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This page lists reviews 1,901–1,950 of 89,207, newest first, covering 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-01. The complete archive averages 4.95 out of 5, and the 71 lowest-rated entries sit in these same lists rather than on a page of their own.
Reviews 1,901–1,950
One of the best videos I’ve purchase
Overhook From Everywhere by Adele Fornarino
Systematic and easily implemented
Great dvd
Hit Them With The Earth by Nick Heflin
Awesome
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard by John Danaher
Making My Guard Harder to Pass One Sore Hip at a Time One of Danaher’s more practical instructionals, with a great systematic approach to understanding how your guard gets passed and how to stop it before things go downhill. There’s plenty here that takes drilling to become automatic, but for an older grappler like me, learning better positioning and retention beats trying to out-scramble someone half my age every time.
Bernardo Faria’s Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys: Fundamental Game Plan
Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys: Fundamental Game Plan by Bernardo Faria
Finally, an Instructional That Understands I’m Not 25 Anymore What makes this instructional so useful is that Bernardo gives you an actual game plan from standing, to half guard, to pressure passing, and all the way through dominant positions and submissions without relying on speed or crazy flexibility. For an older grappler like me, this is exactly the kind of jiu-jitsu I want—simple, heavy, efficient, and designed around making the younger guy do most of the unnecessary moving.
Gordon Ryan The Pillars of Defense: Turtle & Front Headlock Escapes
The Pillars of Defense: Turtle & Front Headlock Escapes by Gordon Ryan
A Game Plan for When Everything Goes Wrong What makes this instructional so useful is that Gordon gives you multiple ways to safely turn turtle and front headlock positions back into guard, a standing position, or even an offensive opportunity instead of just trying to survive. There’s a lot of detail to absorb, but having an actual escape system is much better than my old strategy of getting stuck underneath someone half my age and waiting for them to get tired—which apparently takes a lot longer than it used to.
Lucas Leite’s The Coyote Half Guard
The Coyote Half Guard by Lucas Leite
Old School, Simple, and Still Extremely Effective The Coyote Half Guard is a great system because it gives you a clear plan from bottom half guard—get the underhook, control the leg, create the angle, and work toward the dogfight, sweep, or back take instead of just surviving underneath someone. The instructional is a little older and not as polished as some of the newer eight-hour systems, but the techniques have stood the test of time, and for an older grappler like me, using leverage and positioning to move someone beats trying to bench-press them off me every day.
Gordon Ryan Systematically Attacking The Half Guard and Scrimmaging: Whizzer vs Underhook
Systematically Attacking The Half Guard and Scrimmaging: Whizzer vs Underhook by Gordon Ryan
Finally Making Sense of the Half Guard Scramble Excellent instructional that takes the confusing underhook-versus-whizzer battle and turns it into a system with clear options depending on how your opponent reacts. There’s a lot of material here and it will definitely take some mat time to absorb, but I’d much rather understand where I’m going than get into another scramble with a 25-year-old and hope for the best.
Gordon Ryan’s Ultimae Back Attacks and Escapes Bundle
Ultimate Back Attacks and Escapes Bundle by Gordon Ryan
Learn Both Sides of the Worst Place to Be Excellent bundle that gives you a detailed system for both attacking the back and getting yourself out when you're the one stuck there, with some great details on control, hand fighting, strangles, and escapes. There is a LOT of material to work through, but at my age I’d rather spend the time learning the details than have a 25-year-old hanging on my back while I wonder where everything went wrong.
Gordon Ryan’s Systematically Attacking the Back and Systematically Escaping the Back
Ultimate Back Attacks and Escapes Bundle by Gordon Ryan
Learn Both Sides of the Worst Place to Be Excellent bundle that gives you a detailed system for both attacking the back and getting yourself out when you're the one stuck there, with some great details on control, hand fighting, strangles, and escapes. There is a LOT of material to work through, but at my age I’d rather spend the time learning the details than have a 25-year-old hanging on my back while I wonder where everything went wrong.
Shawn Melanson’s Precision Attacks and Sweeps From Butterfly Half and Knee Shield
Precision Attacks and Sweeps From Butterfly Half and Knee Shield by Shawn Melanson
A Lot of Good Stuff Without a Four-Hour Lecture Really good instructional with practical attacks and sweeps from butterfly half and knee shield, and I especially liked how Shawn connects sweeps, submissions, and reactions instead of just showing isolated moves. It’s straight to the point and gives me plenty to work on without requiring me to sit through eight hours of video first—which at my age leaves more time for actually training and recovering.
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard John Danaher
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard by John Danaher
Making My Guard Harder to Pass One Sore Hip at a Time One of Danaher’s more practical instructionals, with a great systematic approach to understanding how your guard gets passed and how to stop it before things go downhill. There’s plenty here that takes drilling to become automatic, but for an older grappler like me, learning better positioning and retention beats trying to out-scramble someone half my age every time.
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard
The Fastest Way: To Develop An Unpassable Guard by John Danaher
Making My Guard Harder to Pass One Sore Hip at a Time One of Danaher’s more practical instructionals, with a great systematic approach to understanding how your guard gets passed and how to stop it before things go downhill. There’s plenty here that takes drilling to become automatic, but for an older grappler like me, learning better positioning and retention beats trying to out-scramble someone half my age every time.
