The Boogeyman Darce by Richie Martinez
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Rubber Guard: Concepts From Half Guard by Richie Martinez reviews, page 2
Rubber Guard: Concepts From Half Guard by Richie Martinez has 58 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 November 11, 2020 to July 29, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Awesome
Awesome Video. Helped my Rubber Guard Game a lot.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Worth It
I thought I knew my rubber guard game, but man he teaches an amazing rubber guard from half guard. I'm always getting stuck in half guard and not knowing where to continue, but thanks to Richie Martinez I now have a whole arsenal of weapons to continue with. Thank you so much!! Definitely worth the buy
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Definitely Worth It!
Great instructional from a respected and intelligent rubber guard player. Still relatively new to jiu jitsu and the Boogeyman made it easy to understand and really applicable to my game :)
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Tools for the tool box
I have worked on my half guard game for the past 2 years both top and bottom, and I'm always looking to improve. I'd rather be in half guard then full guard it just works better for me. Now this instructional has helped me put more tools in the tool box to further my knowledge. I love studying and applying new techniques so this is for beginners or advanced.
Response from BJJ FanaticsNice! 🤗A taste of 10th Planet from half and Z guard (long review)
In this instructional Richie Martinez teaches rubber guard from the half guard. The rubber guard is used as the basis for controlling your opponent providing the opportunity to either submit or sweep the opponent. The instructional is 1 hour 26 minutes long and comprises 21 chapters. The instructional (Volume 1 – 34 minutes) is structured firstly to teach multiple entries to the Jersey position. The Jersey position is half guard rubber guard – you are in half guard on your side, with your leg (L) is over their shoulder, your arm (L) is hugging your knee (L) trapping their shoulder and arm and your other arm is on the far side of their neck with your hand curled in a fist (i.e., palm facing you) behind your lower leg. Once the entries have been taught then Richie Martinez teaches the Meat hook position from Jersey position and this is where your arm (L) now moves from hugging your own knee to over your leg that is running across their back to hook under the armpit of their far arm and this frees your other arm to frame their arm (L). From the Meat hook position the first submission taught is a triangle choke. The next submission is the Stock, which is taught from Z Guard to the Jersey position to the Meat hook. The submission involves passing your foot (L) under their armpit and then pulling their far elbow towards the direction of the back of their head to apply a shoulder lock. The final two chapters of Volume 1 involve briefly teaching the fundamentals of Rubber guard from closed guard and a sweep from the Stock position to the top and then transitioning to the mounted Gogo. The mounted Gogo is a choke activated by your lower leg and foot across the opponent’s throat. Volume 2 (38 minutes) firstly teaches the Chill dog position, which is taught from the Jersey position. To enter Chill dog the arm (R) securing your leg over their shoulder is moved from the far side of their neck to the other side (i.e., inside). From the Chill dog position, a number of submissions are taught including Carni which is a shoulder lock; Gogoplata which is a nasty choke using you lower leg and foot in combination with your free leg applying pressure to his back and your arms pulling their head down to choke the opponent; and the Gogo clinch, which is a choke primarily applied by using your arms placed over their neck to pull the opponent’s neck into your shin. The next technique taught is the Jersey sweep which starts from the Jersey position and is used when the opponent is pushing into you. From this sweep you will end up in top position, either the quarter mount or mount position. Richie Martinez then teaches a position that he has called the Short stop. Short stop is entered from side control bottom. Rather than putting the opponent back into guard you turn to your side and bringing your leg (L) over their shoulder with the knee immediately placing pressure on their shoulder with your foot placed on the mat next to their neck. Your other leg has a Butterfly hook on their hip (R). From the Short stop position several techniques are taught including the previously taught Carni submission; an Omoplata; a sweep finishing with a knee on belly; and an armlock. In addition, a flow of techniques is taught starting in half guard lockdown and finishes with an Omoplata. Volume 3 (14 minutes) covers how to take the back from the Jersey position, if the opponent manages to pummel their trapped arm back in front of their body and the last chapter teaches a Stock submission flow. Note the Stock submission was taught in Volume 1. Richie Martinez explains and demonstrates the techniques clearly. I find that he is easy to listen to and effectively maintains my attention. The pace that the techniques are taught is just right. There is no mindless banter and he flows smoothly through each demonstration. As is the norm techniques are demonstrated multiple times from different angles. Picture and sound quality are good, as is the range of the single fixed camera. The available previews are consistent with the whole instructional. Richie Martinez teaches techniques that don’t rely on flexibility, as he uses angles so that normal people can train the rubber guard. In my opinion the techniques are interesting. They still rely on the normal strategy of firstly gaining control of the opponent and then applying appropriate and effective submissions. Unusually there are four preview chapters available, so you can get a good feel for the instructional. In my opinion, if the rubber guard or the half guard interest you should definitely purchase this instructional.
Great for big guys
I’m a fairly flexible big guy, 255, who always had an interest in Rubber guard, but not much success with it. Ritchie’s Jersey and meathook techniques were revolutionary for me tho. After watching this great instructional, with Ritchie’s easy to understand and retain teaching style, I was able to find great success in my home gym and several gyms I cross train at. Definitely recommend this instructional for everyone interested in rubber guard but scared of not being flexible enough to find success.
Response from BJJ Fanatics😀🤙Rubber from Half
A solid video that will teach you another method of attacking from the overhook. Richie has a different way of clinging the overhook. In a underhook heavy world, where deep half, lockdown, and half rely on it, it’s important to also think about overhook concepts. With this you can mix into a guard that is ready for anything, and something that mixes well in the no-gi world. Sean Williams, also has a similar system. So does Neil Melanson. I grab stuff from all three to make my own little overhook system. Of the three, I’d say RubberGuard/10th planet is the more eccentric of the bunch. The entire system meshes really well together (lockdown, rubberguard, spiders web). This tutorial is an interesting dive into pieces picked by a great grappler like Richie. My only critique, and it is a minor one, is something that anyone looking to get into the 10th planet system should know. Richie teaches the “STOMP” not the “STOP”. The STOMP and SUPER STOMP are important parts of the 10th planet system. Just a minor detail for people looking to dive deeper.
Response from BJJ FanaticsThanks for your review! 🤗Huge enhancement
If you get this with a discount code you are going to feel guilty with the amount of material you end up getting. Richie breaks down so many entries to Jersey and then workable attacks from the position that I feel I could implement the entire instructional into my game. His insight in rubber guard angles and creating opportunities to attack or transition to the back is mind blowing. Thank you Boogeyman for putting this material out there for those of us that can’t train with you in the 619.
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