Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts
winning clinches, takedowns, & tactics
$34.39
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2017
Summary
CATCH YOUR OPPONENT OFF GUARD WITH WINNING CLINCHES, TAKEDOWNS, AND TACTICS
This innovative book demonstrates how the study of sumo wrestling techniques can benefit practitioners of modern mixed martial arts (MMA), as well as other grappling arts. Sumo, Japan’s ancient martial art, has its own particular variations of MMA-style body locks, throws, and trips, among other techniques.
Sumo uses distraction, angles, and leverage to steal an opponent’s balance and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594394096 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1594394091 |
| Author: | Andrew Zerling |
| Publisher: | YMAA Publication Center |
| Imprint: | YMAA Publication Center |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 317mm x 192mm |
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Critics Review
“I recommend this Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts book to those who want to improve their grappling.”
I recommend this Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts book to those who want to improve their grappling.” – Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, Former UFC light heavyweight champion Andrew Zerling has done us all a service by taking what has been commonly regarded as a compartmentalized martial sport, sumo, and allowing us a peek inside its history and principles and giving us the opportunity to see how rich this vein of information can be to inform the modern incarnation of MMA. – Mark Hatmaker, Best-selling author of thirteen titles including the No Holds Barred Fighting series
About The Author
Andrew Zerling
Andrew Zerling is a black-belt martial artist with over two decades of experience in a variety of styles. His work has appeared in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts and Black Belt Magazine with Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Renzo Gracie. Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts: Winning Clinches, Takedowns & Tactics is Andrew’s first book. Andrew Zerling resides in Rumson, New Jersey.
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