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The Ground Marshal Guard by Neil Melanson reviews
The Ground Marshal Guard by Neil Melanson has 51 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 March 27, 2018 to September 22, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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Who reviewed The Ground Marshal Guard by Neil Melanson
21 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Purple | 11 | 5.0 |
| Blue | 5 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 4 | 5.0 |
| Black | 1 | 5.0 |
Where to buy it
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The reviews
The bizarro Danaher
The best instructor that nobody talks about. Fantastic
Creative and solid
Great stuff, nasty and effective.
ground marshall guard
awesome, game changing
The ground Marshall guard
Awesome practical stuff, especially the Irish collar
The Ground Marshal Guard
This is a great instructional for both beginner and advanced grapplers. The level of detail is great for advanced players, and the techniques are fairly easy for beginners. The details Neil goes into on setting up and finishing triangles are worth the price on their own.
Detailed and thorough
Breaks down the closed guard with the small details that I'd been missing.
The Ground Marshal Guard
Excellent stuff as always from Neil
Ground Marshal Guard
Fantastic details for beginners and advanced.
Great stuff
Great guard applicable to MMA by Neil as usual
Worth Every Penny
Collection of unconventional and highly-effective attacks that will throw off the competition and leave them confused as to what happened. Thanks Neil, you're a beast!!!
Ground Marshall guard
Great stuff
Ground Marshall guard
Awesome stuff easy to understand
Ground marshal guard
Awesome
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Niels always good
Great
Neil Melanson for me is always the great man to learn grappling from and he always will be.
Specific details plus general principles
Besides showing techniques you just don't get anywhere else, this course has some helpful general concepts that apply to many situations.
Best advice
Neil breaks this down in such a way that it suits my style, so I don't struggle remembering ****, as with other instructors.
Neil Is the Man
the ground marshal guard
great insight
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Awesome stuff
I’ve got most of the stuff that he puts of and he never disappoints. This one is no different, full of really valuable stuff that I can’t wait to add to my game.
Fresh Approach to guard!
Great approach to guard with some unique techniques and catch wrestling subs included!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Top-notch
Great if you want to built up a brutal game. Neil is unique
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Top-notch
Great for MMA & submission grappling. Highly recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great
Great focus on posture control and how the guard can be used for mma. A good mix of techniques from guard without going into depth on each position.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥One day, when I grow
One day, when I grow up, I want to be like Neil. His instructionals are top notch and I like the details.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗great
great
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Neil Melanson does an outstanding
Neil Melanson does an outstanding job with all his instructional. Explanations for the mentally challenged man to to position they're body easiest. The material in this video is vast, so it's best to commit a few months.
Top notch
Bought the physical version lot of years ago… worth it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻This is only the basics!
Neils guard system made me want to be a guard player.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Good details
My guard needs a lot of work. These videos show a ton of little details that I am trying to incorporate into my game. I'm really glad I found this one.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Amazing instructional
Always learn so much from neil's instructionals. He's an amazing coach and always delivers.
My first instructional by Neil and I'm hooked!
Love this guy! Great instructional to start with and would recommend getting his advanced guard systems!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great video
Great material. Immediately useful.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻The way Neil explain concepts
The way Neil explain concepts is like no other.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Killer
Love all of Neil's grappling videos. Helps my evolution immensely
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I Don't Always Play Closed Guard, But When I Do... I Prefer Coach Neil's Techniques
I bought this instructional about halfway through my first year of training no-gi BJJ. I've always been more comfortable working from top position, but I reluctantly came to admit I had very little in my game when it came to offense from closed guard. Having previously bought instructionals from Coach Neil, if I was going to buy a closed instructional, I knew I wanted to buy his. I admit it took me a little while to warm up to this one. That's not a critique of Coach Neil, it's more representative of the fact that closed guard remains one of my least favorite positions. For me, two of the most valuable parts of this instructional are the body position basics and closed guard breakdown sections. The details Coach Neil provides about optimal posture when you're playing closed guard and how to move your opponent with your lower body are things my coach has only mentioned briefly in class and that I don't see mentioned much in YouTube videos about closed guard. If triangles are your go-to submission from closed guard, you will LOVE this instructional! I'm slowly trying to become more confident with them, and there are definitely a couple of setups Coach Neil shows that I want to try in sparring some time. I also really like the Irish collar section. I enjoyed the YouTube video he has on it, and I was happy to see provides a much more comprehensive overview of the position in this instructional. I'm giving this instructional 4 stars instead of 5 because I would've liked to see Coach Neil cover a sweep or two (I bet he has some pretty cool ones!). However, I suspect that would've meant making other sections shorter or eliminating them completely. Also, I was a bit disappointed by the production value in this one. I'm betting it was released in BJJ Fanatics' earlier years because the production quality doesn't live up to the standard I've come to expect from them (e.g., you can hear the cameraman coughing and opening some sort of wrapper at various points).
Game changing
I was never much of a guard player. Coach Neil has begun the conversion. Great material that has been easy to add to my game.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Great tools to add to your belt
I have been training for about 10 years. This instructional is one of the best BJJ buys I ever made. Neil's explanations are detailed and highly effective. I have been able to use the techniques immediately in my rolls. Thank you Neil!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Very great stuf. I strongly
Very great stuf. I strongly recomend
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Battle Tested Grappling
It’s not just Neil’s pedigree as an MMA coach and unique style that makes his instructionals valuable, it’s the fact that in everything he teaches there is the consideration of getting punched. This has changed the dynamic of my training, if anyone has trained in Jiu Jitsu then gone to an MMA club to grapple you will know what I mean. Neil provides innovative no nonsense pathways to manhandling and submitting your opponents in an engaging manner and with great details. I have gone back to this DVD loads of times to revisit content. It’s a perfect example of why instructionals are so valuable to your learning process. This was the first DVD of Neils I have bought. Going on about 5 now #stayfilthy
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Amazing details
Coach Neil gave amazing details!! Oss
Response from BJJ FanaticsOSSSSVery good content, great explanations
Very good content, great explanations and I was immediately able to implement some new things into my rolls. Highly recommend!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Irish collar is a game changer
Love all the content on this dvd set. Neil breaks everything down so it’s easy to learn and added a new level to my game
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Awesome content and service
The content on this dvd was great and very responsive service from bjj fanatics.
Two thumbs up (none up the bum)
Excellent content. Some rather rare tips on there for a strong game off your back and fairly well complete in terms of allowing for working the tips, techniques and concepts into a broader game.
Neil is awesome as always!!!
Neil is awesome as always!!!
Unique guard system from a
Unique guard system from a detailed and articulate instructor. Very interested to try it !
Great instructional videos
Great instructional videos
Quality instructions
Quality instructions
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