Strangles & Turtle Breakdowns: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster
Strangles & Turtle Breakdowns: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher
A Lot More to Turtle Than I Thought Excellent breakdown of gi strangles and attacking the turtle, with the small details on grips, positioning, and control that Danaher is known for. It’s definitely information-heavy and takes some time to digest, but at my age I’ll gladly spend extra time learning how to make someone else work harder while I just tighten the collar.
The Expanded Coyote Half Guard System Gi
The Expanded Coyote Half Guard System Gi by Lucas Leite
Old-School Half Guard That Still Works Lucas Leite’s The Expanded Coyote Half Guard System Gi is a great addition to the original Coyote Half Guard system and adds more options, reactions, and details to an already proven game. It may take some drilling to really get the timing down, but for an older grappler like me, I’ll happily take leverage, underhooks, and technique over trying to move like I’m 25 again.
Great Intro to Leg Locks
0-60 Leg Locks by Troy Russell
Nice overview of the major leg locks!
Very Useful Theory of Defense
This is a good course that boils down the central ideas you need for defense and escapes.
Ashi Garami (Leg Entanglements) Made Easy
Ashi Garami (Leg Entanglements) Made Easy by Firas Zahabi
Good intro to leg entanglements.
Guard Passing Essentials by Marcelo Garcia
Guard Passing Essentials by Marcelo Garcia
Great instructional on the essentials of passing guard! Well detailed instruction on passing some of the most stubborn guards!
Systematically Attacking the Turtle Position
Systematically Attacking the Turtle Position by Gordon Ryan
Systematically Attacking the Turtle Position
Solo drills
Self Mastery: Solo BJJ Training Drills by John Danaher
Very clear explanation of drills very useful to understand and practice.
Pendejo !
The Pendejo Guard by Craig Jones
Good content from Craig Thx !
excelente
IBJJF Legal Footlocks by Jose Varella
EXCELENTE SE APRENDE MUCHO oss
BUEN TUTORIAL
IBJJF Legal Footlocks by Jose Varella
EXCELENTE SE APRENDE MUCHO oss
BUEN TUTORIAL
IBJJF Legal Footlocks by Jose Varella
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BUEN TUTORIAL
IBJJF Legal Footlocks by Jose Varella
EXCELENTE SE SPRENDE MUCHO
Good Intro to No-Gi
Foundations of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu No-Gi by Bernardo Faria
Good Intro the concepts of BJJ No-Gi, would recommend to anyone in the first years of training.
Great instructional
Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys Bottom Game: Half Guard and Closed Guard by Bernardo Faria
Bernardo always brings the knowledge!
Guard Passing
Passing the Guard: BJJ Fundamentals - Go Further Faster by John Danaher
Well explained
goood
Drill for Skill Chest to Chest Pin Escapes by Placido Santos
I love this
good
Drill for Skill Chest to Chest Pin Escapes by Placido Santos
I like this moving
good
Butterfly Guard Re-discovered: No Gi Butterfly Guard Encyclopedia by Adam Wardzinski
I love butterfly
Collar & Sleeve Guard a Systematic Approach by Isaac Doederlein
Good course
first instructional
Master The Move: The Ankle Lock by John Danaher
This has been a great instructional. Very detailed!
Awesome
Foot Prop Fundamentals Sasae Supremacy by Justin Flores
Fantastic instructional
Another gem
Strikes to Takedowns by Patrick Spano
The best part of the video is the different options based on the footwork.
Kids instructional
Teaching Little Ninjas by Luke and Amy Harris
Great instructional. I love to train my kid at home through play. This video will help you teach the basics to your kids.
GooD
No Gi Knee Shield Guard by Felipe Pena Preguica
This is simply a great guide from a living legend.
one of the nest series on half guard
High Precision Half Guard and Reverse Half Guard by Jake Mackenzie
Amazing techniques. I've always loved playing half guard and this DVD has taken that part of my game to the next level.
sick
The Expanded Coyote Half Guard System Gi by Lucas Leite
Nice
good stuff
Open Guard Compendium: Lower Body Guards by Ariel Tabak
great instructional and fresh approach.
Very interesting
No Gi Sneaky Submissions by Kaelum Kalista
Very interesting submissions
Nogi berimbolo System mikey musumeci
No Gi Berimbolo System Part 1 by Mikey Musumeci
Super Video
Excellent training for translations and combinations
Transition Mastery by Bernardo Faria
Excellent training for translations and combinations
wrist locks!!
Wrist Lock The World by Pete Letsos
the most underrated submission! great for old guys too!! Highly recommend!!
Good runs without a “gi”
No Gi Pressure Passing by Bernardo Faria
Good runs without a “gi”
A good guide for teaching young children
Teaching Little Ninjas by Luke and Amy Harris
A good guide for teaching young children
Understanding The Distance From Guard
Understanding The Distance From Guard by Gui Mendes
Good
Killer Turtle Attacks
Killer Turtle Attacks by Mike Palladino
Complete video of how to attack the turtle from the 3 basic positions. Really well done. Strongly suggest
The flat half guard
The Flat Half Guard by Jonatas Novaes
Great options specifically focused on when you get stuck in flat half guard. Very useful. Great sweeping options and reguards
Mastering Jiu Jitsu Escapes From Bottom
Mastering Jiu Jitsu Escapes From Bottom by Joe Woo
Excellent tutorial. I learned a lot from it. Now I feel more confident that I can escape more easily when I am in a bottom position.