The Half Guard Anthology by Lachlan Giles
1,192 reviews · 4.98 / 5
Lachlan Giles · Combo
The No Gi Open Guard Bundle by Lachlan Giles has 97 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 14, 2021 to October 13, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 24 | 5.0 |
| Blue | 12 | 5.0 |
| Purple | 10 | 5.0 |
| Black | 4 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 3 | 5.0 |

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Amazing and super informative. I immediately got questions on how I improved so quickly after watching this
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Amazing instructional for people who play outside leg positioning like DLR & K guard.
Thorough, methodical, clear explanations and great content
This instructional is a great resource for understanding open guards that I have used to great effect
I purchased this bundle to strengthen my nogi guard play and I am really enjoying it so far! Not only is this great information, but the bundle is structured as a cohesive system rather than 3 separate guards. I was able to start implementing techniques and strategies immediately.
Absolutely amazing masterpiece easily understandable
Soooo much info. This will be a resource throughout an entire BJJ career. Lachlan is one of my favorites.
Open guard is such an expensive topic. IMHO as a beginner, the Instructional does a phenomenal job distilling it into a logical step wise curriculum to supplement your training. I find that It’s well organized and provides effective and pertinent suggestions. I’m a light heavyweight, more comfortable with top game, and was hopeless at open guard before finding this instructional. I’ve been using it as a framework to guide in-class drilling during open mat for the past six months. Recently, my coaches have been complementing me on the significant improvements already in my open guard game. It also feels much more fun now. Highly recommend!
Great instructional really good value for money
Very detailed and insightful, a must buy!
achlan Giles connects every major no-gi open-guard position into one smooth system. Super clear teaching and tons of detail on K Guard, RDLR, and 70/30. Worth every minute if you want modern leg-entry and sweeping skills.
It's simple. Giles bundle = buy and 💯 percent profit 💰. Thanks, Lachlan
Moves I absolutely try to implement in my game
Kガードについて理解が深まりました。
Really changed my K guard and DLR game. What more can you ask for? Go get it now! What are you waiting for?
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Clear, detailed instruction from Lachlan Giles that made the De La Riva and waiter guard actually click for me. The techniques are practical and easy to plug into rolling. Great value if you play open guard in no-gi.
Absolutely love all of Lachlan's instructional. It's super in depth but at the same time incredibly well structured. And his style of explaining the positions and attacks just click for me
Great bundle that can seamlessly be used together to create an expert guard
Amazing detail.
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Very good instructions for smaller guard players. Definitely a couple-year project
Great Instructional
Great instructional. trying to figure out how this can be incorporated with the Shall not pass instructional that relies on inside leg position
Great instructional. trying to figure out how this can be incorporated with Shall not pass instructional that relies on inside leg position
Very in-depth instructional
For some reason, Lachlan Giles Instructionals click with me.
It's the Best No-Gi Guard Instruction, in my opinion. You can link all three of these guards fluidly.
Detailed and good concepts for smaller guard players like myself
Lachlan does a great job organizing all of the mini battles you need to know to make all of those outside control open guards you learned in the gi work in no gi. I like the way he explains the advantages of outside control and how you need to make all of the guard you use flow from one to the other (outside control guard transition well to other outside control guards and so on. If you ever wanted to explore these types of guards I can’t think of better instructional.
I found these instructional to be very helpful in my understanding to modern day open guard. As an older practitioners, I face a lot of younger folks that play complex entanglements and scrambles. These videos helped me see what they see.
Investing in Giles instructional is by far the most well spent compared to other series. Much cheaper than other material, yet it has been proven that keeping the feet on the outside is superior to the inside. Especially during open guard retention. Super pedagogical as well.
Especially the open guard retention techniques combined with the RDLR stuff has improved my game. The aussies certainly innovate the open guard retention game by translating the gi techniques of the Miyao and Mendes brothers to no gi. Very pedagogically explained as well, as alwaus with Giles.
One of the best
So much knowledge in this instructional!
Lachlans instruction has made K Guard super accessible as a complete beginner.
Lachlan gives the most value of any instructor out there. He takes time to overview the instructional and designs it like a real course. The series itself is highly detailed but it's something you can go back to again and again as you learn the positions.
very nice. I like
Great content with a lot of details and great production value.
If you like play bottom and take the back/legs this instructional in my opinion is the first you should learn and then combined it with others of Lachlan like the Half guard anthology and the leg locks 50/50, you will have material to study during years. Very grateful to Lachlan.
I can recommend this lessons to everyone
There is so much detail in this instructional. k guard hasn't been taught in my class yet so this has been a great introduction for me.
Everything what do you need to master K-Guard. SuperB
Lachlan Giles is one of the best BJJ teachers in the world! Covers a lot of open guards and gives a tremendous amount of details, so whether you already play open guard or just starting out this set will have you covered.
I got introduced to Mr Giles' instructionals as a purple belt with his equally great half guard anthology. He is an articulate instructor that resonates with the way I learn. He's very thorough in how he presents his systems and I know I will continue to find his material useful for years to come. I strongly recommend this instructional.
just really detailed and completely transformed the way I play the game
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So much info, enough to keep you going for a year!
Very good dvd to watch and learn from
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