be here.
Through a series of chapters addressing specific positions and maneuver, we learn the fundamentals of side control and north/south escapes; the basics for applying deflections against the top adversary's body in order to reposition our own body; how to better utilize the half guard position to our advantage. We will learn the best ways for protecting our side from loose guard passes and tight guard passes; how to defeat the adversary in a strong combative base against our open guard posture. We will learn how to take advantage of "underhooking" when one attempts to pass our guard as well as submission counters. In addition to the aforementioned skills, we learn to capitalize on a seated guard posture, and how to best facilitate sweeps against the top adversary to a mount position or a better top position in relationship to the adversary.
This book is not about being actively offensive from the guard position but more directed at learning what skills are needed when we find ourselves in positions demanding defensive skills in order that we might eventually become more offensive. This is not a submission-rich book, but the submission applications that are included are from unique postures with special applications designed to catch the adversary off-guard, making for a more secure submission when applied.
We must remember, and it is what this book is attempting to achieve, is that the fighter who is balanced defensively with a strong offensive capability, commands the match or the battle field. It is never sufficient to only know attacks or only know defenses. Offense and defense must be seamless. This book provides the information one needs to develop this defensive ability to transition one into the other more effectively.
The maneuvers in this book are highlighted with numerous, multi-angled photographs that are almost like watching a slow motion video. Frame per frame of detail, one is able to see the intricacies needed in order to master the basic movement demonstrated. With the models in different colored uniforms on a neutral background, much time and effort was made by the authors to provide the best possible visually intense learning format available to modern book technology. And since I am a visual learner, this book is outstanding as an aid to actual physical instruction.
I have had the opportunity to review many of the top publishing companies books specializing in jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts, and while their formats are good, the visual format created within the Strategic Guard, is superior, for the simple reason, after each chapter, a series of chained movements are added, so that the reader has the opportunity to visualize a seamless applicability of the various movements demonstrated in each chapter.
One of my biggest complaints of other grappling manuals are that they do not illustrate enough detail needed to understand the movement and that they show the movement as an isolated entity. This book does not suffer this weakness. On the contrary, its strength is that Joe Moreira stresses the importance of being able to transition to another technique immediately when one is not working. He then goes on to show how we can transition one movement into another throughout the book.
I have not had the honor or privilege to review the two previous volumes of the Guard series. This is my first chance to review anything offered from The Grappling Arts Publications LLC. I understand that Volume One: Passing the Guard and Volume 2: The Guard, are currently being updated and revised for their 2nd Edition releases in 2009. It is my hope I will be able to review these up-dated volumes as potentially being very high quality learning aids. I am greatly impressed with the quality of the design and the internal format of this currently reviewed book: Strategic Guard. It is always a special treat for me to be able to review such well-made, creatively designed, aesthetically pleasing book filled with reliable, valid and credible information, as well.
From my perspective, I must award Volume 3: Strategic Guard, a beyond five star quantifier. I highly recommend Volume 3: The Strategic Guard to those mixed martial arts athletes and coaches who want to develop a wider repertoire of sound basic skills leading to advance applications in competitions. I also recommend this book to those lawful (law enforcement, security and military personnel) operators who are seeking a real advantage in a combative environment when their position initially is not one of advantage, but one where they find themselves on the bottom, on their back, needing to escape or reposition to a better posture in order to prevail.
Thank you.
Rev. A. Bodhi Chenevey, RM, DD
 Excellent detail October 9, 2008
Todd M. Farmer (Rockland,NY)
Great detail! Experienced fighters will appreciate this book, it explains and shows the finer details required after you have a working knowledge of the basics.
Much Improved September 30, 2008
Mark D. Mestel (Seattle, WA)
I purchased the two previous books by this author. While the information in those volumes was very good, the graphics were very small and difficult to follow. That has been remedied in this volume. The graphics are much improved and make it much easier to the techniques being displayed.
Strategic Guard March 10, 2008
Kevin B. Kester (North Carolina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All three books have been excellent. The quality of the paper and picutes in this one is by far the best of the series. This book has a lot of detail, practitioners of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu should be able to use this as a reference for years. This is not for the casual reader, but is full of tecniques and details to help the serious grappler have an impassable guard!
A must-have for the technician March 2, 2008
TapTap (Fountain Valley, Ca)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This third book in the series builds on the strengths of the first two. While the casual observer of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu may be dazzled by the flash of flying arm-bars and triangles, the technician is drawn in by the fine details of the ground game - positioning, base, control. Joe and Ed have produced another book that will improve your understanding of the ground game considerably. Having had these techniques applied to me by these guys and their training partners,and having used them myself, for over ten years I know they work. Brute force and speed can only take a player so far. The techniques in this book bring out the finesse and beauty of BJJ. Collect all three books, study, and then train hard.Strategic Guard
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