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Craig Jones Mini Product The Reach Around AKA Octopus Guard by Craig Jones reviews

Craig Jones Mini Product The Reach Around AKA Octopus Guard by Craig Jones has 314 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 October 16, 2022 to October 23, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed Craig Jones Mini Product The Reach Around AKA Octopus Guard by Craig Jones

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The reviews

• Great little series

  Very interesting against opponents that are really trying to pin us

  igor b.October 23, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• What can I say about Craig Jones' Octopus game that hasn't already been said? He's got everyone using it.

  Logan M.October 5, 2026Verified buyerWhite belt4-6 yrs training

• Perfect

  Great instructional

  Ralf K.August 19, 2026Verified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Great instructional

  Works as advertised great to combo with 2.0

  Mikael D.July 25, 2026NorwayVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Reach Around

  Concise and useful info on how to use the octopus guard in nogi situations

  Dan S.July 17, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Awesome

  i never know this position until i watched this instructional

  Thành T.June 23, 2026Verified buyerWhite belt4-6 yrs training

• Best guard for slow People

  For me it changed my guard Game total. I found it great to Deal from alle easy passend positions

  Maximilian F.June 14, 2026GermanyVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Perfect for scrambles

  I use octopus in transition and enjoy craigs content

  Karen O.June 13, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Great instructional

  Good information

  Garrett S.June 6, 2026United StatesVerified buyer

• Great video

  Decided to expand on my Guard game and always enjoyed Craig’s videos. Definitely Picking up some nifty little tricks. Can’t wait to bring what I’ve learnt to practice.

  Bobby D.May 16, 2026CanadaVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• Reach around aye

  I thought my training partners would appreciate receiving the reach around more. Maybe my grips aren't deep or tight enough for thenm yet

  Zachary C.May 16, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• So good

  I love it

  Long B.May 10, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Great Instructions

  I was able to apply some of the concepts after watching 10 minutes of this instructional. Craigs stuff is top notch, and easy to understand.

  Zachary W.April 30, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• Craig Jones Mini Product The Reach Around AKA Octopus Guard

  muy bueno, te da las bases y que debes aplicar para defender distintas contras.

  André L.April 28, 2026ArgentinaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Octopus

  Great video. Been cooking with it

  Brendan T.April 26, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Great

  Very effective intro to octopus guard and very fun

  Riley K.April 10, 2026AustraliaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Octopus guard

  I was able to use some of it during training. It's a fun way to get people from charging and it helps to balance out your bottom game

  Karen O.April 9, 2026United StatesVerified buyer

• Octopus Guard

  Solid intro to octopus guard. Not sure if it's made obsolete by his new instructional on the topic

  Michael M.April 6, 2026Verified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• Great

  Great

  jonathan l.April 1, 2026SpainVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Great

  Some unorthodox techniques to add to my game. Work well.

  Rolands P.March 28, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• Good and well explained

  Craig is giving hugs to so many people but the explanation in this dvd how to do it is great. But the second dvd has a much more better casting

  AnonymousMarch 21, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Game changer

  Fantastic addition to the arsenal.

  Ryan W.March 17, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Craig Jones Octopus Guard

  Very useful techniques.

  Łukasz P.March 15, 2026United StatesVerified buyer

• Great Videos

  These videos helped me be more successful in octopus scrambles.

  AnonymousMarch 10, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Slick stuff

  Great techniques, very well explained.

  Ben S.March 1, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt4-6 yrs training

• A good technique.

  It's really great in scramble situations.

  Jaehee K.February 28, 2026South KoreaVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Beginner friendly but builds well

  Before starting this course, I knew nothing about Octopus Guard. It was a great entry level introduction, Craig explains things clearly and focuses on the important concepts without getting lost in too much detail. Even though it’s beginner friendly, the concepts he covers give you room to build on. When I tried things in class and didn’t get them right, I could come back to the core concepts and understand what I needed to work on. I learned a lot in a short amount of time.

  Jonathan W.February 24, 2026AustraliaVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Criag Jones

  I wish there were a bit more detail, but other than that, this is awesome

  AnonymousFebruary 16, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• octopus

  Short and to the point

  AnonymousFebruary 13, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• craig jones is goat

  Love it

  AnonymousFebruary 12, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Tremendopus

  Really beautiful simple and such a quick one to watch through

  Jamie Y.February 12, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Octopus guard

  Just started this, can't wait to learn the content

  AnonymousFebruary 11, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Good stuff

  Nice intro to Octopus, ending up buying 2.0 after

  Garrett S.February 10, 2026United StatesVerified buyer4-6 yrs training

• Great instructional and a concise introduction to the octopus game

  Practicing these techniques with a few buddies and then using them on unsuspecting victims in sparring is the most fun I've had with jiu-jitsu in years. I really like that this instructional is relatively short, but the techniques are demonstrated and explained really well, so I've been able to study the whole thing multiple times already. It's been really refreshing to learn something new and untraditional, and using the octopus guard has indirectly opened up and helped my overall game as well. Once I've fully integrated these techniques into my game I'll definitely look into getting the Octopus 2.0 as well.

  Øyvind K.January 30, 2026NorwayVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• octopus

  excellent details on octopus

  Blake G.January 23, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• The octopus starts here!

  Craig keeps it basic and guides you how to easily work in the octopus position. He also incorporates some basic techniques to sweep and overcome opponents defenses.

  bradley j.January 22, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Octopus Guard

  Great instructional

  Jesse D.January 16, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Elite

  High level

  Joseph R.January 16, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt1-3 yrs training

• The Reach Around AKA Octopus Guard

  High-percentage ideas that plug easily into a no-gi game. Simple, sneaky, and effective.

  JAVIER D.January 12, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Mr

  Great

  Marcus G.January 7, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Mr

  Great !!

  Marcus G.January 6, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Mr

  Great !

  Marcus G.January 6, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Octopus

  Craig is always good

  Jeff N.January 4, 2026CanadaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Crash Course in Octopus guard

  He could have only covered Kosoto hooks, butterfly and building height and it would be worth the money but he covers much more.

  Richard L.January 4, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Wrapped around

  Worth the watch

  Katelyn A.January 3, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• I only knew a couple moves in this position but this has helped tremendously

  Jordan.robles@gmail.com J.January 2, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Very good

  Very detailed explanation, quite satisfied.

  GUANZHI Z.January 1, 2026SingaporeVerified buyer1-3 yrs training

• Muito bom

  Muito bom mesmo

  Luis H.December 27, 2025BrazilVerified buyerBlue belt7-9 yrs training

• オクトパスガード

  スイープが上手くなりました。

  一真 福.December 25, 2025JapanVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Great addition to any game

  Great! Waiting on part 2!

  Jacob A.December 23, 2025Verified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

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