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Tactical Turtle by Neil Melanson has 137 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.96 out of 5. 96% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from April 2, 2021 to October 31, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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get comfy
get comfortable even on bad situations using the turttle
Eduardo Telles ***** Turtle
Excellent instruction. Techniques well explained and thorough.
Great and Very rare content.
Very detailed, always wanted to learn turtile position. Worth it time and money.
tactical turtle
stoked to learn this one as well as crack the turtle as I believe these positions are some of the most common.
good stuff
one of the few instructionals out there that focuses on bottom turtle
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Brutal and Awesome
I'm a big fan of Melanson and the brutality of all he teaches. This is an excellent way to take a defensive position (turlte) and counter attack.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Dangerous
I use turtle now. Never ever thought I could use it offensively.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗😉Turtle Guard
This instructional is a must-have for any BJJ practitioner who wnats to improve its turtle guard. The instructor's attention to detail and clear explanations make it easy to understand and apply the techniques.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Pure gold
Absolutely great! Eight volumes about the turtle Position! Neil always shows techniques you can not find anywhere in that depth.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗fantastic stuff
Awesome stuff, so much material to work on that I'm going to be busy for a long time.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗I was waiting for this one
I bought this instructional as soon as it came out. Ever since Neil's kimura instructional, I was hoping he'd make a turtle dvd to expand on his kimura drill from that position. I was not disappointed. This dvd is HUGE , way more than I could've ever hoped for. Not only does this make me dangerous from a position that many bjj guys don't expect attack from, but it allows me to be comfortable defending from the bottom as a wrestler again. Great stuff
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great instructional
Great instructional!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗love it and it has depth
changed my turtle to an attacking snapping turtle position
Tactical turtle
By far the best video/ instructional I own or seen. Neil is the man of blending all things grappling.
Tactical Turtle by Neil Melanson
Excellent instructional. This will help greatly improve your offense and defense from the turtle position. Mr Melanson provides essential techniques that everyone needs to work from turtle to make this position so strong that your training partners will not want to be on top. Highly reccomend.
C.J.
Melanson is always great in the No Gi realm! Funny, Depth of application and a skill to teach it!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Couldn't Recommend Enough
This is a fantastic instructional. I bought this on a recommendation, and now look for more content from Mr. Melanson.
great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Just Stand Up
This instructional is a game changer for those wishing to learn a wrestling-esque style from the bottom. A bunch of great reversals and submission opportunities.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Top turtle
Neil gives a great overview of Turtle and how to not only be safe, but to use it as an offensive position. He is also very funny
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻****** Turtle. :joy::turtle:
****** Turtle. :joy::turtle:
Now I know.
I’ve never had turtle instruction. It was a position I knew about but not how to use it. Coach Neil has stepped in and given the insight I needed. Great lesson for a great price.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I have a number of
I have a number of Neil’s courses. They are always fantastic. If you have a background in wrestling, I expect that his material will feel particularly useful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Baiting with the turtle to hunt with the turtle!
N.M. provided a pro-active turtle system based on baiting and channeling your opponent's options to your favor. He offers four different kinds of turtle positions which are compartible. Based on your oppinent's (re-)action and your target you can choose and switch quickly. He offers a great concept/idea if the clock whereafter you should develop a bait or counter/attack on every angle around you. You will get get ups sit outs, single legs and double legs, ankle picks roll outs and back escapes. Connected with your own submissions. He always explains the goals and why un depth and sumole! Gighly recommend!!
The best nogi bottom turtle DVD currently on the market.
As turtle becomes more and more of a primary bottom position over guard in the world of nogi submission grappling, this DVD is a must.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Awesome instructional
Easy to learn great stuff from the wizard neil stay filthy
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Work the turtle
Really phenomenal and complete overview of how to address being in turtle. I always found turtle to be a position you would just be stuck in, but Neil really shows some of the advantages you can draw from it and how to formulate a plan before even going into it. I think it’s a great tool for no gi players but a lot of the concepts are certainly applicable in the gi as well. You can make adjustments in both games.
Proper good
Awesome as always, Neil is very clear with the what and especially why, good laughs too
will improve your game
Ive been using turtle as a reset position now in my rolls thanks to neil! The bottle neck piece is great advice that has helped level my game up
MUST HAVE!!!!
im using this video in my rolls and it works!!!!
Great approach to fighting from turtle
I appreciate his wrestling/catch/mma approach to fighting from turtle which gives a slightly different perspective than what you might be used to from traditional bjj. I love the kimura set up which I'm still working on but it's a super tricky move and he goes over it extensively.
Nice
Si good! ver y good and very nice variety of movementd. It fells like going from in Danger to dangerous in a Blink of an eye.
Great content, but not kid friendly
The content and instruction are great. I often watch instructionals on my phone with my kids nearby. I would not suggest that with this video.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Very thorough
Very thorough explanations of all important aspects of turtle defense. Favours standing up rather than returning to guard, which works well for my particular style.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Tactical Turtle
Excellent instructional
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great stuff - priceless
Transitioning out from turtle has always been one of the weaker areas to my game so I have spent quite a bit of time researching different instructionals and finally settled on this one by Neil Melanson. This is a great series and has improved my game dramatically. Neil offers a more different approach compared to the classical BJJ techniques. I am new to Neil’s work but will definitely be checking out more of his content
Response from BJJ FanaticsAwesome! Neil is sinister!From Defense to Offense
As a person who likes to go to turtle to be defensive against a guard pass it’s not only nice to have an improved defense but AWESOME to now have an offensive game from turtle
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Attacking from turtle
Attacking from turtle
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Give yourself more options from turltle
Great instructional that really gives depth to your turtle game.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Scarier turtle
Need to drill the techniques and tactics more but already having people second guessing to Chase my back
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥Changes the way you play
Really turns the turtle from a defensive postion to a highly offensive one
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great videos!
Really good concepts with some funny stuff said by Melanson.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻OMG SOOOO MUCH GREAT STUFF
Neil Melanson really layers on the value. this is one of the best instructional on how to play turtle. It goes great alongside Eduardo Telles and Priit Mihkelson's turtle instructionals. Neil really provides a TON of tips, tricks and key principles of how to defend and attack in turtle. You can really create a ton of movement here utilizing these principles from especially catch wrestling. He is also hilarious and entertaining while being informative.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻A lot of helpful content
Really thorough breakdown for turtle from a lot of angles. Has really helped my turtle game.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻tactical turtle
Awesome game changer!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Amazing depth and breadth
I love the turtle position, but it's hard to find good content on how to master it. This video has incredible breadth and depth. Coach Melanson is an amazing teacher and has obviously studied this position deeply. My turtle game has improved since I watched this. It's not just the moves he shows that help, it's the concepts and strategies that help me think about the postion. I am really happy I bought this.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Awesome
One of the best instructionals
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻revolutionary
transform a "weak" position in a mino of opportunities. great approach from neil... a really open minded guy that breaks the usual grappling mental paths with a lot of innovation.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great instructive video, but he
Great instructive video, but he goes on and on talking about it more than just demonstrating the movements. That is why I gave him 4 stars instead of 5.
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