What book are you reading?

[bushido_man96]

Gracie Submission Essentials, by Helio and Royler Gracie.  Trying to soak up what I can for BJJ classes.

[DarthPenguin]

17 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

Gracie Submission Essentials, by Helio and Royler Gracie.  Trying to soak up what I can for BJJ classes.

You have likely already had it recommended / read it but the best book i have read myself for BJJ is Saulo Ribeiro's Jiu Jitsu University. Well written, clear pictures etc. There are also loads of instructionals etc. available online either to buy on topics or online resources to subscribe to. If you decide to go for any of them then my personal advice would be to identify firstly the style / area you wish to learn more of and then try to find an instructor with similar body type who teaches it. Eg for me i like to look at stuff by Roger Gracie as we are very close to the same size i think (granted he is a million times more flexible, stronger etc but body dimensions wise we are similar). Reason why i think this matters is everyone does things a little differently and if i learn techniques that have been adapted to themselves by a 5'6" instructor, while they will be correct and would work they won't be as optimised for me as they would be from someone with similar proportions

[KarateKen]

Chuck Norris Facts Book by Chuck Norris 

[bushido_man96]

On 3/31/2026 at 5:00 AM, DarthPenguin said:

You have likely already had it recommended / read it but the best book i have read myself for BJJ is Saulo Ribeiro's Jiu Jitsu University. Well written, clear pictures etc. There are also loads of instructionals etc. available online either to buy on topics or online resources to subscribe to. If you decide to go for any of them then my personal advice would be to identify firstly the style / area you wish to learn more of and then try to find an instructor with similar body type who teaches it. Eg for me i like to look at stuff by Roger Gracie as we are very close to the same size i think (granted he is a million times more flexible, stronger etc but body dimensions wise we are similar). Reason why i think this matters is everyone does things a little differently and if i learn techniques that have been adapted to themselves by a 5'6" instructor, while they will be correct and would work they won't be as optimised for me as they would be from someone with similar proportions

I have seen that book for years but never pulled the trigger on it.  I will pick it up the next chance I get.  Thanks for the suggestion!

[bushido_man96]

10 hours ago, KarateKen said:

Chuck Norris Facts Book by Chuck Norris 

I've got one of these, but it was written quite a few years ago.  If there is a newer one that is updated, I'll need to find it.  The one I have isn't a very big book at all.

[KarateKen]

3 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

I've got one of these, but it was written quite a few years ago.  If there is a newer one that is updated, I'll need to find it.  The one I have isn't a very big book at all.

It is a quick read.  I am not aware of an updated one.  I read this book about 15 years ago and decided to again since his passing.

Fun fact: The Chuck Norris jokes were started in 2005 by a then high school student on Long Island named Ian Spector.  He posted a few online one night before going to bed and woke up the next morning to the jokes having 10,000 views.  It immediately took off and Ian wrote a book about the Chuck Norris facts, then Norris himself wrote a book about it.  Norris loved the jokes and the memes.

Edited 22 hours ago by KarateKen
April Fools!

[sensei8]

1) 100 Things Raiders Fans Should Know And Do Before They Die by Paul Gutierrez, with a Forward by Jim Plunkett. The ultimate resource for true Raiders fans.

2) If The Walls Could Talk: Raiders. Stories from the Raiders Sidelines, Locker Rooms, and Press Box by Lincoln Kennedy and Paul Gutierrez, with a Forward by Tim Brown. A behind the scenes perspective on Raiders history from Oakland to Las Vegas.

3) Cheating Is Encouraged  by Mike Siani and Kristine Setting Clark. As told by the players who were there. A hard-nosed history of the 1970’s Raiders.

My wife, Linda, who’s a die hard Raiders fan just received these books. She’s starting with book #1 above.

I might read book #3 above because the Raiders of the 1970’s was a team to be reckoned with, not like the Raiders of today, imho.

 

(Edits because I can’t type or spell or autocorrect has lost its mind)

Edited 14 hours ago by sensei8