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Pillars of Defense: Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes by Gordon Ryan reviews

Pillars of Defense: Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes by Gordon Ryan has 46 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 5.0 out of 5. 100% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from October 10, 2022 to December 24, 2025. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed Pillars of Defense: Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes by Gordon Ryan

11 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.

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Pillars of Defense: Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes by Gordon Ryan is currently listed on the BJJ Fanatics storefront at $349.00 USD. View Pillars of Defense: Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes by Gordon Ryan on BJJ Fanatics

The reviews

• Escape, join lock

  Comprehensive. I recommend.

  J J.December 24, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Really top

  A lot to learn here

  AnonymousDecember 2, 2025SpainVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• 5

  top

  AnonymousNovember 11, 2025SpainVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• amazing - saved me in a few rolls!

  it's Gordon - nothing else to say!

  Ben T.July 24, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes

  Upper Body Joint Lock Escapes

  채 한.February 13, 2025South KoreaVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Amazing

  Watched this over and over week after week for real progress

  Greg M.December 26, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• escape

  great

  alec w.November 17, 2024United StatesBlack belt7-9 yrs training

• Don't get submitted

  Watch Nicky's brother teach escapes

  Rafal T.October 4, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• How to beat Submissions

  Very good. Just missing the tummy ache defense.

  Rafal T.September 3, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Tons of content

  When looking at the table of contents, you could get overwhelmed by all of the different situations presented. However, Gordon does an excellent job of making key concepts appear and get mentioned over and over so that you feel like you're building your knowledge base as you go.

  Otto B.August 12, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Most detailed escape instructional

  This instructional is Gordon's best. The level of detail here is unparalleled.

  Brandon G.June 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Decrease your tap rate

  If you're struggling with escapes this will help your confidence and escaping ability. Gordon has a good teaching style that helps make his content easy to digest. If they go here you do this. if they go there you do that. It's a common theme in most of his releases.

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  KTFebruary 22, 2024GBVerified buyer

• 😀

  😀

  Paul M.February 10, 2024USVerified buyer

• ❤️️

  ❤️️

  Resul S.February 3, 2024DEVerified buyer

• Escape body

  Top super vidéo de gordon ryan

  Fabrice C.February 2, 2024FRVerified buyer

• Very detailed instruction

  Love the details!

  Jean L.January 28, 2024USVerified buyer

• Not afraid of kimuras anymore.

  Gordon Ryan courses have been pivotal in enjoying and staying on the journey of being a jujitsu practitioner. This particular one had made kimura grips less scary as in the past. I have a bad should Si would always that super early. Now I have a plan and not afraid of the grip anymore.

  Alexander R.January 28, 2024USVerified buyer

• well explained

  GR seems to explain things so I can understand and retain

  MATTHEW K.January 21, 2024USVerified buyer

• Review

  Excellent video!

  Micah B.January 20, 2024USVerified buyer

• pillars of defense: upper body joint lock escapes

  well covered and explained with details.

  TscharnerJanuary 16, 2024USVerified buyer

• Great instructional

  Great instructional

  Jacob S.January 14, 2024GBVerified buyer

• na

  na

  Nick G.January 8, 2024USVerified buyer

• It's great

  Love it

  Brian A.January 2, 2024USVerified buyer

• great

  it's awesome

  Randy R.December 28, 2023USVerified buyer

• great instructional!

  very comprehensive and effective escapes!

  Corbin V.December 27, 2023USVerified buyer

• Details

  Amazing as always

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  JamesNovember 5, 2023AUVerified buyer

• Great dvd

  Great dvd

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  BenNovember 2, 2023USVerified buyer

• great content

  Solid escape content that is easily translated to the mats.

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  Stewart H.October 11, 2023USVerified buyer

• Awesome

  Easy transition from watching to using on the mats.

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  Stewart H.October 6, 2023USVerified buyer

• another gem

  Like most of you I pretty much only follow Danaher and Gordon series. This has been a life saver for anytime i get caught in upper body joint locks.

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  Josh S.August 8, 2023USVerified buyer

• Awesome Instructional

  Alot of content provided, definitley helpful!

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻

  Jonathan A.June 19, 2023USVerified buyer

• Great!

  Great!

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  Vi D.June 14, 2023USVerified buyer

• Helped me protect my arms!

  As a smaller grappler, I tend to have trouble defending joint locks. This series has help me overcome the difficulties of dealing with stronger opponents and join submissions

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  Douglas T.June 12, 2023USVerified buyer

• Amazingly good

  Great instructional. Helped my game a lot.

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  ShongThiam L.May 30, 2023USVerified buyer

• good skill

  good

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  Hiroya N.May 30, 2023JPVerified buyer

• Joint lock escapes

  Definitely helped my escapes

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  Kyle K.April 18, 2023USVerified buyer

• I am very hard to tap after this

  would recommend

  gordonApril 11, 2023CAVerified buyer

• Really great stuff

  Overarching messages are extremely helpful and of course the techniques too

  Harrison H.April 10, 2023GBVerified buyer

• Great series!

  Gordon continues to produce the best content on this site.

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  James M.April 5, 2023USVerified buyer

• Escape from Upper Body Entanglements

  Another great instructional from GR on upper boy joint locks

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  Walter T.March 30, 2023SGVerified buyer

• Excellent joint defense

  Gordon shows you how to escape arm bars and joint locks in great detail. This is the best instructional on the subject

  Ros L.March 26, 2023USVerified buyer

• Bullet Proof!

  regardless of what rank you are Gordon's material is Gold worth every penny!!! once you know the system its like you are walking on the mat with bunch kind gardiners with black belts tied around their waste, after watching Gordon's instructionals number one question i get asked after every roll is what fck im i doing wrong doesn't matter what they through at me i got an answer lol thank you Gordon The KIng Ryan

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  OmidNovember 21, 2022CAVerified buyer

• It's always great instructional video

  It's always great instructional video !

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  Andre L.October 26, 2022USVerified buyer

• Gordon Ryan

  What more can u want Great 👍� product From :crown: Gordon

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  Terry L.October 22, 2022AUVerified buyer

• Decrease the chances of getting submitted to 0%

  Gordon Ryan has done it again. Yes, the price is expensive but learning how to escape upper body joint locks from the world's best competitor and teacher is a MUST HAVE.

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  anthonyOctober 15, 2022USVerified buyer

• Game changer

  I am a beginner, only started a few weeks ago and this is already a game changer! If you are new to BJJ, you know that escaping submissions is your goal number 1 right now, this is the course you need!

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  treatandtoneOctober 10, 2022GBVerified buyer

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