Weight Distribution Masterclass by Professor Henry Akins
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The Scarf Hold The Soul Stealer by Henry Akins has 118 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.98 out of 5. 98% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from April 22, 2020 to October 10, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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One of my favorite instructionals!
Very informative! Filed with a gi but the techniques are not gi specific.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Sould stealer
One of my favorites!
The Scarf Hold The Soul Stealer by Henry Akins
Great info on the scarf hold, I'm looking froward to applying this in training.
Five Stars
Great instructor - great video
Great instruction. Loved the basic
Great instruction. Loved the basic principles and details. Easy to digest.
Henry is a really good
Henry is a really good teacher and his content is practical and unique. His perspectives are not like other coaches, due to his time under Rickson. That is one of the reasons I own all of his work.
Fantastic Instructional!
This instructional from Henry is fantastic! In recent rolls I have found myself in the scarf hold position but unable to quite maintain it. These lessons have definitely given me some insight to try hold the postion longer and add pressure!
great instructional
Henry is one of the best instructors in BJJ world. Not too many guys teach scarf hold in bjj - and probably no one teach this position as good as Henry. There is a lot of details in this course, which makes this position real game changer. I tapped out a lot of guys using this techniques - and a lot of them tapped just to pressure. Henry shows details is such a simple way, that you can apply this to your game very fast. And this have impact not only for this specific situation (scarf hold) - you can use it to improve your whole game.
Soul stealer scarf hold
Great details and entries. Well worth it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great Instructional
I love the scarf hold and the details from this video make me love it even more.
Very effective
Amazing content well delivered by Henry, this position has become one of my favourites and I'm finding a lot of success with it after implementing Henry's teachings.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Just perfect!
Great instructional about something "forbidden" like allowing my opponent an underhook in this position. I stopped counting the number of americanas and kimuras I got from this position. Great weapon into arsenal of anyone.
Submit your opponent with Soul Stealer from Bottom Side Control
This video can change your game. It even shows how to submit your opponent with the Soul Stealer (kesa gatame) from Bottom Side Control and shows video of one of Henry's students pulling off the move in tournament competition from bottom side control. Need I say more? Oh yeah, go watch Josh Barnett vs Dean Lister on youtube and see someone who had NEVER lost by submission get his soul taken.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥🔥🔥The Soul Stealer turned into one of my favorite positions!submissions!
Professor Henry Akins out did himself again! As he points out the sarf hold is a position that you can catch so often or even set it up by suprise that I really wanted to understand this position and how to utilize it for my offense. Before this instructional it was just my last resort pin to not get taken the back. By diving into this details of keep the hold and counter their escape attempts it opened a whole new spot of attack submissions from there or even with the hold itself. It's about utilizing your hips and controlling the elbow and pf course proper weight distribution and shift! Highly recommend!!!
The only scarf hold instructional you will ever need
Akins takes you on a deep dive into this position and it covers EVERYTHING you will ever need to know about this position! I can’t imagine that Akins has left out anything that you need to know about the scarf hold. A must get if you are interested in dominating from this often neglected position.
Comprehensive and brutally effective
Highly effective and comprehensive control and submission system from the scarf hold. Henry is always thoroughly engaging to watch. I have used this system very effectively over the last year.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Great instructional on entering and
Great instructional on entering and maintaining the position and multiple submissions.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗Great overview of the kesa gatame
This instructional is absolutely fantastic and filled with tons of intricate essential details to make the kesa gatame position work. It shows some of the many entries to kesa as well as how to maintain the position w your legs, lats, weight and posture. And it even shows how you can really truly apply the pressure in kesa gatame. the instructional also briefly shows what is essentially nino guard on bottom and how you can effortlessly roll them into normal kesa gatame.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻I love this instructional!
I havent really used this in class because we are mostly doing positional training and the instructor hasnt taught anything like this, but I brought it to my martial arts club and played around with it, not only did i lock down my training partners, but the judo guys got all excited. it was different then their kisagatame and they all wanted to see the details that were different. My work schedule has prevented me from doing the open mats in my area, but I am looking forward to trying it on more BJJ centric people.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Supreme !!
Don't tell your friends about this. Just show them on the mats. Trust me they will want to know what you just did. Have fun.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Invaluable
The techniques in here are the best I’ve seen for scarf hold. Completely game-changing.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Amazing
Nothing short of amazing. Have immediatly became a staple within my game.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Must have instructional
Great instructional. There are so many details given during the presentation and demonstrations to help with the position. The outtake discussion adds tremendous value to the series. Highly recommend.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻It's All About Fundamentals
Henry came up the right way under Rickson relentlessly focusing on the fundamentals and principles of jiu jitsu rather than just accumulating techniques. It's clear in his instruction he has a profound understanding of the nuances in position that lead to total control and submission.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Best scarf hold instructional
You don’t find many instructionals on the Scarf Hold, let alone anything this good. Henry Akins is on another level and this is the only instructional on the subject that you’ll ever need. Hoping to hit many of these techniques in class.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Game Changer
This video is fantastic and provides a wealth of detailed knowledge regarding an under utilized position. Henry has an easy to follow, methodical teaching style. He takes his time to explain each technique. I like how he reviews as he progresses through the training, explains how the opponents may respond and demonstrates in detail how to counter. I was able to add the scar fold to my game after watching this video once. I have continued to watch this video and am amazed how quickly this has improved my BJJ.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Love the Scarf Hold
This instructional is a great deep dive into the scarf hold position. Learned a bunch of details for holding and finishing from this position.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻The Scarf Hold
Great video! Recently attended an Erik Paulson seminar on the same topic. Erik Is a wealth of knowledge and provides a info pact seminar. Having this video was a nice complement to what was covered in the seminar plus added additional fine details. You can’t go wrong with this video!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻A new attack for me
Many good pointers, worthwhile, good for everyone,
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻ft
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Great video!
