After reading the „Choque“ books, finally the new book by Robert Drysdale arrived!

I've been thinking about buying that one but have been dragging my feet cause I'm lazy and would rather just wait and watch the documentary. How is it?

I've only just started it but so far I think it's a bit of a niche book even by BJJ standards. It's not a history book as most people might understand the concept, but a compilation of transcripts from interviews that were done for the film (so a fairly raw oral history). There are 40 pages of material at the beginning and each interview has some introductory material on who the person is and why they were interviewed. There's no 'look inside' feature on Amazon, so I've snapped some pics of a few pages here so you get an idea of what you're getting: https://imgur.com/a/hDJzoGw If you're on the fence, I would say wait for the movie and then decide if you want more after that.

Cool, I'll have to give those a read, I love BJJ history! I wrote an enormous BJJ history article ages ago, so I'm always looking to update it with more info. :D http://www.slideyfoot.com[...]u-bjj.html

I've been thinking about buying that one but have been dragging my feet cause I'm lazy and would rather just wait and watch the documentary. How is it?

Love it! I read the first 30 pages now and it as an easy read...really interesting though! I like to have it as a Paperback, because the choque books by Pedreira i only read 'online'... It think Robert Drysdale's book is worth the buy, if you are interested in BJJ / Jiu Jitsu history / origins based on evidence and Facts, not myth ;-)

It's not out on Kindle yet, right? Or it is? Last I heard that was in the works: I don't want even more hard copy books cluttering up my bookshelf (small house, plus they're annoying to bring on holiday etc ;) ).

It wasn't when I bought it, but I haven't checked back. I would have preferred the Kindle version, too. EBooks keep my inner Marie Kondo happy.

Jacyntho Ferro article is up: https://simonbjj.com/ferro

Awesome, Ferro doesn't get anywhere near enough coverage! Good article, I enjoyed that. I have one suggestion: I think given it's a serious historical piece, it would benefit from a brief bibliography of sources at the bottom. :D Looking forward to more! :)