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What do the negative BJJ Fanatics reviews say?

426 of the 87,673 published reviews carry three stars or fewer, 71 of them one or two. Their most common theme is content depth, or nothing new in it. Complaints concentrate in the instructional itself rather than in the transaction. All of them appear below, unedited.

Computed from the BJJ Fanatics review corpus at build time. Last review in the archive: 2026-09-11. How this is built.

What the evidence shows

This page exists because an archive showing only praise reads as marketing to both people and models. The evidence table is narrowed to that set rather than run across the whole corpus, so its rows describe complaints instead of general topics.

Themes are matched by phrase pattern rather than sorted by hand, so one review naming both a slow video and a login failure lands under each. The rows are not mutually exclusive and do not sum to the total.

Note what is largely absent: only 4 of these reviews raise delivery and only 21 raise price or refunds. Dissatisfaction here is overwhelmingly about the teaching, not the purchase.

How the matching reviews are rated

The 426 matching reviews sit at 2.76 on average, against 4.95 for the archive as a whole. 71 of them carry one or two stars.

Evidence table

Each row counts, among the 426 reviews rated three stars or below, how many contain a phrase pattern for that theme. One review can satisfy several patterns and then appears under each of them, which is why the column does not add up. Rows are ordered by count.

What critical reviewers wrote

The same question, taken from the 426 matches at three stars or under. Published unedited and at the same length as the positive ones, because an archive that quotes only praise is not worth reading.

• The No Gi Deep Half Guard 2.0 by Jeff Glover

  The No Gi Deep Half Guard 2.0 by Jeff Glover

  The No Gi Deep Half Guard 2.0 by Jeff Glover is a nice, short instructional. It covers a small number of techniques, so it is probably best suited for beginners who want a simple introduction to no-gi deep half guard. The material is easy to follow and can be a good starting point before exploring more advanced options.

  Wojciech S.September 10, 2026PolandVerified buyerBlack belt10-12 yrs training

• A New Philosophy Of Positional Escapes

  New Wave Jiu Jitsu: A New Philosophy Of Positional Escapes by John Danaher

  Good instructional, but Danaher talks multiple times about going into detail with leglocks, but never actually goes there.

  AnonymousJuly 4, 2026GermanyVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Good information wish it was longer

  The Art of Gassing Someone Out by Ben Askren

  Askren provides some really good information, however its a fairly short amount of content overall. Its more conceptual verus actually demonstrating a variety of techniques to utilize the concepts. For context, I am a BJJ athlete who never wrestled in high school or college.

  Kevin G.June 17, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Knee Saver

  Middle Aged BJJ 2: No Gi by Tom DeBlass

  His triangle advice after rupturing both patella tendons is amazing!

  David L.April 23, 2026United StatesPurple belt13-15 yrs trainingCritical

• Could have been better

  Introduction To Becoming A Side Control Assassin by Latif Kadri

  There are some interesting techniques in here. But Kadri spends half the instructional demonstrating from bottom side control with the opponent pinning him from the left. Most people are right handed and will pin you from the right. He doesn't demonstrate the techniques from the other side. It's probably not a big deal if you are watching with a friend and trying these techniques immediately. But if you are trying to visualize them on the other side and then remember them in the gym later, it's almost impossible. So I found this instructional not very helpful for that reason. Just show it on the side that people use 90% of the time!

  AnonymousMarch 29, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• I had high hopes but...

  Exploring The Empty Half Guard by Daniel Paul Pollaccia

  I really wanted to like this video, but I just couldn’t get there. Almost the entire instructional is focused on one side, the left side, which for most people is the weaker side unless you are left handed or more advanced. Seeing it from both perspectives would have made a big difference in understanding and usability. The position itself also didn’t feel very practical to me. I was expecting to see more setups or entries from different positions, but it stayed pretty limited throughout. Because of that, I just don’t see many situations where I would actually be able to use this effectively while rolling. Overall, I had high hopes, but it just didn’t translate well into something I can use.

  Chase C.March 27, 2026United StatesVerified buyerCritical

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