Erich Krauss Books in Order

Erich Krauss and Alex Pacheco examine the history and working life of the United States Border Patrol. Accounts of training, deployment and border enforcement explore the practical dangers officers face and the political pressures surrounding an often-misunderstood agency.

Erich Krauss looks behind Ultimate Fighting Championship competition through the experiences of fighters including Ken Shamrock, Randy Couture and Tank Abbott. Their personal histories and preparations reveal the physical training, mental discipline and drive that shape life inside the sport.

Ken Shamrock and Erich Krauss combine the fighter’s life story with an examination of his approach to combat. Accounts of his career accompany instruction in submissions and training, showing how personal experience and a demanding preparation system informed his fighting methods.

Erich Krauss follows survivors from a Thai village devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Their accounts trace the struggle to escape the waves, mourn loved ones and rebuild lives after a disaster that destroyed their community.

Dave Camarillo's grappling system combines judo with Brazilian jiu-jitsu to move beyond the limits of either discipline. This illustrated guide presents techniques and strategies for linking throws, ground control and submissions in training and competition.

This illustrated manual explains Eddie Bravo's rubber guard system for mixed martial arts and submission grappling. Detailed photographs and accompanying instruction show how its positions connect to defensive control, attacking options and a range of submissions.

Erich Krauss follows firefighters battling the 2003 Grand Prix Fire around Rancho Cucamonga in Southern California. The account traces the spreading emergency, decisions on the front lines and coordination problems that shaped efforts to protect communities from the advancing flames.

Eddie Bravo presents his twister submission and the grappling system built around it. Photographs and instruction explain the hold's place in his approach to control and submissions, drawing on techniques developed through competition.

Randy Couture explains the techniques and strategies behind his approach to mixed martial arts. This illustrated guide combines wrestling, boxing and other fighting disciplines, showing how he adapts them into an integrated system for facing different opponents.

Fedor Emelianenko’s fighting system is presented through detailed explanations and step-by-step photographs. The manual covers striking combinations, throws, ground attacks, and conditioning, showing how individual techniques fit together in mixed martial arts competition.

Karo Parisyan adapts judo throws and ground techniques for mixed martial arts. Illustrated sequences explain practical takedowns and submissions, connecting standing exchanges with attacks on the mat for fighters seeking to integrate judo into their training.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira explains the guard component of his mixed martial arts system through photographs and technical commentary. The book connects Brazilian jiu-jitsu with wrestling, striking, and ground fighting, focusing on developing effective offense from the guard.

Marcelo Garcia presents his X-guard system for competition with and without a gi. Step-by-step photographs explain grips, timing, entries, and sweeps from varied control positions, showing how the guard creates opportunities to unbalance and reverse an opponent.

BJ Penn breaks down attacks from the closed guard, including control, submissions, and sweeps. Photographic sequences show how to connect techniques and respond to common defenses, building combinations that keep an opponent from shutting down the attack.

Matt Lindland adapts freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling for mixed martial arts, emphasizing clinch control and close-range striking. Illustrated instruction links entries, takedowns, and attacks while showing how an opponent’s defensive reactions can create new openings.

Forrest Griffin combines irreverent stories with his outlook on fighting, toughness, and preparation. Written with Erich Krauss, the book mixes training observations and deliberately outrageous advice, revealing the humor and mindset behind Griffin’s mixed martial arts career.

Ten mixed martial arts fighters contribute techniques and strategies illustrated with extensive photographs. The manual covers striking combinations, counters, throws, clinch attacks, and cage tactics, showing how experienced competitors connect skills across the different phases of a fight.

Randy Couture presents conditioning methods used in his mixed martial arts career, with guidance from strength coach Jake Bonacci. The manual demonstrates exercises and workouts designed around the power, endurance, and sustained effort required in competitive fighting.

Interviews with prominent fighters and historical reporting trace mixed martial arts from early combat traditions to modern competition. The book examines the sport’s development in Japan, Europe, and the United States while exploring the experiences of its participants.

Decades after a pandemic and its treatment devastated humanity, Seth and Sarah make disturbing discoveries in distant settlements. Their separate journeys become a struggle to save the species while confronting survivors who may be more dangerous than the people they fear.

Forrest Griffin and Erich Krauss imagine life after civilization collapses in this irreverent comedy guide. Their exaggerated approach to apocalypse survival combines outrageous scenarios with the fighter’s blunt humor and a playful vision of a post-disaster world.

B.J. Penn, Glen Cordoza, and Erich Krauss explain a mixed martial arts system that links striking, takedowns, and ground fighting. Illustrated techniques cover cage work and combinations, alongside strategies adapted to a fighter's individual strengths.

Erich Krauss and fellow fighters introduce Muay Thai techniques used in competition. Instruction covers punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and clinching, then connects these movements with defensive responses, counters, and combinations for a broader understanding of the fighting system.