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The Guard Retention Anthology: Through The Legs and Close Range by Lachlan Giles & Ariel Tabak reviews, page 2

The Guard Retention Anthology: Through The Legs and Close Range by Lachlan Giles & Ariel Tabak has 123 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.97 out of 5. 97% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from November 26, 2020 to October 31, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Reviews 51–100

• Solid Stuff

  Fixed my retention for both gi and no-gi

  Douglas T.August 18, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Guard retention breakthrough

  I have watched 3 other guard retention instructionals (from other famous instructors), but Lachlan puts it into a system where all the boxes are checked and connected to each other perfectly into a simple system. It caused my guard game a massive improvement right from the first chapter. This guy is golden in the sport of BJJ and he should be the top1 option for almost every person.

  Máté K.July 15, 2025HungaryVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Excellent

  I've watched dozens of instructions. This one is easily one of the best! As an older heavyweight beginner, I have surprised myself at how easily these moves can be learned. I saw immediate improvement in both my guard retention AND my guard passing during sparring . My 23 year old heavyweight mat nemesis said "damn....I couldn't pass your guard." after our last roll. My instructor took noticed as well and gave an encouraging complement. I like that the instructional is well organized and indexed. I also particularly like the format with a brief preview of techniques within each section and then brief summaries at the end of each chapter "linking the techniques together" so that you understand the context behind when to use each move. Very well presented, high quality content. Thank you professors!

  Ian G.June 22, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great instructional

  Very easy to follow

  Jesse B.June 7, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Good retention and recovery concepts

  Nice mix of techniques and concepts. Progression through the chapters are well thought out and easy follow. Sections showing how the techniques and concepts are applied in action is really good. Still getting used to trying them but feel like my guard has improved

  nomura t.May 24, 2025JapanVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• great series

  very helpful

  Jesse B.May 23, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt4-6 yrs training

• wonderful guard retention

  wonderful guard retention

  Jae S.May 2, 2025South KoreaVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• awsjne

  awesome

  Joshua U.April 24, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt7-9 yrs training

• One of the best titles of this subject

  A Must

  jose m.April 9, 2025SpainVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• Buy it now!

  Incredible instruction. Details to stop the pass both early and late. Instantly usable. Tips on stretching. Slow motion replay so you don’t have to. Taught in a relaxing manner. No fluff.

  White T.March 10, 2025United StatesPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Simeon Fletcher

  This retention instructional by Lachlan Giles is phenomenal. Lachlan does a great job of explaining the layers of the guard and what should be prioritized as your opponent is working towards guard passes going through the legs at close range. I was able to improve my ability to create distance and set up attacks from an open guard position while keeping my opponent at bay. 10/10 would recommend.

  Sim G.December 30, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt10-12 yrs training

• Great instructional

  Great training implement. Great addition to my game

  John C.December 22, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• guard

  great

  alec w.November 16, 2024United StatesBlack belt7-9 yrs training

• Amazing!

  Can't go wrong with Lachlan! This man does not miss. Very very educational!

  Jurica P.November 7, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• The Guard Retention Anthology: Through The Legs and Close Range

  The Guard Retention Anthology: Through The Legs and Close Range

  채 한.October 12, 2024South KoreaVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Game changing

  Great for flawless guard retention.

  Joe D.September 26, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Amazing

  I am a blackbelt but it's very useful to go over these principles that you were never taught properly in the past. Definitely improving my game.

  Jacob P.September 9, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• this is great

  this is giving me a lot to work on! Looking forward to having a great guard retention

  Vincent L.September 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Perfect

  This and the other chapter are the best guard retention instructionals, especially if you play an opne guard.

  Pablo P.August 29, 2024SpainVerified buyer

• Amazing CJI result

  CJI results showed that this is an only instructional on guard retention you should get to improves your guard retention.

  Quoc P.August 21, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• great video

  heaps of detailed content

  Andrew V.August 20, 2024AustraliaVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Great Concepts

  Lachlan is one of the best at guard retention, and it's great to learn his thoughts process

  Josh G.August 18, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• great details

  great details

  Shane R.July 26, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Good

  Very good dvd to watch and learn from.

