I did take issue with one aspect of the book. That was the idea that you could easily transition the Gi Judo game to No-Gi. As someone who has been trying to work No-Gi Judo into my game for the past year I know this is not the case. I’ve also seen in firsthand when someone who is used to the grips of a Gi tries to fight without it. Mind you I’m nowhere close to his experience level but I feel that people reading this book shouldn’t think for a minute that they will be able to integrate the material here into their No-Gi game without seriously considering the gips and balence breaks both standing and on the ground. To understand just how different the No-Gi Judo game differs from the Gi game, check out any of Karo Parisyan’s fights and his DVD “Judo for MMA”.

I would have liked to have seen a larger variety of submission techniques besides armbars, triangles, and a few flying Omaplatas. I understand that these techniques are legal (save Omaplata’s unless you are attacking the elbow joint instead of the shoulder) in both BJJ and Judo comps but I still would have liked to see more. A 4 out of 5.

When I had a week of training, I thought Theory & Technique was a great book. A year later, I couldn’t find more than a handful of moves in it that I hadn’t learned better through normal classes.

The reverse happens too, with books getting better with age.

I got Jean-Jacques Machado’s Black Belt Techniques and Championship Techniques over a year ago, and didn’t really find them that impressive at the time. Now I look through them and find all kinds of techniques I had overlooked before. Jean-Jacques has been doing a lot of moves for a long time that become the “New Hot Thing” when a younger competitor starts pulling them off.

Would you consider posting your complete review in Amazon under each book, to guide future buyers? It’s a great comparo.