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The Irish Collar by Neil Melanson reviews

The Irish Collar by Neil Melanson has 29 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 5.0 out of 5. 100% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from December 9, 2023 to January 24, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed The Irish Collar by Neil Melanson

23 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.

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The reviews

• The Irish collar

  Love the trapping systems that he uses

  Corey B.January 24, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Very Detailed

  I'm pretty new, but this instructional has really helped my guard game and to control my opponent!

  Zakary M.May 15, 2025United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great closed guard

  Another classic from Neil!

  MARK W.May 10, 2025United KingdomVerified buyer

• Amazing Instructor! Love everything he produces!

  Neil is a great instructor. Love everything that he puts out. His book on Triangles is excellent also. People should buy extra copies to save they are that good in case they ever go out of print. Zero criticisms but I do have one request. I've love to see Neil put out either a bundle of work on trapping systems. Or perhaps release a comprehensive series on every trapping system he can think. Some of the most fascinating stuff I have ever seen. Keep it up, Neil! Love your work. Love the personal stories and the humor. Maybe I'll track him down and see if I can train with him some day.

  ChrisApril 19, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Neil is a monster

  Melanson's details are second to none. This is a fantastic full guard system that leads into other systems really well also.

  Jeremy W.March 18, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Neil is a monster

  Melanson's details are second to none. This is a fantastic full guard system that leads into other systems really well as well.

  Jeremy W.March 18, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Neil has super great attacking systems!

  Melanson has decades of experience that translate so well to MMA, self-defense, and sport JJ.

  Jeremy W.March 17, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Melanson is king

  Neil's style and details are everything. It translates to self defense, sport JJ, or MMA.

  Jeremy W.March 16, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Great for bottom players

  This instructional is great to give details on staying tight and offensive off your back. Nice one, Neil!

  Jeremy W.March 15, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Neil is gold

  Melanson's details are everything! Such a great style for all - sport, defense, MMA.

  Jeremy W.March 14, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Great system

  Simple and effective guard to play, love that Neil places emphasis on mma.

  Scott L.March 3, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Good system

  The Irish collar system is an easy to follow nogi guard system that works great for both grappling and translates well for mma. Definitely worth your time

  Andrew T.January 5, 2025CanadaVerified buyer10-12 yrs training

• Good+

  Good%20video%20

  Brian A.January 3, 2025United StatesVerified buyer

• irish collar

  every thing Mr Melanson puts out is on point most underrated grappling coach on the planet

  Tyson N.November 25, 2024CanadaVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Nasty

  Always great material!

  Jordan W.October 20, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great stuff

  Excellent. He breaks it all down really well.

  Zach B.October 11, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Melanson is a hit

  Neil's technique is second to none. Super technical and great across MMA, grappling, and real world self defense.

  Jeremy W.September 7, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• Neil's stuff is solid.

  Neil's instructionals are always so solid for grappling.

  Jeremy W.September 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• Melanson rules

  Neil shows the best stuff for real world situations and MMA. The controls work across all fields.

  Jeremy W.September 6, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• filthy closed guard

  great instructional by neil, massive fan of his systems. entries are available from the get go and irish collar has been a great starting point for my no gi closed guard game

  Adnan C.July 25, 2024United KingdomVerified buyer1-3 yrs training

• Irish collar

  Interesting trap guarding options

  Allen H.June 25, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• the irish collar

  Neil melanson

  Ky N.May 24, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Amazing as always

  Great instructional on the trapping system the Irish Collar. Neil nails all the details and explains the why in all the techniques. I liked at the end how he explains how to go into other trapping systems and open guard.

  Tom K.May 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt4-6 yrs training

• Awesome stuff

  A really useful approach to the closed guard, a relatively simplistic trapping system that can easily feed into other more complex trapping systems (rubber guard, Williams guard, K guard etc). really useful for me as I often have problems getting to WIlliams Guard. Can't wait to start putting this stuff into practice.

  Danny B.May 12, 2024United KingdomVerified buyerPurple belt13-15 yrs training

• good

  good

  Yooseong P.May 9, 2024South KoreaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

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