  Quoc P.July 21, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Mr. R

  Guard Retention

  Che R.July 20, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Retain Guard

  Lachlan always puts together tutorials with great content well laid out, detailed & easy to follow

  Jacob W.July 1, 2024AustraliaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great

  Lachlan always has great instructionals!

  JustinJune 24, 2024United StatesPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Giles guard retention

  great n long hours of content. money worth it

  Pak L.June 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt

• Guard Retention Anthology

  Incredibly thorough and clear! I have to watch one of these videos 3-4 times to start to feel like I give justice to the knowledge it represents! These videos very quickly changed my bjj life! It's very rare that someone passes my guard now and it's all because of the angles that Lachlan Giles and Ariel Tabak opened my mind to! VERY pleased!

  east p.February 8, 2024USVerified buyer

• Excellent Help

  Really good instruction from a masterful teacher

  Spencer B.February 2, 2024USVerified buyer

• Goode video!

  Good video!

  KimjongsungDecember 26, 2023KRVerified buyer

• Amazing video love it.

  Amazing video love it.

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  Eli S.December 2, 2023USVerified buyer

• smooth

  appreciate the knowledge

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  David B.November 27, 2023USVerified buyer

• fantastic

  loaded with great details tips and tricks. my guard retention has improved dramatically since studying these techniques. jam packed with lots of little details to constantly refer back to. 10/10 recommed!

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  Troy M.November 24, 2023USVerified buyer

• I had a decent guard

  I had a decent guard before but these guard retention techniques and tricks from these videos have dramatically improve my guard. Thank you gentlemen for this instructional. Oss

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  Daniel J.November 11, 2023USVerified buyer

• Perfect for guard retention

  Amazing to improve your guard retention! Teaches concepts and techniques!

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  NikOctober 28, 2023USVerified buyer

• awesome!

  My favorite instructor! Completes the guard retention series! Highly recommend

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  NikOctober 28, 2023USVerified buyer

• great detaiks

  should've bought this sooner

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  Rudy P.September 18, 2023USVerified buyer

• if there is just one instructional about guard retention - this should be it!

  It is very comprehensive. Sharp. Precise. You get great details without getting overload. For early - mid - late stage retention/recovery. Highly recommend!

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗

  MarkusSeptember 13, 2023ATVerified buyer

• Lachy is the best!

  I love all his instructionals, I have picked up multiple things from each one that i use quite often. Concepts as well.

  Mathew S.September 4, 2023USVerified buyer

• Very detailed

  Very detailed

  ShongThiam L.September 1, 2023USVerified buyer

• awesome

  overload of information about guard retention

  Brandon N.August 31, 2023USVerified buyer

• Top-notch

  Great instructional from one of the best grapplers in the world. He doesn't omit something in his instructionals. Very detailed and the rolling examples are very helpfull.

  Andreas S.August 26, 2023DEVerified buyer

• One of the best in the game

  Lachlan is one of the best instructors I'm waiting for the academy to open to test this concepts to improve my guard retention. One of the instructional I needed more since my guard game is trash

  Younes B.August 26, 2023FRVerified buyer

• great

  great

  Hiroshi N.August 25, 2023JPVerified buyer

• Great instructional. I love the

  Great instructional. I love the way they break it down into different areas and the instruction is top knotch. So good techniques in there and some new things that I will try and add to my game.

  David R.August 24, 2023GBVerified buyer

• Great retention. NO pass!

  Great instructional about retention It is a bit an advanced level game But surely this video worth the money Highly recommended

  ClaudioAugust 11, 2023ITVerified buyer

• Fantastic instructional!

  Bought this and the around and under instructional. Both improved my game. It also made me more comfortable trying new techniques because i am not as afraid of getting my guard passed. Highly recommend going back to specific sections when you have assessed what situations you usually struggle with

  Arild P.August 9, 2023NOVerified buyer

• Best video ever on the topic

  Best video on guard retention (2 parts)

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻

  Rick G.June 7, 2023ITVerified buyer

• I have bought a lot

  I have bought a lot of instructional videos from BJJ fanatics. Until now, I've believed that Dahaner's instructionals were the best. This one and it's companion around and under are now my favorites. Watching these two videos immediate improved my game. Two things you should know before you buy. You need to be flexible and very comfortable doing inversions to really benefit and to be able to use the most effective techniques from these two instructionals.

  Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻

  Jeff C.March 30, 2023USVerified buyer

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