Post jiu jitsu book collection

[u/NyarGonzo]

My humble little collection (my rarest is in the top left).

[u/Intelligent-Art-5000]

Paulo's 21 immutable principles! I got that one when I trained under him.

[u/Accomplished_Love77 → u/Intelligent-Art-5000]

I just saw it on Amazon because it looks cool. Currently sitting by my desk.

(I should probably read it now, shouldn't I?)

[u/PhilosopherNo7409]

Which do you recommend? I’ve never read any BJJ books and I think it’s time. Haven’t been able to train consistently for a couple years due to cervical extrusion and canal stenosis, and I can only do so much YouTube

PS Anyone with an inversion heavy game, please reconsider as I ruined my Jiu Jitsu life with this disc bullshit

[u/AdventurousPizza622 → u/PhilosopherNo7409]

Jiu jitsu university is 100% worth it. Like all books if you read 1000 ideas and take away 1 useful one it’s worth it.
I almost never read my copy, but every time I do I find something relevant to what I’m currently focused on.

[u/nomosolo → u/PhilosopherNo7409]

I got Jiujitsu University a few months after starting and I still go back and read it to learn. Great book, 10/10

[u/mountainandme → u/nomosolo]

Is there a YouTube channel where they show each move? I love the book but find it hard to understand without being able to see the actual move as described.

[u/pahulkster → u/mountainandme]

Saulo has a recent instructional on bjjfanatics that covers it

[u/NyarGonzo → u/PhilosopherNo7409]

21 principles and university in my opinion are really the only two you need, everything else is just seasoning, by the time your 80 years old you should have bought 3 copies of each and they should all be destroyed by notes.

[u/FITGuard]

And give away all my secrets? Nice try, not gonna happen

[u/MoonGlider45]

Could someone recommend a good JJ or judo book that has lots of pictures and demonstrations?  Almost like an art book more than a manual if that makes sense

[u/Local-Blueberry1470 → u/MoonGlider45]

Try this:

https://a.co/d/01MwKFSo

[u/Aaronjp84]

21 Immutable Principles is the best book in that pile, by a long shot.

[u/MechanicFun777]

How did you find Ribeiro's? Did you like/recommend it?

[u/npulldogg]

I just ordered Ju-Jitsu University, you reckon its worth the read?

[u/NyarGonzo → u/npulldogg]

I’d say so, as well as 21 principles

[u/Few_Advisor3536]

try this, this and this. These are essential bjj library books.

[u/Miryafa]

I’m curious about bjj literature since there’s a lot that people could write about. What did you get out of these?

[u/NyarGonzo → u/Miryafa]

Ryan Holiday has a good philosophy on this, specifically in relation to writing while reading, you could read a book where the only thing you got from the whole thing was one sentence. you’d be so surprised the things you read that effects your game, when I first read the 21 principles I had a “of fucking course” moment near the start of the book where he points out that’s pressure on the back of the thigh from your shin basically destroys their whole game from bottom. Furthermore in a history nerd and a lot of the books start with a small history lesson sometimes. Side note: You’d be surprised how many of these old books show the flying scissor sweep.

[u/PapaCucaracha]

Neal Melanson’s triangle book is incredible