The Complete Book of Jiu-Jitsu
By Grandmaster Dr. Ted Gambordella.
125 Pages.
Introduction
THE COMPLETE BOOK of jiu-jitsu
Copyright 2001 Dr. Ted Gambordella
http://www.martialartsweapons.net
I have been studying jiu-jitsu for over 36 years and during that time I have
seen it rise from obscurity to great prominence in the Martial Arts. When I
first began my training, there were only a handful of jiu-jitsu students in my
hometown of Alexandria, LA, and even after 5 years when I left for college
there were still only a handful. I started the first jiu-jitsu club at LSU and it
grew to about 40 students before I left. Then I moved around LA, and Texas
and started a few schools and trained a few hundred students. I was the first
jiu-jitsu teacher in Dallas, TX.
It is an amazing thing to see the expression on someone’s face the first time
you bend their wrist, or lock their arm out. When they are just watching
from the side, they think that the student who is having their wrist bent is
just faking it, until they get to experience first hand the debilitating power of
the wrist lock, and the absolute control it gives the teacher over the student.
You see to really appreciate the power and beauty of jiu-jitsu you have to
really have a few locks and hold put on you.
In the last 5 years with the advent of the UFC and the great jiu-jitsu fighters
from Brazil and now America. Everyone in the martial arts knows and
understands the power of jiu-jitsu and finally everyone, and I mean everyone
is using some jiu-jitsu techniques in their teaching. Everything from throws
to wrist locks, to hold downs and joint locks.
In this book you will learn all the basics of a true jiu-jitsu system. You will
not learn any KICKS or any PUNCHES. Because real jiu-jitsu doesn’t really
have them. You will learn throws, wrist locks, hold downs, escapes and
chokes. Because real jiu-jitsu does have them.
The best way to practice the moves is to look at the pictures and try to
understand the move in your mind, before you actually practice the move
with a student or partner. Make sure you understand what it is you are trying
to do before you start to do it. It is much more productive to have a plan of
action firmly in your mind before you try to do it on the floor.
For any questions feel free to contact us.
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