Best books on bjj?

[DarbyBarby]

I'm thinking about ordering mastering the twister and jiu jitsu unleashed and figured a may as well check out some other books too, what do you guys recommend?

[D.Stachovak]

BJ Penn's MMA book is very good (I can't remember the name). I like Marcelo Garcia's X-Guard book too (I don't know how experienced you are,but it's pretty advanced). I also found Ken Shamrock's "Beyond the Lions Den" very helpful at one point...

[DarbyBarby]

Yeah I've got Bj Penns book it's pretty good I should look over it again. I guess I should really explain what I'm looking for in a book, I'm more interested in books with good concepts and drills and gameplan type content rather then techniques because I figure if I want a book for technique alone I should buy a dvd.

[Helge Båtstad]

Mastering jj . Renzo Gracie aint to bad.

[Ricky Chapa]

I like Jiu jitsu university by Saulo Riberio.

[Andrew Maxwell]

No-Gi or Gi? These are the books I own and have been benificial to my game;

No-Gi
Mastering the Rubber Guard Eddie Bravo
Mastering the Twister Eddie Bravo
The X-Guard Marcelo Garcia (Covers both the gi and no-gi techniques)
Submission Grappling Book & DVD combo Baret Yoshida
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Submission Grappling Royler Gracie
Judo for MMA Karo Parysian (Very best No-Gi Judo info available)

Gi
Jiu-Jitsu University Saulo Ribeiro
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belt Techniques Jean Jacques Machado
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Theory and Technique Renzo & Royler Gracie (Great fundamentals)
The X-Guard Marcelo Garcia (Covers both the gi and no-gi techniques)
Guerrilla Jiu-jitsu: Revolutionizing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Dave Camarillo

Awaiting
Mastering the Advanced Rubber Guard Eddie Bravo

[Jay Chow]

Jiu Jitsu University is good even if you are solely no-gi too, tbh

[Kurzy]

Ressurecting this thread because my copy of Jiu Jitsu University arrived in the mail yesterday and I just have to say I am enjoying the introduction immensely. Saulo's philosophy on survival, tightening your defense, overcoming fear/ego, indominable spirit, etc, is put into words that seem like they were written just for me.

I know it's Gi based, but the into alone has me sold on it. Can't wait to check it out over the next X-amount of years!

[bobby rivers]

I had to know alot about jj before I could truly appreciate his or Marcelo's book. It is a great book, but if you don't have a fundamental game plan already it can be random. They don't really know how to emphasize the subtleties to the tech or strategy. I read all of Victory Belts books and none came close to Eddie's in overall jj comprehension in the gameplan described. Lockdown, rg, twister side, mount.. I finally could see the overall picture.

[VictorV]

Anyone know anything about The Master Text by Gene Simco?