Okay this one is because I love the author and it is fun to look through the collection of very painful submission holds. If you ever get to see the video that accompanied it, you will know what I mean. It is now hard to find at a cheap price and you really need to be a bit of a MA nerd because the cheapest I saw was around $35 for an acceptable used copy (159 pages.)
The descriptions are not as clear as some I see now but the pictures are clear, and you can easily figure out all that is going on. Some of the odd holds should inspire how you can make things work no matter what.
The book is by the legend Gene LeBell: “Grappling Master: Combat For Street Defense and Competition”
The book is broken into 12 chapters: Grabbing you own hands for hugging and squeezing, the LeBell slap and catch, pressure against the back, neck locks and cranks, rib crushing, chokes and neck holds, leverage against the wrist joint and finger locks, abdominal pain, arm, elbow and shoulder locks, ankle, knee, groin stretches and hip locks and finally a garb bag of submissions.
So pretty much a bunch of ways to crank and bend and break every part of the human body.
Once again if you are a grappling fan and like to cover all bases then this is a book for you. If you are an MA nerd and like to see pretty much anything including the things that have moved us along this journey, then this book is for you. If it was available for cheaper then it would be for all.
For those who might not know Gene LeBell was Bruce Lee’s grappling instructor, and of course there is that Stephen Seagal story….