Book: Cauliflower Chronicles

I was in Barnes and Noble yesterday and came across this book by Marshal Carper called Cauliflower Chronicles. The cover of the book shows a "To Do List" that reads: "1. break up w/ girl 2. move to Hilo, Hawaii 3. train w/ BJJ Legend"...... so naturally I was interested.

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The books about a white belt from PA who dumps his girl and moves to Hawaii to train at BJ Penn's gym. I bought the book on impulse and looked it up on amazon when I got home and it has some pretty good reviews (http://www.amazon.com/Cauliflower-Ch.../dp/0982565879).

I'm gonna start reading it tonite. Has anyone else read it yet? Have any reviews? Heard anything about it?

Never heard of it, but it looks interesting. I think I might go get it

That looks a really interesting read...gonna second that Danny and grab a copy :)

hmm....newly found freedom? travel to a distant and strange land? train with BJJ legend? Sounds like a good script for a film. I may pick it up

yea, a whole lot of folks from a different forum that Marshal posts on says the book is a great read!

I've read it and bought copies for other jits and martial arts friends as gifts. It's a wonderful book! Highly recommend.

I read the book not too long ago, and while i always want to support someone writing about jiu jitsu, i didn't think it was that great. I really liked the books Blood in the Cage by L. JOn Wertheim and Falling Hard by Mark Law. The Mark Law book is more about Judo, but i definitely understood the feeling of getting lost in the history and details of technique. Either one is worth a read in my opinion

my friend told me that they use 10th planet jiu jitsu in that book
like old school etc etc

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Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

my friend told me that they use 10th planet jiu jitsu in that book
like old school etc etc

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He does. electric hair, etc.

Fantastic read!

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Originally Posted by WhiteMike2k9

He does. electric hair, etc.

Fantastic read!

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electric hair huh............ i need that to straighten my curly ass hair i have. fuck em fuck a huddle house that doesn't open on a sat night. its all good. ill eat eggs that sunday morning bitch.

Marshal is still growing as a writer but he adds a very much needed personal perspective to martial arts literature. Not many people will experience the kind of self developmental gains of jiujitsu or martial arts in general. I think Marshal does a good job of writing about the trans-formative effects of jiujitsu on one's character.

Great Read i would recommend it well worth the read

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Originally Posted by Don Blankenship

electric hair huh............ i need that to straighten my curly ass hair i have. fuck em fuck a huddle house that doesn't open on a sat night. its all good. ill eat eggs that sunday morning bitch.

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Who doesn't miss our beloved Don and his non-sequitur posts. I hope he's okay, he hasn't posted in a a while.

i'm all about sequitur posts

The book is amazing. I own it, and its a great book. Really got me inspired to travel to train as well. Marshall gives great love to 10th planet and talks about how he used some half guard stuff while training at bj's gym. You learn a lot about the culture out in Hawaii as well. Just an overall great book!