Reddit reviews A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting

If you enjoy reading, The Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan does a pretty good job of trying to explore "gameness".

'A Fighters Heart' and 'The Fighters Mind' by Sam Sheridan

https://www.amazon.com/Fighters-Heart-Journey-Through-Fighting/dp/0802143431

i couldn't put down Big John McCarthy's book. The guy was there in the beginning and was involved behind the scenes with regulation, getting rules established, and has a lot of interesting insight into big fights from the old days. I read the entire thing in less than a day. You will learn so much about MMA, how the UFC started. and how it evolved from Big John. He does a great job writing as well.

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Ken shamrock's - Inside the Lion's Den is a good read.

Sam sheridan's MMA books are all riveting reads. he was with big nog for the fedor fight.


I feel the need to mention Tank Abbott's "fictional" trilogy "Bar Brawler" as well.

The only one I know if is Sheridan's Fighter's Heart which has some of that. And some blogs.

This book was awesome, it's by Sam Sheridan it's called a fighters heart, basically like a journey though some different style, countries, and fighters, it was really good. Got fight, if that's what you are talking about is more of a humor book it is ok but more comedy than anything.
http://www.amazon.com/Fighters-Heart-Journey-Through-Fighting/dp/0802143431

I've two recommendations, I'm at work so I can't provide the links I'm afraid.

10,000 Hours : Paddy Holohan and Owen Roddy (Head Coach/Founder at Primal MMA, Conor McGregors striking coach)
Lads it's a fantastic documentary. It's so genuine.

The other is a book called "A Fighters Heart" by Sam Sheridan.
http://www.amazon.com/Fighters-Heart-Journey-Through-Fighting/dp/0802143431

It's a fantastic book as the author submerges himself in different martial arts. I've never read "A Fighter's Mind" but I have to assume it is just as good.

You (and OP) should read this book. It's about a fighter who does just that

Check out the Cauliflower Chronicles by Marshal Caper. It's a memoir of a guy who decides to go off to Hawaii for school but primarily to train with BJ Penn and what he learns throughout the process.

Edit: More books.

Related to that is A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan. Sam is a pretty interesting character in his own right - he was a rich kid who went to Harvard and after graduation, instead of getting a job on Wall Street or in a lab he worked on a cruise boat, ended up in Thailand and started training Muay Thai. From there he gets into the world of MMA and the important figures in the world. Also check out his followup - A Fighter's Mind.

Here's one that isn't about BJJ or fighting but about learning. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin - a BJJ blackbelt under Marcelo Garcia and the designer of MG in Action. Waitzkin as a kid was a high level chessmaster - touted as the next Bobby Fischer but fell away from the world of competitive chess as a teenager and switched to martial arts instead. He fell in love with the Chinese grappling art of push hands - a form of wrestling, mastered it and eventually won the championships at the highest level of competition despite only starting his training in his mid 20's. His journey to being a BJJ black belt is also as incredible - he picked up the art in his late 20's and earned his black belt before turning 35.

The book goes into his thought processes on learning new skills and how to approach it. It is an immensely helpful book for your general life - not just BJJ journey. It has been infinitely helpful for my poker game for instance.

A Fighters Heart by Sam Sheridan. It won't necessarily make you "better" at anything but it inspired me to go to Thailand and I had one of the best times of my life. I planned to go to Brasil next but life got in the way.

Great story and kind of gives you some insight in many different aspects of fighting. Especially from the perspective of someone who doesn't have any illusions about becoming a professional fighter, but still wants to test themselves in that arena.

Devils advocate here, fighting dogs have to be put down. They are trained to attack other dogs. It's not like you can adopt them out to loving families and they can be whole animals anymore.

If you want an alternate perspective on dog fighting, read the book A Fighter's Heart the author goes all over the world experiencing different types of fighting, and he spends some time getting to know dog fighting too. By the end you will understand it as a sport a little bit better.