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Every book Craig Jones recommended on podcasts
Craig Jones appears as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, specifically on the MMA Show, where he discusses his career, training methods, and the history of grappling sports. Jones highlights several key instructional books and manuals that heavily influenced his development in jiu-jitsu. He shares how Eddie Bravo's Mastering the Rubber Guard arrived at a particularly influential time in his youth, noting that reading a specific chapter about marijuana even prompted him to consider smoking weed. In addition to Bravo's work, Jones recounts utilizing other martial arts textbooks and instructional resources, specifically mentioning BJ Penn's book, Kiro Pan's Judo for MMA, and instructional materials by Ryan Hughes, which he credits with changing the game for grappling education. Through these reflections, Jones provides insight into the practical literature of martial arts, illustrating how foundational technique books and instructional manuals shaped the training regimens of professional competitors and advanced the evolution of modern mixed martial arts grappling.
Books recommended by Craig Jones
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Lives
Lives by Plutarch is a classic collection of parallel biographies of famous Greek and Roman leaders, offering enduring moral and historical lessons from antiquity.
Discussed“I mean, we — I'm trying to remember what books I had; man, I had like, uh, BJ Penn's book, Eddie Bravo's book, like the actual textbooks, and then I started buying the instruction. I was like, I had Kiro Pan's Judo for MMA, I had Ryan Hughes; he was one — he really changed the game with instructionals in”
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Mastering the Rubber Guard
Discussed“I had Eddie Bravo's mastering the ragard book that came to me at a very influential time where I read the chapter about weed”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| JRE MMA Show #157 with Craig Jones | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2024-05-28 | 3 |