Great video!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻This is a game changer!
Thank you Henry Akins! Having a good scarf hold has really separated me from the herd. It almost feels like an unfair advantage. Excellent instruction as well, very clear and succinct.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Just awesome
Very interesting instructional about a topic/position that is not really covered by BJJ instructionals. Very well put, love the teaching style of Henry Akins.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Simply the best
So far the best instructional I bought.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Excellent
Clear concise instruction
pure gold
worth every penny and maybe more. do a proper scarf hold is like having a whole new arsenal. most of the opponents will not able to manage it. simply loved it... and Henry is a great teacher.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Complete game changer!
My kids programs actively uses this in competition and blows other teams away. I tap people with the pressure of this position on the regular as well.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻name lives up to the title
I've been playing scarf hold for years and this helped me take it several levels up! excellent content, can't wait to use in comps!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Added a whole new element to my game
I had played around with the scarf hold but a lot of other people at my gym discounted it's effectiveness. I've been applying the techniques Henry teaches for the last couple of weeks and now I'm regularly getting taps from this position even on higher belts. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite positions to finish from.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Good overview of Scarf Entries
Good overview of getting into scarf hold.
This instructional had been very
This instructional had been very helpful. It’s honestly like having a cheat code. So many techniques and subs to choose from…you’ll be excited to go to class. Thank you!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻One of my new favorite positions
Because of this video, Scarfhold has become one of my new favorite positions. The amount of great info packed into this video is very impressive. Henry teaches his techniques in a way that is very easy to digest and immediately apply.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Collecting Souls
Henry is a true artist and master. God is in the details, and to **** with the budget. This is gold!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Henry delivers!
I am a white belt in BJJ with a background in judo and I was flabbergasted that the scarfhold was considered to be a rather weak position. I stumbeld upon Henry's instructional and I was sceptical at first. Too much martial arts magic I thought. Boy, I couldn't have been more wrong. Luckily I watched the advertisment on Bernardos youtube channel where poor Bernardo was tortured for about 20 minutes and I decided to give the instructional a shot. It is all about leverage and weight distribution and it works simply magical. I even used the information about the scarfhold in this instructional to earn my first black belt scalp and the numbers of people being submitted are just piling up. Thank you Henry! The instructional itself is about 3 hours and very easy to follow. You learn the entrys, how to hold the position and how to submit the opponent. The scarfhold is now my go-to position and I think it will remain that way. The instructional is highly recommanded to anybody to wants to learn more about this awesome position.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻Eyeopener to my "main finishing position".
This positon has become a almost guaranteed finishing position against all belts. Using the details in this instructional and being 100kg+ is a good combination.. Its a bit weird aswell... I know that most will tap to the pressure.. So I actually sometimes adjust to NOT create too much pressure so that I can work some of the submissions instead of stealing souls with pressure-tap. It really has made me think of some positions as a "finishing position". Like Roger Gracies closed guard.. once you get into someones "finishing position" its really their world. Big eye opener and Im very thankful to have had the possibility to study it.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Soul ******* sorcery
Attended this seminar years ago. It was so good and there was so much detail I purchased the series and recently revisited the position. Those who think this position will not work on them are the one's I wish to grapple. It addresses the fundamentals of creating EXTREME pressure and counters all the common attempts to escape. Those who feel they can take my back from this position are reduced to a flailing pile of arms and thrashing legs. Such an attractive image for those about to draw their last breath on earth. Simply exceptional material. Crash tested!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻Pure effective and destructive jiu jitsu.
An effective tool to terrify your training partners. These techniques are formidably effective and in my opinion easy to apply ...Practice to understand the subtleties of this position
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻I can really appreciate how
I can really appreciate how things many that are taught are applicable to no gi as well. Recommend to anyone that wants to have a deeper understanding of this position.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗🤙🏻The Little Details
I have always loved the idea of the scarf hold, but could never make it work on anyone my level or above. Henry teaches details that makes your rolls more effective where are you utilize this brutal position! Watch the wince and feel the pressure!
Response from BJJ Fanatics🔥🔥🔥Always a top quality product,
Always a top quality product, easily accessible at a reasonable price.
Response from BJJ Fanatics🤗👍🏻
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