How to Beat Bigger Guys: Open Guard Passing by Bruno Malfacine
43 reviews · 4.88 / 5
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How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard by Bruno Malfacine reviews
How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard by Bruno Malfacine has 120 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.90 out of 5. 91% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from December 25, 2018 to September 4, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Who reviewed How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard by Bruno Malfacine
31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown | 9 | 4.78 |
| Black | 9 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 5 | 5.0 |
| White | 4 | 5.0 |
| Blue | 4 | 5.0 |
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The reviews
Great course
Great course, it covers a lot of useful detail, including small points that really make a difference. I love the length, you don’t have to commit full days to get through it, and he packs a lot of value into a short amount of time..
Short Guy Jui-Jitsu
When I was a younger I rode bulls in high school, college, and professionally. When it came to learning technique from the more experienced riders I pick a bullrider that was the same build as me, same height, etc.. I consistently watched and studied his form of riding, how he handle certain bulls into his hand and away from his hand. I take same the concept I used with my riding, and have tranfered it to my jui-jitsu. I love the breakdown of the techniques, the small details he brings to light in order to make the technique work. Its so cool, to see him handle bigger guys with just technique. Like me, against a bigger opponent my strength is useless. Highly recommend this series for all jui-jitsu practitioners.
Good
Good techiques
While it doesn't focus on a single kind of technique or concept, shows a lot of good techniques for dealing with heavier opponents. Nothing mind blowing though.
Great value
This is a really excellent concept based DVD. I'm a small guy, not particularly talented and I've been able to implement a good chunk of it in live rolling
Chris
Solid info, I've started implementing it in these positions and it's launched experienced guys.
Nice
Amazing
the best on open guard
very well structured series, as only a champion could do
interesting work
Interesting series on different aspects of the guard, transitions, sweeps and submissions seen from different angles.
Bruno Malfacine
Bruno’s 10X teaching style stands out for its clarity and depth. He not only demonstrates techniques effectively but also explains the reasoning behind them, making it much easier to grasp core BJJ concepts. His approach helps connect the dots between individual moves and broader strategies, giving you multiple ways to elevate your game.
Amazing
Amazing video
Great techniques for smaller practioners
very solid technique to use against bigger more aggressive opponents
effective techniques
well explained and he demonstrated his techniques against a big guy
Worth it
Excellent techniques and explanations.
how to beat bigger guys bruno
butterfly guard
Sweep bigger opponents
Bruno is smooth. Great teacher
Sweep bigger partners
Bruno is the man. Smooth
great instructional
great job from the butterfly
Excellent
Excellent
How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard
David vs. Goliath: the comeback... as a winner. Purchase well amortized
how to beat bigger guys: Guard
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Bruno
Good techniques Bruno. Work well in all situations.
How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard
The instructor's explanations are clear, the techniques are easy to follow and the content is packed with value.
good
good
How To Beat Bigger Guys
watch this and Let's sweep bigger man！
Learn from the Pound for Pound Best
I revisit this instructional a lot, because it does help me with my guard. AND, it does work against bigger training partners!!! Bruno is literally the Pound for Pound best!!!
Game Changer
This is the 1st instructional that I bought from BJJFanatics, and it was so worth it!!!! I have become more confident with my butterfly guard and I've been making it work with Bigger Guys!!! Literally!!!
Great techniques
Lots of great and modified moves and techniques to help against larger opponents. I feel like this instructional shows a lot of stuff worth mastering as one of the smaller guys in my gym. It's fairly advanced which is to be expected when you are learning how to work against people with physical advantages.
The equalizer
Technique and skill can help overcome size differences.
Awesome gi guard instructional
Good techniques for someone new to BJJ
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Put your big boy pants on
Clear instructions. Haven't been able to try out most of these techniques yet but seeing as most of the people I roll with are bigger than me, I'm looking forward to trying them out.
Sweep everyone
If you want to sweep everyone buy this!
A legend
It's amazing the game Bruno Malfacine has developped. Wise moves. Thanks
Great gooning sesh
I tried to edge to this but I immediately exploded! Couldn't even hold it back! Clean up aisle, my pants!!
Beautiful!
I love how each technique progresses though a system. It's so easy to see the chains he is teaching and add them to your game immediately!
excelent details on SLX Xguard and Buterfly
as a smaller grappler these are guards I have been working on improving at, this is a great resource to come back to time and again to find new details.
Exelente
Very good open guard.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗How To Beat Bigger Guys: Guard
B. M. provides his butterfly/open guard. He teaches sweeps and back takes as well as straight forward submussions. He combines it with his x-guard game out of butterfly and shin to shin in the same manner. He demonstrates each entry and the key points of each technique several times with clear instructions concluded by the whole sequence out of different angles and with intermediate to full pace at the end of each section. Highly recommend!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Butterfly and X-guard
Good video. Covers many sweeps from Butterfly and X-guard. Very useful tips to prevent getting smashed.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤗Good tutorial
I already incorporated a few of the moves and tecniques from this turorial and it helps a lot.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Excellent
Well organized instructional Clear Concise Straight forward
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗DEFINETLY ADVANCED MY GAME
GREAT INSTRUCTIONAL, THE TECHNIQUES ALL FLOW TOGETHER AND WORK WELL WITH MY CURRENT GAME. THIS INSTRUCTIONAL SEEMS SIMPLE AT FIRST, BUT IS HIGH LEVEL!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗love it
Great stuff from butterfly
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗A life saver
As an older and smaller grappler, this instructional has saved my life against the young and ginormous
this video
love this ...im a small guy too.Bruno is a great person..i could tell the very first time i met him..great jujitsu as well!
Just what it says
Tired of getting smashed by big guys. I'm 155 and usually one of the smaller guys on the mats. This helped me
Highly recommend
Bruno's instructional helped me a lot with my guard game. It is well organized and easy to follow. The techniques are very effective. The first part covers butterfly guard, Second part collar drags, 3th. x guard, 4th single leg X guard. One of the instructionals I am re-watching many times. Highly recommend.
Good But Too Advanced for White Belts
Good open guard techniques, but on a higher level than I was looking for.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Nice!
I have been beating bigger guys with techniques shown in this video