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The Butterfly Guard System by Rafael Formiga reviews

The Butterfly Guard System by Rafael Formiga has 36 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.89 out of 5. 89% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from July 7, 2018 to August 6, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed The Butterfly Guard System by Rafael Formiga

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The reviews

• Lots of transitions and sweeps

  A comprehensive system of butterfly guard to sweeps and use of x guard and 50/50 as part of the system. Techniques clearly explained in a step by step manner

  Mark S.August 6, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Butterfly guard

  Great explanation

  Piotr L.April 19, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• CJJA

  FORMIGA IS A GREAT PROFESSOR. CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS SEMINAR IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

  Rex A.April 4, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• CJJA

  really good instruction

  Rex A.April 2, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• great video

  This is a really excellent concept based DVD. I'm a small guy, not particularly talented and I've been able to implement a good chunk of it in live rolling

  gianfranco d.March 6, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• The butterfly guard

  Lots of techniques

  thomas d.January 21, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great info

  Just started this instructional and I’m already loving the techniques Formiga shares! Lots of knowledge and details that are new to me:)

  Zach S.December 31, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• CJJA

  I always enjoy this instructional, has very good content

  Rex A.December 16, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Excellent.

  Very clear and concise instructions on how to utilize the butterfly guard. Highly recommended.

  Joel L.November 1, 2025United StatesVerified buyer

• The butterfly guard- rafael barbosa

  Loved it - very good explanation

  Warren R.September 12, 2025South AfricaVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• butterfly and x guard.

  i thinked butterfly guar and x guard are one set. many easy combinations

  sin l.July 2, 2025South KoreaVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Great

  Great techniques, easy to follow, suitable at all levels.

  Rolands P.April 1, 2025LatviaVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• CJJA

  I enjoyed this instruction has really good information

  Rex A.March 28, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• Not your mothers butterfly

  Fantastic old school butterfly action.

  Jordan G.March 17, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• all of butterfly guard

  excellent advice and techniques for those who prefer to work from this guard

  gianfranco d.February 28, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• A great introduction to butterfly

  This instructionional gave me the structure and understanding of what butterfly guard is. Is great for all BJJ practitioners but just perfect for newbies

  Rafael C.December 10, 2024CanadaVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• fantastic

  so many details!

  Nicholas M.November 14, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• butterfly guard system

  very technical, well explained material

  Neil K.November 4, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Short and sweet

  I enjoyed this butterfly guard video. It was a shorter video and very informative. Glad that is was shorter, easy to watch and train with.

  Tyler E.November 2, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt13-15 yrs training

• Learn from a legend!

  Rafael Formiga is a legend of the sport, currently an 11x master world champion. He uses butterfly guard in almost every fight and now you can see his techniques and strategies explained in great detail. He shows the basics along with more complex positions, but they are systematic and easy to apply. Highly recommend this video!

  Ramsey G.September 3, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• best butterfly

  between Marcelo, Adam,Jon, I find this to be the easist to understand and a butterfly style that works well with me

  Keith L.July 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Butterfly Guard

  Great instructional with some good details and various fixes for a defending opponent.

  Heather M.July 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyer16+ yrs training

• Needed

  Helped alot

  Katelyn A.July 5, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• butterfly

  very good technique and instructions

  David B.June 25, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt7-9 yrs training

• Interesting take

  Def some good stuff on this one

  David R.June 3, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• The Butterfly guard system Rafael Formiga

  Fantastic starting point to learn butterfly guard

  Thomas H.February 15, 2024USVerified buyer

• The Butterfly Guard System by Rafael Formiga

  great instructional

  John F.December 29, 2023USVerified buyer

• Great gameplan

  Butterfly+ x + deep half = complete bottom gameplan.

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  Rick G.October 17, 2023ITVerified buyer

• Great

  Thats my game now!

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  Igor V.October 11, 2023USVerified buyer

• Great Guard Instructional

  This series is great at showing transitions and sweeps from multiple guard positions. Professor Barbosa’s guard strategies are very helpful.

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  Thomas l.December 17, 2021USVerified buyer

• I enjoyed Formiga's buttefly guard.

  I enjoyed Formiga's buttefly guard. I am trying to improve my game on the potential sweeps from this position. I watched the instructional and I was able to use a lot of the moves during rolling so I strongly recommended it if you want to get better at this guard.

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻

  Gregory M.March 10, 2021USVerified buyer

• Awesome Butterfly Guard techniques from the best!

  These lessons will give you an in depth understanding of Butterfly guard from various positions. Rafael Formiga does not hold back on the details, his technical understanding of Jiu Jitsu is by far the best and this video demonstrates thats! I highly recommend this series!

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻

  AdrianNovember 16, 2019USVerified buyer

• Rafael Formiga's butterfly guard

  Excellent training video to the basic intricacies of butterfly guard sweeps and counters. I'm only through the first slice and have used much of it already when rolling in class. Thanks Rafael and BJJ Fanatics!

  Response from BJJ FanaticsKeep going the hard work. OSSSS

  Ross W.August 14, 2019USVerified buyer

• Good instructional

  Good instructional

  Jorge a.June 25, 2019GTVerified buyer

• Formigas Butterfly System

  Extremely technical instruction with moves that I haven't seen before. Even though I studied the butterfly guard for a long time, Formiga showed several techniques that enhanced my game and gave me new solutions for common problems.

  Response from BJJ FanaticsSuper happy to know it my friend, enjoy!

  Samuel T.May 29, 2019DEVerified buyer

• Great to see a tutorial

  Great to see a tutorial on this style of game. Well filmed, audio is great. Good work!

  Frederick S.July 7, 2018USVerified buyer