The Marcelo X Guard by Marcelo Garcia
131 reviews · 4.99 / 5
Marcelo Garcia · Combo
The Complete Butterfly Guard by Marcelo Garcia has 282 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.95 out of 5. 95% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from March 6, 2020 to November 7, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
On the weekends my family would visit my grandparents house in the Bay Area (they had cable). I would watch hours of baseball games and watch pitchers pitching on TV. I ended up pitching for a World Series game when I was in high school by practicing what I learned. If you want to sweep someone do the same with this class. Thank you Marcelo Garcia.
Great course! What I like about Marcelo is that he not only shows you the techniques, but he teaches you the mentality and mindset during the execution which is really important. You don't see just random techniques, but a "full story".
Thanks for improving my Butterfly Guard.
Great technique instruction from a legend. Lots of great details are reviewed closely.
Another great Instructional!
This is an outstanding instructional from a legend. My Professor plays butterfly a lot and this gives me a deep understanding of what he is trying to accomplish. It helps me either stop or slow his game down to at least get submitted in other ways!
Very useful details for someone that hasn't played much butterfly guard before
Great information and details. Very informative
Great and thorough Instrcuction on the butterfly sweep, one of the best most essential sweeps in BJJ, from its greatest proponent and practitioner
Great sweeps and easy to understand. Definitely recommend if you are getting into the position
Great sweeps and techniques easy to learn and apply
This has great information regarding the butterfly guard, it is also very clear that this comes from real experience on mats in competition or otherwise, this works! I recommend this very highly to anyone who wants to improve the BG game
Wish I had watched this sooner. I am no longer a caterpillar guard user. Nor a cocoon guard user. I am now the butterfly guard user. Although I'm not that beautiful. lol
Awesome. MG is an incredible teacher. He's straight to the point.
This was a good video. I wish it went over some of the basics, mostly intermediate and advanced. I wish he also had a focus for the Gi as well.
Great details and best person to learn the butterfly guard from
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Love it
Brilliant as with all of Marcelo's videos. Perfect explanation at a perfect pace. The start to finish chain is what I love about all of his tutorials. Most importantly, it all works so well, with practice.
Need further explanations? The best pound for pine ever teach you his favourite position… just perfect
What is there more to say? A must have from one of the GOATS! Very clear instructions and even as a blackbelt I learned a lot. If you don't know who he is I highly suggest you look him up and watch him fight against all sizes!
Worth it
Marcelo Garcia has a wonderful grasp on how to sequence lessons. Each lesson about butterfly guard stacks in a way that allows the student to understand the different options and scenarios of the position. Marcelo ensures that you have a flow chart of success.
Great instructional from an expert of the position. A great buy!
Tough position to master for me. This instructional is definitely helping!
This was one of the first instructionals I purchased from BJJ Fanatics. I was just starting at the time. The butterfly guard isn't considered one of the "fundamentals" in BJJ, but I think it's getting to the point that it should. It made a huge difference for me, even as a white belt. And it's a guard that is played through all the levels. This instructional should be required learning in my opinion.
The instructional has a great focus on butterfly sweeps from various positions rather than submission. It contains a lot of useful details. However there’s also a lot of repetition which can be exhausting at times.
A masterful instructional taught by one of the all time greats and a must have for any serious practitioner.
really helped my open guard game
Marcelo's butterfly gaurd series is like sitting on the mat next to the master. Clear and effortless on his part. Beautiful jiu jitsu I hope to emulate in some small way
Fantastic!
This Butterfly guard instructional by Marcelo Garcia is a real game changer. From the very beginning you will learn the concepts of playing safe butterfly guard and sweeping opponents. Thank you Marcelo for this instructional. Thank you BJJ Fanatics for being there.
So amazing to get instruction on this position from the best at it!!!
Very to the point. I am able to comprehend and apply these techniques rather quickly due to Marcelo's clear instruction. Thank you
Really cool to see the GOATS game in a instructional awesome!
Great information. I was literally doing EVERYTHING wrong when attempting to utilize the butterfly guard. The instruction was great and Marcelo presents it very understandably. After watching all 4 discs twice I took it to the gym and was using it like I had been doing it for a year. No more pancakes by bigger guys. Great to have in the arsenal.
At some point in this instructional Marcelo mentions that when he first started teaching he wasn't the best at it. This series stands as a testament to how great of a teacher he's become. All four volumes are detailed and well structured. You go through a journey watching from volume to volume in order, which is how Marcelo intended this to be watched. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in butterfly guard!
Marcello is spot on and easily helps you understand and apply butterfly concepts and techniques. BJJ fanatics is awesome as they continually try to provide discounts so we can improve our game via these videos and subject matter expert‘s. Thank you Marcello and BJJ fanatics!
Very easy to follow and understand!
So detailed and so precise. I've been able to practice on my training ***** so easily
Marcelo has one of the best if not the best butterfly guards. The video is high quality and despite a bit of a language barrier, Marcelo has some key concepts to help your butter fly guard.
Learned a lot.
Great instructional!!!
Can't go wrong with one of the best out there
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Great video
Excellent
Great explanations from a legend.
Watched it three times already. So many little details I pick up every time I watch it. That’s why MG is the best!!!
Great content, Marcelo give concepts on top of the technics which proves to be very helpfull
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