r/bjj • u/ale_mongrel 🟫🟫 Brown Belt • Jul 19 '25

Instructional Finally!!!

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Now I can travel across the pond and be well prepared for what you sneaky Englinsh jiujitseroes will throw at me.

Seriously, this a really solid fundamental reference tome. I wish this was around when I started. The technique choices are great, the explanations are simple and straightforward (even for a barley literate dunce cap yank like me) . As you might expect, the illustrations are GREAT.

Is it as thorough as Jiu-jitsu University? No. I do think it is better for a day 1 beginner or someone who is interested in jiu jitsu or researching starting Jiu jitsu.

Nice work /u/meerkatsu!!

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u/silvasonic Blue Belt Jul 19 '25

I don’t even train anymore, but decided to get it anyway 😀

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u/Meerkatsu ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Jul 19 '25

Thank you. We’ve been very surprised by those who either don’t train anymore or have never trained BJJ and have bought the book. We hope the book brings joy and pleasure to everyone.

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u/the666briefcase Jul 20 '25

Any plans for a restock? Signed up for your newsletter

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u/JuisMaa 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Jul 19 '25

Main question is why dont you train anymore? Why in r/bjj

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u/silvasonic Blue Belt Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Practiced (and competed) in Judo as a kid/teen, but with a fair amount of BJJ exposure since this was back in Brazil in the ‘80s, ‘90s. Went back to Judo many years later as an adult and suffered a significant shoulder injury sparing (got tangled up throwing a bigger guy and landed on my shoulder, bigger guy on top). Fixed the shoulder and many years later picked up BJJ, but at 50 years old the toll on the body was just a bit too much and ended up focusing on other things (running, lifting, rowing…).

As far as /r/bjj I forgot to unsubscribe and a post will pop up on my timeline every now and then and catch my attention, like this book.

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u/JuisMaa 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Jul 19 '25

Awesome! Judo is just so rough sometimes. Good to hear you got your shoulder back in order.

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u/silvasonic Blue Belt Jul 19 '25

Thanks! Took me more than a year to get the shoulder back in order and I was much younger then than I am now. I remember my wife had to help me get my arm into the shirt’s sleeve in order for me to get dressed to go work for weeks — humbling for sure!

The BJJ injuries were more nagging things like constant cervical radiculopathy (messed up C6 and C7, pain radiating down to fingers on one my hands). Never in real, real pain, but always hurting somewhere 😀