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The Power Shoulder Trap: Gi and No Gi Fundamentals by Waldo Zapata reviews

The Power Shoulder Trap: Gi and No Gi Fundamentals by Waldo Zapata has 24 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 December 25, 2021 to September 6, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed The Power Shoulder Trap: Gi and No Gi Fundamentals by Waldo Zapata

10 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 Power Shoulder Trap: Gi and No Gi Fundamentals by Waldo Zapata is currently listed on the BJJ Fanatics storefront at $79.00 USD. View The Power Shoulder Trap: Gi and No Gi Fundamentals by Waldo Zapata on BJJ Fanatics

The reviews

• Great info

  Great addition to closed guard game

  Seann P.September 6, 2026CanadaVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• watched, tried, re-watched

  I like that he teaches gi and no gi versions. Not intuitive

  AJ M.February 21, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• not intuitive

  Although it feels like some explanation was lost during editing, overall great. Frustrating, at least for me - had to watch, try, re-watch, re-try. Important to do what Coach Zapata is teaching, versus what seems intuitive at a particular step.

  AJ M.January 6, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• great guard seminar

  Well organized instructional Clear and concise

  Jose T.August 30, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt16 yrs training

• Shoulder Trap

  Lots of variations on a theme. Broken down in easy to understand steps. Will definitely give you new tools for playing guard.

  Stephen L.August 4, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• GEM

  Very cool

  Joris J.April 8, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• great closed guard dvd

  great closed guard dvd

  dave w.December 25, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt4-6 yrs training

• That's a (shoulder) wrap

  Another instructional that has helped me carve out my game even more, particularly my underhook game which will greatly improve with the shoulder trap series, amazing submissions and sweeps

  Oscar L.November 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Great techniques to add to your game

  Great explanations, definitely adding these concepts to my Gi and no gi game!

  Domenic R.August 2, 2024CanadaVerified buyerBrown belt16+ yrs training

• Great

  Effective system I'm been able to implement immediately.

  Jordan H.May 30, 2024United StatesVerified buyer4-6 yrs training

• Unique and Insightful

  This is a way to get a little higher percentage success rate with your techniques, or (the way I use it most often) just to shut down the offense of bigger stronger dudes. I've already stalemated a few guys who were about to crush me by using this.

  Andrew D.May 16, 2024United StatesVerified buyer

• A different and powerful set of skills

  If you have already seen a bunch of instructionals and know the standard set of skills, then "The Power Shoulder Trap" will blow your mind. It's a unique and powerful approach to controling your opponent. If you haven't seen a bunch of instructionals already, it won't blow your mind (you'll have no basis for comparison) but you will find a great skill set here.

  Andrew D.April 28, 2024United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt4-6 yrs training

• The Power Shoulder Trap: Waldo Zapata

  I think understanding different ways to trap the arm from a closed guard buys you a lot of control and time. This particular video is well thought out and gives the user lots of options regardless of body types. It also is a pretty intuitive addition to bottom guards so the learning curve didn't feel as steep as lots of other ideas.

  Adam T.August 18, 2023USVerified buyer

• Genuine Study of the Shoulder Trap

  When I first started in Jiujitsu years ago we would make use of the shoulder trap, we just didn't have a name for it. What's very cool about what Waldo has done is he not only names it but he makes a real study of it. He actually sat down and mapped out all these things that you can do with a shoulder trap. It's very useful. You can sit down, play the video, and pause it after each technique then replicate on a partner or grappling *****, when you become familiar with the material you can then 2x the speed and use the video as a type of training partner as you work on the grappling ***** along side Waldo. Very useful stuff. Waldo does NOT waste any time. He breaks into the material, explains it, and demonstrates it. If Waldo does more material in the future, I'll be sure to watch.

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  Chris C.December 28, 2022USVerified buyer

• Great instructions if you want

  Great instructions if you want to develop your closed guard game

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  Christian F.December 6, 2022SEVerified buyer

• Again a great instructional by waldo Zapata

  His system is very consistent. It can by greatly used by its own or combined with closed and half guard fundamentals. His focus on explaining the positions itself by getting into great and crucial detail is outstanding!

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  MarkusNovember 7, 2022ATVerified buyer

• Excellent

  Waldo's videos are always top notch. Highly recommend getting anything by him. Good clear break down on the basics of the systems.

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  Joe B.October 2, 2022USVerified buyer

• top notch

  professor zapata is one of the best around. you can not go wrong with him.

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  Rick G.September 5, 2022ITVerified buyer

• Excellent

  High level of detail and promotes a great strategy for attacking from closed guard!

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  WestonSeptember 1, 2022USVerified buyer

• Cool system and techniques!

  Cool system and techniques! Excellent concepts and instructor. Works both gi and nogi

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  Steven M.July 17, 2022USVerified buyer

• Shoulder trap for the win!

  I watched this after ”Peak Mount”, another great instructional by Waldo Zapata. He shares a wide array of techniques (sweeps and finishes) building off of the shoulder trap. Easy to follow and useful for both GI and NO-GI.

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  Tim S.June 14, 2022SEVerified buyer

• Great instrumental.

  Great instrumental.

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  David S.June 5, 2022GBVerified buyer

• Quality Closed System

  Great instructional packed with lots of detail. I will definitely be drilling this and using it as part of my closed guard game. This is an instructional that connected with me the moment I started watching. Really looking forward to having fun learning these techniques and hitting them in sparring.

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  David G.May 22, 2022GBVerified buyer

• About to learn some next level closed guard tricks

  Heard about Waldo Zapata from his Z-Grip video with Bernardo and was really intrigued to watch both Z-Grip and Power Shoulder Trap in the span of a day. Really useful for the Closed Guard game. Give this a watch and be prepared to add this to your arsenal instantly! Open guard is fun but we can never forget how useful the Closed Guard can be!

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  Kevin C.December 25, 2021CAVerified buyer

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