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The Closed Guard by Bernardo Faria reviews

The Closed Guard by Bernardo Faria has 69 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.90 out of 5. 93% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from March 19, 2018 to June 18, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed The Closed Guard by Bernardo Faria

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The reviews

• Nice

  Nice job

  Tamás C.June 18, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt7-9 yrs training

• Great!

  Bernardo's game is great for beginners

  Raphael G.August 28, 2025BrazilVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Danny

  Great stuff as ever from Bernardo all his instructionals are fantastic

  Danny B.May 31, 2025United KingdomVerified buyerPurple belt13-15 yrs training

• great

  great

  John M.April 22, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Great Foundational Series

  Bernardo does an excellent job explaining the intricacies of the closed guard. This series is highly effective for the new white belt all the way through the veteran black belt level

  Trent G.February 18, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• The Closed Guard

  Good overview of closed guard techniques

  Michael M.February 14, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Bernardo Faria Closed Guard

  Great job covering everything available from closed guard. Remind us that it is not a defensive/slow position

  Kevin J.January 27, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Bernardo Closed Guard's the Universe

  As usual, Bernardo does a great job explaining the technique and the execution. He keeps getting better and better as he does these videos

  Kevin J.January 20, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• A lot of good stuff from closed guard

  A lot of technics from closed guard that is both basic and advanced. Very usuful and Bernardo is always a treat to listen to.

  stefan a.November 5, 2024DenmarkVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Very simple and easy to follow

  Prof. Bernardo Faria explain wverything in detail. It's so eqay to understand and was able to apply everything during rolls!

  Vicente P.September 25, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Game change for me

  Fixou e ajustou todo meu jogo de guarda fechada

  lucas c.September 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Excellent

  Excellent Close Guard Instructional

  Shong L.August 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• closed guard

  very good. a lot of techniques you must know

  Dariusz O.June 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyer

• excellent

  Great summary, explanation, and resource for those dedicated to playing the closed guard.

  Robert M.February 11, 2024USVerified buyer

• oss

  oss

  Sean D.January 18, 2024USVerified buyer

• Best Skill for Closed Guard

  Very kind and detail explaination!

  Kim K.December 29, 2023USVerified buyer

• The Closed Guard

  Beranrdo Faria did a great job of breakig down several pathways of how you can use your closed guard to sweep, submitt or take your opponent`s back. He explains and demonstrates every technique and step by step and points out every key detail. It is about what to focus on as well as what do avoid. The techniques are shown as variations and follow up scenarios depending if on your opponent´s reaction or follow ups if you miss your primary technique. Highly recommend!

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  MarkusNovember 25, 2023ATVerified buyer

• Great curriculum builder

  I grabbed this one more from a coaching perspective to brush up on basics to show new students - ended up being a student again. Great attention to detail and complete closed guard systems - beautiful old school jiujitsu.

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  BearDog J.October 1, 2023CAVerified buyer

• Closed guard simplfied and put to work

  Professor Beranrdo Faria did a great job of breakig down a several pathways of how you can use your closed guard to sweep, submitt or take your opponent`s back. He explains and demonstrates every technique and step by step and points out every key detail. It is about what to fucus on as well as what do avoid and if missing what the consequenes would be. The techniques are shown as variations and follow up scenarios depending if on your opponent´s reaction or follow ups if you miss your primary technique. Highly recommend!!!

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  MarkusJune 6, 2023ATVerified buyer

• Amazing by Bernardo!!

  This is definitely one of the best instructional videos I have purchased! Bernardo is amazing at explaining techniques in a simple way and not going over to much unnecessary chit chat 10/10 Highly recommend! Game changer for sure!

  Martyn. B.May 18, 2023GBVerified buyer

• Classic

  I own the physical version of this video, bought in another era after a long waiting. It skyrocketed my game as a white belt… loved bernardo from the dijitsu dvds, but here was at his peak.

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  Rick G.March 1, 2023USVerified buyer

• Amazing Instructional

  Very good positions so much detail on things that you normally do automatically. It helped my closed-guard game a lot.

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  Leonardo G.December 20, 2022AUVerified buyer

• Great overview

  Very good overview of the closed guard.

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  Kris K.December 10, 2022GBVerified buyer

• Very Helpful

  Recommended to anybody starting their jiu-jitsu. Old one, but a classic.

  Marc F.November 18, 2022GBVerified buyer

• Good

  Good

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  Kim J.November 16, 2022KRVerified buyer

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