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    Grappling for Newbies: What every new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Submission Wrestler should know! (BJJ, Grappler, Judo, JiuJitsu)
    Grappling for Newbies: What every new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Submission Wrestler should know! (BJJ, Grappler, Judo, JiuJitsu)
    Grappling for Newbies: What every new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Submission Wrestler should know! (BJJ, Grappler, Judo, JiuJitsu)
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    Grappling for Newbies: What every new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Submission Wrestler should know! (BJJ, Grappler, Judo, JiuJitsu)

    By Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

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    About this ebook

    "Grappling for Newbies" tells you what you absolutely need to know before you search for and sign up at a grappling school and what you need to know afterwards. This book also lets you know things about training, instructors and academies that no one ever talks about (ever) or definitely wouldn't share with a new grappler.---

    This book puts you in the know:--

    Learn how to avoid the Revenge Tap--

    How to approach grappling with the opposite sex--

    What's a loyalty promotion?--

    Does Gi color matter?--

    Why the Gi is your best friend--

    How to avoid being thrown in with the 'sharks'--

    Avoiding pressure--

    Ways to improve outside of class--

    Why beginners are the most dangerous people in grappling--

    "Grappling for Newbies" also includes the innovative BJJ comic strip "Mouthguard!"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBakari Akil II, Ph.D.
    Release dateSep 5, 2010
    ISBN9781465706928
    Grappling for Newbies: What every new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Submission Wrestler should know! (BJJ, Grappler, Judo, JiuJitsu)
    Author

    Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

    When he isn't writing Bakari Akil serves as a Professor of Communication at Florida State College. He also writes for Psychology Today when he is not teaching, researching or coming up with 'off the wall' academic projects.

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    Grappling for Newbies - Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

    Grappling for Newbies

    Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

    Copyright 2010 by Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

    Smashwords Edition

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this report may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated and signed permission from the author.

    Manufactured in the United States of America


    Dedication

    To grapplers everywhere: past and present.

    About the Author

    Bakari Akil II, Ph.D. has been practicing no-gi Brazilian Jiu-jitsu since 2004 and BJJ with a gi since 2008. He has a Blue belt in BJJ and a Green Belt in Judo. Akil also has written about grappling for Black Belt Magazine and his blog, Jiujitsu365, has been nominated twice for Best BJJ Blog by the Fightworks Podcast in 2008 and 2009.

    Akil holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Florida State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at Florida State College at Jacksonville. He has taught and counseled hundreds of people over the years in areas related to graduate education, mass media and how to be more effective communicators.

    He also writes for Psychology Today and his blog, Communication Central

    Other books by Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

    20 Ways to Increase your Grappling Skills off the Mat

    The Lazy Man’s Guide to Grappling

    MUSCLE: The Beginning

    MUSCLE: The Case of the Cheating Security Guard

    A Vampire on the Mat (A Submission Grappling Vampire Story) 

    I love Submission Grappling! After my first no-gi BJJ class in 2004 I became obsessed. I bought instructional books, read forums, checked out blogs and thought about positions and techniques constantly. In 2007 I began a blog, Jiujitsu365, where I chronicled my experiment in practicing BJJ everyday for one year. For two years in a row it was nominated as the Best BJJ Blog on the Internet by Fightworks Podcast, The home of the Mighty 600,000.

    Since my first day I have had the opportunity to wrestle hundreds of guys, train in many different schools and meet all types of instructors. In other words I have had a lot of experiences, most of them excellent. Yet, there have been a lot of instances where I wished events had transpired differently. Although I thrive on the euphoria I feel after BJJ class it is still an anaerobic contact sport. Workouts can be grueling, progress can be slow and injuries can occur. I realized that there was a right way and wrong way to approach grappling.

    The friendships that I have developed during this time have also been great and I enjoy being able to mix with students and instructors from all backgrounds. At the same time, I realize that for many instructors teaching grappling is how they make a living. As a consequence, they have to make business decisions that may not always be in the best interest of their students.  Further, there is a political side to grappling schools that cannot be ignored and I wish I had known about before I ever set a foot on a mat.

    I believe in mentorship and it has saved me from wasting a lot of time and energy in my career as a college professor and author and in my personal life. However, I never had a mentor as a grappler, a person who could have pointed me in the right

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