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Make Z Guard Great Again by Craig Jones has 200 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.99 out of 5. 99% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from February 14, 2022 to October 23, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
102 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 40 | 5.0 |
| White | 32 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 21 | 5.0 |
| Black | 5 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 4 | 5.0 |

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Great and very enjoyable content
Gives you a good system for your knee shield, and provides great details on what your opponents goals are and how to overcome them
good explanation and bild ip
Lots of details & laughs.
Great comprehensive instructional, must for knee shield players, CJ quite entertaining.
Craig Jones is very good in passing all the information for this amazing guard, and he actually made Z guarad great again
Great system for all including beginners
This instructional completely changed my guard game. After months of plateauing, I feel I have the basis of developing a very dangerous knee shield guard. 10/10 recommend!!
Great instructional
This is absolutely leveling up my knee shield/z guard
As always Craig mix humor with very deep knowledge. Applied several of the techniques taught here
good insights, learned a lot
Awesome techniques
Awesome instructional. Great offense/attacking options, as well as great passing techniques for the Z Guard/Knee Shield. Great info and well organized. Recommend for sure.
Well explained, plenty of useful stuff
Whole thing is awesome and really gave me a basis to expand my "guard" collection as a white belt. Craig is also entertaining af to watch.
This instructional was crucial for me to the point that zguard is fundamental to my style. Craig's teaching style makes everything easy to digest and practical to apply and implement in sparring. Incredible as always.
Bro if I where to decide to be *** I would hit you up. Keep if fun brother.
Great instructional. Shows the thinking on both sides of Z guard.
Awesome. Craig and his uke Tyler are knowledgeable and likable. Techniques in here ranging from introductory to advanced. Great concepts as well, such as using the Knee Shield / Z-Guard to help improve overall retention. Recommend for sure!
Improved my half guard
Craig’s Z Guard is legendary and the second best in the world. Learn his craft, copy his behavior in every way. Don’t question it.
Very useful
Dude dropped fire
Great video
Amazing truly diverse look into knee shield and all it variants and uses. Worth every oenny
Use z guard a lot on the mat especially as retention
Amazing
Second best Knee shield video out there
So far so good love the details
It's the funniest instruction l've ever received
Amazing
Enjoyable and detailed instructional
Make Z Guard Great Again and brutalize everyone who thinks smeshing is the onyl way
I have watched several of Craig's instructionals, and I think this one the best of the ones I have watched.
If someone like me can apply it you probably can too.
Goes in great detail on different things to expect when you play knee shield and using offensive dillemas between the upper and lower body of your opponent.
came for guard retention. I also got guard passing!
Simple, detailed effective
Very well organized. It has been really helpful for my guard game.
Very detail, funny and usefull instruccional of Z guard
I’m a guard player and this is game changer for me. It is a great structured system. Straight to the point and easy to digest. Good instructor! Thanks
I love how this man introduces that wonderful Z guard It is surprising to see how dominant you can be from a bottom position
Craig does a great job of explaining how to play z guard
since i started using the z guard my bottom game has gotten infinitely better. its where i set up the majority of triangles. definitely recommend
Excellent instructional, great details
great
as a tall guy who plays a lot of Z guard, this was really helpful to my game
Incredible
Really good good stuff in here
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