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BJJ Accelerator Blueprint by Stephen Whittier reviews
BJJ Accelerator Blueprint by Stephen Whittier has 35 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.97 out of 5. 97% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from June 25, 2019 to February 6, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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The reviews
Great To Focus White Belt Training
This is the fundamental concepts you need to know as a beginner.
Outstanding Layout to Find Your Way Ahead
This is easy to follow, clear, and brings together all the different stuff you need to know as a white belt.
Bjj accelerator
Solid information covers basics good
One of the 1st Instructionals to Get
As always, Coach Whittier does an excellent job breaking down what you need to know. If you are less than a year into practicing BJJ you should watch these videos.
BJJ Accelerator Blueprint by Stephen Whitter
Heavy on verbal explanation but excellent details for beginners in Jiu-Jitsu.
BJJ Accelerator Blueprint
good instructional for new to jiu-jitsu players. Full of fundamentals necessary for development.
Accelerate your game
Lots of little details that seem basic but can really advance your game
Position before submission
The phrase "position before submission" gets tossed around a lot for BJJ, but most instructionals still focus on technique - specific escapes, sweeps, or submissions. This is one of the few videos I've found that goes in depth on proper body mechanics and positioning to maximize the effectiveness of any given position.
Concepts are gems
One good teacher who gets you thinking about concepts
bjj blue belt accelorater
it shows posture a lot of basics real good to learn bjj
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Cliffs Notes on the Fundamentals of BJJ
Stephen Whittier's other videos go into the weeds and offer a lot of great content. This video is the summarized version of everything else, yet the value of his insights remain intact. I really liked the video. This is the cold hard fundamentals of jiu jitsu. Everything else is just flash and noise.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Interesting concepts, that are well
Interesting concepts, that are well known but generally overseen and underexplained.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗BJJ Accelerator Blueprint
Professor Stephen Whittier offers great concepts and formulas to control distance and pisition to attack out of a safe spot or to keep you safe launch your escapes. He also gives great advice to training methodology. Highly recommend!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗BJJ Accelator blueprint by Stephen Whittier.
Good fundamentals that are applicable for all levels of grappler. Instructioal for beginners and a refresher for experienced grappler
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗fundamentals and concepts
Helpful concepts that allow you to progress consistently, especially as a beginner! great for building fundamentals.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great instructional!
Great instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻great for concepts
this is a great dvd for learning the concepts that underpin fundamental BJJ so as to get better at Jiu Jitsu faster and for a longer time without a plateau
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Whittier's approach to BJJ is
Whittier's approach to BJJ is unique and I found this video very helpful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Very good
This is very good material for any level, but especially for beginners.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Really helpful for integrating the
Really helpful for integrating the techniques im learning in class and how to understand the concepts of BJJ and make progress from week to week
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great Approach to Maximizing Effort
As someone who is over 40 and analytically minded, I really appreciate The systematic approach taught here.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Oh muse, let me sing the praises of Stephen Whittier's Accelerator Blueprint...
...because it deserves some praise! Keep in mind, I've got other instructionals from Mr. Whittier as well, so I just might be a tad biased. But it's the "accelerator blueprint" that I've liked the most so far. Why? Well, his stuff is universally useful, but the crucial part of the AccBlu that I like is him focusing on connection, principles, and maintaining position, instead of "do this and you submit him for sure, guaranteed". Not that there isn't space for both, quite the contrary - there's plenty of submission-focused instructionals and I've got some of them. But if I have to take one of keeping position and attempting a submission, I've found that it pays to keep the position. And that's the biggest challenge for a white belt like me. Also, keep in mind that Mr. Whittier mentions at one point that in his gym, submissions are relegated to the rank of less important moves, but his students still hit them during competitions. Why? Because if you can keep the position and isolate an extremity, the submission often becomes a lot easier! So in a roundabout way, this instructional should help your submission rate as well. Also, the way the material is presented (as a process, not as a set of instructions) is top notch. I wish more instructional/instructors presented the material in the same way! ...I think that should be enough for a review.
BJJ Accelerator Blueprint
Easy to understand. Presented at an appropriate level for beginners. Fundamentals of positions appropriate for all levels.
BJJ Accelerator Blueprint
Yup! It all starts with understanding the proper concept of things. A must!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Accelerate
Such a good instructional to understand concepts that often fall in between the cracks
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Really useful
Prof Stephen's this DVD is a real road map for beginners. He has some unorthodox and conceptual ideas which you can instantly apply on the mat. For example the bottom side control and bottom mount positions he suggests are different from what is mainly thought in schools but i can say they really apply and makes sense. Thanks.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Theory and concepts
Stephen puts a lot of emphasis on theory and concepts and his approach and mindset should prove to be very helpful. My BJJ can certainly use some acceleration.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great for beginners to experts
Stephen can be adopted early and used throughout your bjj career. The video quality is excellent and he is a really good teacher.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Must Have
Coach Whittier really breaks down the essentials of BJJ conceptually and practically in a logical format. By far the best money I’ve spent on any instructional. This is a must have!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Not fancy just works
I love Stephen's approach to simplify the techniques that actually work.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Value value value
The best bang for your buck! Simple but effective techniques that will improve your game immediately!
Amazing
One word. Thank you! If on doubt, buy!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Another excellent instructional from Stephen Whittier
I have purchased many of Stephen‘s instructionals. His focus on fundamentals and concepts is very different than the average dvd. I purchased this particular instructional for my wife who just started BJJ. She’s enjoying this video immensely, and It is helping her progress consistently in her training.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Focusing on not what is basic but what is important!!
Having watched many hours of instructionals from various big names, I had always wanted to give some of Steve Whittier’s instructionals a try. He talked a really good game in his approach. But I had heard good talk before and already had so much stuff to look at. And let’s face it, a lot of this “BJJ shortcut” stuff out there is meh...... Well I got a short set from him (BJJ accelerator course) almost on just a whim. The theory is short, to the point, and based on the process of learning. It hacks how to get the most out of learning and applying BJJ skill instead of trying to hack a certain move set. He then combines that with concepts of positioning, posture, and Rickson style connection as well as a situation sparring process (something I have always advocated as superior to the focus on the free roll that we all see in so many places) to give some really easy ways to build the base of the BJJ tree. It’s about learning how, within each position, to be in a proper posture to win those initial battles so that you have a solid base from which you can launch the collection of techniques you have been learning for escaping, sweeping, and submitting. Me and one of my coaches were playing around with his bottom side mound position and laughing at how silly / simple it was. We still need to test it more but for something that took 5 minutes to learn it was very very very cool. In short I think it may one of the best instructionals I have ever seen and I am looking forward to learning a lot more from him. Oh yeah OSSSS!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤗Tested sidecontrol position
I've enjoyed many Stephen Whittiers instructionals. Lot of them make sense, but real value comes from the mat lab. Today I tested the first position: sidecontrol under progressive resistance and it was good. Opponent could not improve his position or submit me even thou I let them take their best possible position. I know I was not perfect in transfering against stepping over my head (spinning back take - more practise and bottom side control will be a position where I can catch my breath...)
Response from BJJ FanaticsNice man, keep up the study/hard work!
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