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Submission Fighting Techniques
Steven S. Iverson
*Submission Fighting Techniques* is a dense, no-frills instructional on the offensive side of submission grappling—the chokes, arm bars, knee bars, shoulder cranks, and ankle locks that end a no-gi fight. Written by Steven S. Iverson and issued by his own Spartan Submissions imprint, it belongs to the wave of independently published grappling manuals that appeared as mixed martial arts exploded in popularity. The approach is exhaustive rather than elegant: hundreds of techniques laid out across many hundreds of step-by-step photographs, with later editions widening the scope to stand-up fighting, takedowns, escapes, and reversals. Iverson writes as a competitor and cross-trained student of judo, sambo, and jiu-jitsu, and the book reflects that eclectic, results-first outlook. It won't win prizes for production, but as a thick reference to drill from, it's a genuinely useful catalog of finishing techniques for the practicing grappler.
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The author
Steven S. Iverson came to submission fighting by a winding route—Tae Kwon Do and kung fu, then boxing and judo in college, and eventually formal jiu-jitsu—and competed in organized judo, sambo, and jiu-jitsu. He published the book through Spartan Submissions, Inc., his own imprint, in the do-it-yourself spirit of the early no-gi grappling scene.
The book
The first edition concentrates on offense: more than 250 no-gi submission techniques—chokes, arm bars, knee bars, shoulder cranks, hip locks, ankle locks—documented in some 875 photographs across nearly 300 pages. A later, expanded edition broadens into stand-up fighting, takedowns and counters, ground fighting, escapes, reversals, and striking from all positions, illustrated with well over a thousand images.
How to use it
This is a reference to drill from, not a book to read through. Its value lies in sheer coverage and the step-by-step photo sequences; its limitation is modest production quality and the eclectic, self-taught organization typical of independent grappling manuals from this era. Best paired with a training partner and a mat.
For more context
It sits alongside the larger library of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission-grappling instructionals that accompanied the rise of MMA.
Sources - Amazon listing - Goodreads
- Type
- Book
- Author / Maker
- Steven S. Iverson
- Publisher
- Spartan Submissions, Inc.
- ISBN
- None
- Shelf
- Craft & How-to
- Location
- Colorado