Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts, 9781594394096
Paperback
Unlock MMA secrets: Sumo’s throws, trips, and tactics for grappling dominance.

Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts

winning clinches, takedowns, & tactics

$34.39

  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    31 January 2017

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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
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
What They're Saying

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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