Championship Catch Wrestling: The Head and Arm Ride by Josh Barnett
96 reviews · 5.0 / 5
Josh Barnett · Combo
Championship Catch Wrestling: Bottom Defense & Counter Offense by Josh Barnett has 63 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.98 out of 5. 98% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from July 15, 2022 to November 6, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
23 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| White | 8 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 5 | 5.0 |
| Blue | 4 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 3 | 5.0 |
| Black | 3 | 5.0 |

Championship Catch Wrestling: Bottom Defense & Counter Offense by Josh Barnett is currently listed on the BJJ Fanatics storefront at $127.00 USD. View Championship Catch Wrestling: Bottom Defense & Counter Offense by Josh Barnett on BJJ Fanatics
The War Master himself does a great job concisely explaining the catch wrestling perspective to turtle and the referee's position. Great instructional if you're looking for an edge on bottom defense.
Not easy but realistic application!!
I really enjoyed this course. Josh Barnett is a fantastic teacher, and the amount of useful details he shared was amazing.
Good
Josh is a great instructor and gives you a completely different philosophy on escaping the bottom position using wrestling techniques, compared to going to your back as taught by Jiu Jitsu. To me, these techniques are very applicable to MMA or a street fight where you would not voluntarily drop to your back IE on a parking lot, concrete, etc. MMA guys are generally using wrestling standups off the bottom too. This is a very good instructional, especially for those who didn't wrestle
very good enjoyed the dynamic movement based defense approach keading to scrambling positions and getting back to the feet rather than closed gusrd trsnsitions allowing more offensive attacks
Great course under my favorite Catch wrestling coach Josh Barnett.
Excellent review of the key basics. Simple to understand and easy to apply. I keep drilling these in my students over and over again. A must have to your library.
amazing diferent take on submission grappling
Only scratching the surface of this tutorial but submitting me from behind has become quite difficult, even for the purple belts.
As an older grappler I've always had a problem with guard retention. This is the solution I've been looking for.
you probably have saved my life as a mma fighters this is straight gold for me is the best instructional on fanatics its better than Craig Jones gordan ryan and Giles those are still very good to have though
Josh is a legend and an incredible teacher, this is a great lesson for all ages and abilities.
Bottom game with ability to use dynamic moves to escape and counter. He is an interesting gentleman and his knowledge and passion makes the video very interesting and informative whislt direct, dynamic firs class and I speak with over 40 yrs grappling experience. ALways learning and always continuing my Jiu / wrestling journey.
I did not have the opportunity to learn wrestling when I was young, and I think I had many holes in my skillset as a consequence. This is one I return often to. Great for someone who doesn't want to play guard unless they have to.
This is a great, foundational download. It all comes back to the basics. I especially appreciate Josh explaining the importance of hip heists. They are very, very important and should be practiced all the time.
I was needing that
Just filthy
Nice info here for any grappler and stuff that can also be applied to self-defense situations. Highly recommended.
Great dvd ... As a fan who has seen all of his dvds I can tell this one is all the money worth
Fantastic material. Streamlined and pertinent info to learn from working bottom defense. Highly recommend it.
Impressive knowledge from the Legend J.Barnett, great recommendation for someone who wants to up their grappling game.
great details
This DVD has been very useful for helping me merge CACC with other arts. Great instruction and concepts.
Excellent, great instruction on the turtle position
This is exactly the approach that I was looking for and it really resonated with me. I love catch wrestling and have really enjoyed Josh’s method. I love pretty much all of his material. I’m pretty comfortable working from the bottom, but I prefer the catch wrestling defensive position of dominance and aggression. Josh does an excellent job of keeping things straightforward and it’s easy to grasp. I will be implementing all these things into my training for sure. Thanks for the recommendation!
JB is a funny and great teacher. On point. Focusing on commonalities of the arts as grappling. Just to distinguish when necessary based on ruleset.
Excellent, one of the best catch wrestling instructors around
Catch Wrestling best. I use these fundamentals all the time. Like the man said you just have to work
Great insight & tactics for mma
Nice concepts for improve your game
Amazing content on the basics of Wrestling defence and counter offence with Coach Barnetts twist.
This video is a fantastic introduction to defending off the bottom without the guard. I highly recommend this video to anyone who likes a wrestle heavy approach to grappling, any mma fan, and anyone looking for a better defense in a rel life situation. I also think Barnett is one of the most underrated teachers on this sight. He is as good an any ive seen and I highly recommend any of his videos.
catch wrestling
Fantastic stuff, I've been a big fan of Josh Barnett's since the late 90's. Anything he puts out is gold.
Great instruction
This instructional has made a huge difference in my game. This was 1 of the 1st products I purchased & as someone new to jitz with no grappling background it immediately helped me put together a foundation to help me survive & escape bad positions, even mount some offense. Josh is thorough with his explanations, detail oriented but not overwhelming, & he isn't boring. No worries about nodding off during the videos! Worth the money.
The Warmaster provides great instruction on defense from a catch perspective that I have not seen elsewhere. Looking forward to putting this info into practice.
Amazing instructional
love using catch in mma/grappling!
Great Content, Well Explained!
Josh is the best. He shows and explains foundations on which you can build a LOT.
Cool way of thinking about bottom/turtle position. Great basic wrestling techniques and easy to follow explanations/demonstrations.
Great fundamentals of wrestling
This is my favorite Josh Barnett instructional, and one of my favorite instructionals in general. Really good for MMA or a real fight and gives a different gameplan for being on bottom. I'll be studying this one for a while.
Warmaster with another fine catch wrestling video. Translates very well for MMA and self defense. Highly recommend this video.
Increíble Barnett. Gran video tutorial.
My favorite Josh Barnett video on the app!! He should do more positional stuff.
This is a great video. It is a nice complement to the BJJ standard of only using guard when on bottom. Opens a whole new world of possibilities.
I purchased this after attending a Josh Barnett seminar this weekend. He taught for 3 hours and it was awesome. Simple effective concepts so I grabbed this instructional to help cement what I learned.
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