Elevate Reading List and Learning Resources (YEAR 1)

Elevate Reading List and Learning Resources (YEAR 1)

This document is created as a guide, not a definitive list.  Use it to cultivate your learning in the Martial Arts.  These resources should not be a chore, but rather a way of discovering what you are excited to learn.  This will be a living document which will change often.  Feel free to drop me an email with any suggestions to make this a better resource.

White Belt

Books

  • The Art of Learning – Josh Waitzkin
  • The Fighter’s Mind – Sam Sheridan
  • Jiu-Jitsu University – Saluo Ribeiro
  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior – Dan Millman

Movies:

Blue Belt:

Books

  • Grit Angela Duckworth
  • Siddhartha – Herman Hesse
  • Drill to Win – Andre Galvao
  • Coaching For Performance – John Whitmore
  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
  • The Energy Bus – Jon Gordon

Movies:

Article

Podcast

Purple Belt:

Books

  • Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
  • Anti Fragile – Nasem Taleb
  • Sports Hypnosis – Donald Liggett
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
  • The Book of 5 Rings – Misashi

Movies:

  • Rocky 1-6
  • Pumping Iron
  • Tombstone

Podcast

Brown Belt:

  • Shibumi – Trevanian
  • 21 Laws of Leadership – John Maxwell
  • 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene
  • Thick Face Black Heart – Chin-Ning Chu
  • Leadership from the Inside Out – Kevin Cashman
  • Tao Te ching – Lao Tzu

Movies:

  • Rickson Gracie: Choke
  • The Last Samurai
  • The Last of the Mohicans

ALL BELT LEVELS

Youtube Channels to subscribe to

Blogs to read past and future posts

Subscription Sites:

Instagram Account:

Toro BJJ @torobjj

Cageside MMA @cagesidefightco

Cageside Concussioncast @cagesidewhup

ShowTheArt @xshowtheartx

 

Twitter Accounts:

Ben Fowlkes @benfowlkesMMA

Jack Slack @jackslackMMA

BJJ Scout @bjjscout

MMA History Today: @MMAHistoryToday

 

Podcasts:

Cageside Concussioncast

Tim Ferris Show (In particular both Josh Waitzkin Episodes Part 1 /  Part 2 / Part 3 )