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Are BJJ Fanatics instructionals good for older or injured grapplers?

Yes, and it is a well-served part of the catalogue. 1,490 reviews raise age, injury or reduced athleticism, rating 4.96 out of 5. 558 name a specific injury, most often knees and backs, and describe training around it with this material.

Computed from the BJJ Fanatics review corpus at build time. Last review in the archive: 2026-09-11. How this is built.

What the evidence shows

91 of these reviews make the specific claim that the material works without speed or strength, at 5.0 average. That is the claim an older grappler is actually testing before buying.

52 describe the approach as low-impact or efficient rather than athletic. Read those alongside the per-title pages, since this is a property of particular instructionals rather than of the store.

How the matching reviews are rated

The 1,490 matching reviews sit at 4.96 on average, against 4.95 for the archive as a whole. 0 of them carry one or two stars.

Evidence table

Each row counts, among the 1,490 matching reviews, how many contain a phrase pattern for that theme. One review can satisfy several patterns and then appears under each of them, which is why the column does not add up. Rows are ordered by count.

What positive reviewers wrote

Reproduced in full, exactly as submitted. These come from the 1,488 matching reviews rated four or five stars, 100% of the set.

• One of the best all around Instructionals

  Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys: Fundamental Game Plan by Bernardo Faria

  Definitely one of the best instructional for older guys and beginners. This instructional is good for beginners to build a good base and for the older guys to create a simple and safer game plan

  Albert V.September 8, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Precision wrestling

  Precision Wrestling For Jiu Jitsu by Shawn Melanson

  Love the blending of wrestling and jj. Simple takedowns that mostly won't **** my knees and that anyone can implement. Thank you

  AnonymousSeptember 7, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Jiujitsu for old guys bottom game half guard and closed guard

  Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys Bottom Game: Half Guard and Closed Guard by Bernardo Faria

  Great information, Bernardo explains each technique in-depth and demonstrates them perfectly for anyone to understand. Being an older grappler at 56 these are perfect for me to use. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to improve their bottom game.

  Richard B.September 6, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Super Helpful

  New Wave Foot Sweeps For Lazy People by Satoshi Ishii

  I am a 37 year old with bad knees. I'm all about the laziest way to do things and foot sweeps fit the bill. This is a great instructional.

  Zach M.September 2, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard

  The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard by John Danaher

  Making My Guard Harder to Pass One Sore Hip at a Time One of Danaher’s more practical instructionals, with a great systematic approach to understanding how your guard gets passed and how to stop it before things go downhill. There’s plenty here that takes drilling to become automatic, but for an older grappler like me, learning better positioning and retention beats trying to out-scramble someone half my age every time.

  Scott K.August 31, 2026Verified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Bernardo Faria’s Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys: Fundamental Game Plan

  Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys: Fundamental Game Plan by Bernardo Faria

  Finally, an Instructional That Understands I’m Not 25 Anymore What makes this instructional so useful is that Bernardo gives you an actual game plan from standing, to half guard, to pressure passing, and all the way through dominant positions and submissions without relying on speed or crazy flexibility. For an older grappler like me, this is exactly the kind of jiu-jitsu I want—simple, heavy, efficient, and designed around making the younger guy do most of the unnecessary moving.

  Scott K.August 31, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

What critical reviewers wrote

The same question, taken from the 2 matches at three stars or under. Published unedited and at the same length as the positive ones, because an archive that quotes only praise is not worth reading.

• Danaher

  Open Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher

  Decent content. Lacking moves for shin to shin and de la riva. Of course this was older, so the game as evolved since. But still good info and decent place to start

  J J.September 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt

• Not what I had hoped for

  Weight Training For Grappling by Michael Israetel

  The video was pretty generic with the advice given. Would have liked to see a bit more variety and more specifics on proper lifting techniques and injury prevention tips. It does give decent general info if you have zero lifting experience though. Although the best information was from the youtube videos that he recommends you visit, not on this actual video.

  JamesApril 15, 2024United StatesBrown belt16+ yrs training

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