For Experts Only reveals at last the moves that Carlson Gracie has taughtto such stars as vitor Belfort, Amauri Bitteti, Murilo Bustamante, Wallid Ismael, Mario Sperry, Kevin costner, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Mickey Rourke. Covering sports jiu-jitsu, submission grappling, and no-holds-barred techniques, For Experts Only provides a compete game of guards, sweeps, and submissions. Students will find that Carlson's famously aggressive techniques will expand their game in all directions, and advanced practitioners will learn the tips and secrets that make the difference between competence and greatness.

Carlson Gacie is revered as one of the grand masters of Brazillian jiu-jitsu, responsible for taking a technical sport and making it more physical, more demanding, and more dangerous. Many of the moves used in jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts competitons today bear Carlson's signature, and many of today's champions honed their games under his tutelage. Undefeated in nineteen professional fights, he now lives in Chicago, where he continues to train future champions. Julio Fernandez, a five-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Featherweight Champin, is a fourth-degree black belt and president of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu United States Association. He has trained many champions at his Vermont academy.

Contents

Introduction
Meet the authors
I Sport jiu-jitsu techniques
A. Takedowns
1 Back control when opponent sprawls
2 Single-leg teakedown 1
3 Single-leg takedown 2
4 Double-leg takedown
B. Guard work
5 Passing the closed guard 1
6 Passing the closed guard 2
7 Passing the closed guard-advanced variation
8 Passing the open guard to footlock
9 Passing the open guard to side-control
10 Passing the butterfly guard 1
11 Passing the butterfly guard 2
12 Spider guard
13 Jello guard
14 Taking the back from the half-guard
C. Sweeps and reversals
15 Closed-guard reversal
16 Foot-on-biceps sweep
17 Closed-guard reversal to top control
18 Jello sweep from closed guard
19 Reversal from the jello guard
20 Sweep from the jello guard
21 Omoplata sweep from the open guard
22 Open-guard biceps-control reversal
D. Chokes and cranks
23 Ezekiel choke from rear mount
24 Choke from knee-on-belly
25 Ezekiel choke from side-conrol position
26 Choke when opponent tries to escape side-control
27 Closed-guard lapel choke
28 Side-control lapel hcoke
29 Sleeve choke from the butterfly guard
30 Half-guard choke
E. Arm bars and ankle locks
31 Kimura from side-control
32 Kimura from knee-on-stomcah
33 Closed-guard lapel arm bar
34 Arm bar with shoulder control
35 Side-control to arm bar 1
36 Side-control to arm bar 2
37 Ankle lock form the side
II Submission grapping techniques
A. Guard work
39 Passing the closed guard 3
39 Passing the closed guard 4
40 Heel hook from the closed guard
41 Standing open guard to knee bar
42 Standing open guard to heel hook
43 Butterfly guard reversal to knee bar
44 Triangle choke when opponent controls your hips
45 Sweep and arm bar when opponent controls your hips
B. Escapes and defenses
46 Escape from the north -south hold
47 Escape from leg control to single-leg takedown
48 defending the guillotine 1
49 Defending the guillotine 2
C. Chokes and cranks
50 Neck crank from the mount
51 Scissors neck crank from the kimura
52 Traingle choke from the mount
53 Choke form side-control
54 Passing the half-guard to a neck crank
55 Neck crank from all fours
D. Arm bars and wrist locks
56 Kimura from the mount
57 Side-control 'cow's hand' submission
58 Side-control to knee-on-stomach to arm bar
59 Arm bar from the back
60 Arm bar from the closed guard
III No holds barred/mixed martial arts techniques
A. Clinch
61 Single-leg takedown from the clinch
62 Double-leg takedown from the cinch
63 Knee strike
64 Knee-strike defense folowed by uppercut
65 Single-leg takedown and side-control from the clinch
66 Takedown from the guillotine
B. Takedown
67 Kimura to defend a takedown
68 Single-leg-takedown defense with mount
69 Single-leg-takedown defense with knee br
C. Guard work
70 Punching from the closed guard
71 Foot strike from the closed guard
72 Heel strike from the closed guard
73 Omoplata from the closed guard
74 Triangle choke from the closed guard
75 Kimura from the closed guard
76 Punching inside the closed guard
D. Side-control and knee-on-stomach moves
77 Transitioning from the 100-kilo hold to side-control
78 Striking after a side-conrol escape
79 Punching from knee-on-stomach
80 Kicking from knee-on-stomach