Habits For Highly Effective Jiu-Jitsu by Garry Tonon
186 reviews · 4.98 / 5
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Exit The System by Garry Tonon has 291 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 December 9, 2019 to October 4, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
I have a ton of tutorials but I'm constantly re-watching this one. Tonon shows great escapes but he also shows how to go right from an escape to an attack.
Enter the system is not enough, you must know how to exit the system. Garry is a great teacher that's why I get all his DVDs. Hight reccomed.
This instructional is perfect to refer back to whenever you get caught in a submission and dont know any escapes.
These are easy to understand, follow, and implement in training. With only 6 months of training, I was able to watch this video, go to class, and teach others to use them with high levels of success. I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to learn to survive and break your opponents' offensive cycle. The instructional flows well and Garry is a great coach. I purchased this video just under 4 months ago and my BJJ escapes and understanding of positions has increased substantially. I have watched this video for probably 40 hours and I am still learning/improving on the techniques shown. My gym no longer has a coach (because we are located in a rural area) and I used this instructional to help myself/others learn escapes. The arm triangle escape was used in a MMA match by one of my classmates and he said it was the reason he escaped the position. I frequently get submitted, make a mental note of the submission, look it up on this video, and then teach/train the escape the next time we have class. Thank you Garry and I will most certainly purchase other videos from you!
I love this instructional and already feel so much more confident defending submissions.
Garry has some down to earth simple explanations unlike John, which is not bad, Gary keeps it simple. Overall I would buy any videos that come in the future from Garry. The concepts are like I said very simple and covers the most sumbissions escapes, the techniques and the moves and if that is not covered, you are more than supplied with the ideas and thought experiments to do it yourself alone, like he preaches it.
Great instructional on submissions escapes. Would highly recommend it to everyone!
Has given me much more confidence knowing people have a harder time to submit me. Explanations are very clear and to the point.
It definitely takes a lot of practice and drilling, but let’s just say, I’m called the zombie now in my gym, because it’s so hard to put my down with any submission!
A large amount of content that is surprisingly detailed.
Garry teaches his go-to defense and escapes (an important distinction) in a concise, easy to understand way. I recommend this instructional to anyone looking to improve their defense and cycle back to attacking.
Essential submission escapes
great
Fantastic moves / concepts from a master.
Best submission submission escape video out there. Really appreciated Gary Tonon’s advise on how to drill for this as it requires a specific approach to learning.
Buy this, after watching all 8 chapters I went to train with my head instructor, I got out of all of his attacks perfectly, he was so impressed by me he invited me over to his house for dinner and a movie, he even let me spend the night with his wife, we are going to be moving into a cozy 2 bedroom townhouse together . Thank you Garry
Gary Tonon shows escapes in his quick an straight to the point manner for almost every common submission
Garry is an excellent instructor, as a more defensive grappler, this is what I needed.
Best way to switch things up in late stage defense. I highly recommend this for all levels
Best instruction video for sub escapes. Priceless
Awesome to watch in one go, but also good as a reference for those tough rolling days.
Consise - Immediately applicable - watching as needed and it's working great. I'm not watching start to finish, I started with the submission I get caught in most, immediatley I am escaping more often and in a systematic way. Then as I get caught with things in training, I refer back here and get more help. Only not much on back defenses, if this is your focus perhaps you'd prefer something more back defence specific. 10/10 from me.
This is one of the best BJJ instructionals ive ever seen. Garry is a great teacher , very detailed and easy to follow! Missing out if you dont have this video!
Great Instructional
Very good instructional
Tonon is concise and articulate.
Great instructional with escapes you won't see mainstream
This instructional was a quantum leap for me. Improved ways to get out of submissions improved my whole game!
Great video with in depth details on escapes from some of the most common subs we all get caught in. Also, watching Garry Tonon simply flow through submission escapes is worth the price of admission in itself. Awesome VIDEO!
Really good escaping system from defending sequence to the attacking sequence. Garry is the Best :call_me_hand:
Goes through a bunch of useful submission escapes. The high elbow guillotine escape is priceless and got me out of dumb situations sooooo many times. Very easy for me to remember under hard rolling conditions. All seem biomechanically sound and energy efficient. This is a must-buy for anyone looking to have solid submission escapes
Tonon teaches very impotant bascis through cool bjj styles
garry teaches very important basics for bjj plus his grappling style
So much sweet escape content
Great in depth instructional!
This instructional is an embarrassment of riches. It's hard not to gush over how good this is. Garry is a master of escapes and he's just as god at teaching them. You also can deduce excellent offensive strategies from what is engineered to be a defensive jiujitsu instructional. One could become a blackbelt from studying and implementing the knowledge and techniques from these videos alone. This is the best and most comprehensive instructional I've ever watched. There's a lot of content though, so study in chunks, take notes, and watch it again and again.
Garry Tonon has truly helped me find my inner BJJ Houdini. After listening to Danaher say " You must learn to escape bad positions!' followed by "Garry takes that idea a little too far" I can honestly say that working these escapes and attempting to absorb some of the basic concepts involved, I have achieved one undeniable result: The despair is gone from my Jiujitsu. I no longer view every bad position or seemingly unsurmountable obstacle as a reason for a bad day on the mats. It is instead a problem that has potential solutions, counters, and most importantly it has helped me find a FUN new angle to approach my rolls. How far are you willing to go before you try to break free as opposed to our usual stiff methods of prevention? Are you willing to go the edge of the tap precipice and try your luck at a last second escape? While all the movements shown are fairly simple, the biggest lesson I took from this video was that if you get tapped in practice, SO WHAT. The only way to work these excellent evasions is to drop your ego at the door.
As a white belt, you will get attacked a lot by upper belts. There are tons of opportunities to implement concepts of this video which helped me a lot
This tutorial has helped me immensely in escaping and defending submissions when sparring with higher belts. Watching this tutorial series also gives a very good conceptual understanding on what to look for when trying to escape!
This will help you formulate a plan for escaping any bad position. Gary is an excellent instructor, and this video is a much-needed addition to anyone's library
Gary goes over the concepts important for becoming an escape artist. This will help me go beyond techniques and think about the big picture. I also like his selection of submissions to escape from. I recommend this to everyone
At the risk of sounding like a used car salesman, this is the kind of instructional that has something for pretty much everyone. Defense, specifically submission defense is a necessary skill we have to pursue to be any good. But what sets this one apart is the level of detail in the moves themselves as well as the concepts/principles that gives the ”why” behind behind the techniques. Garry also gives us the idea of counter attacks from out of escapes which is a skillset that’s pretty undertrained for a lot of folks. You’ll come out of this with a set of new “go to” escapes for sure.
Boost my confidence to attack without fear of getting submitted.
This instructional is great for learning how to systimatically dismantle your opponents submissions
I have all of Gary's instructionals, haven't been let yet down yet. Great detail and clear instruction
Well i’m a white belt and was able to escape an almost fully locked in triangle from a brown belt thanks to Gary Tonon so i think these techniques are definitely the real deal!
Clear, Succinct, Effective.
I love learning through defence as it feels like you get a better handle on factors which are key to a situation. This instructional just hits that point home.
Garry is a great teacher and a clever guy. He put everything together
Another excellent instructional from Mr. Tonon. Excellent details on escaping... from every position.
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