Effortless Guard Retention & Pin Escapes by Octavio Couto
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Effortless Guard Passing by Octavio Couto reviews
Effortless Guard Passing by Octavio Couto has 19 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.95 out of 5. 95% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from April 18, 2020 to March 3, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
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| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
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| Purple | 1 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 1 | 5.0 |
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The reviews
Octavio Couto is a great master of Jiu-Jitsu.
In this instructional video on guard passing, Octavio Couto presents a very interesting approach to stances, movements, and concepts that will surely help you improve in Jiu-Jitsu. His Jiu-Jitsu game is unique and very beautiful to watch and learn.
Effortless Guard Passing
Good info on how to think, problem solve and move through various guard passing obstacles.
If you want a put a little taste of taichi or aikido in your bjj
Mestre Couto's moves may seem a little bit weird but the way he put his hips in a kind of Wing Chun style stance really prevent our opponent do break our balance.
Important concepts to round up your game.
A lot of interesting details that can improve your top game.
Hidden gem
This instructional is great! I usually gravitate towards Instructionals that emphasize postures that limit your opponents options off attack. Octavio explains his concepts very well. Can't go wrong with this guard passing instructional. Octavio is an old school jiujitsu practitioner with many years of teaching and experience on the mat.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Flip your game
The instructional is conceptual. Prof Couto will teach how to move more than what to do. I started with the standing suggestions… and they changed my mobility. Really impressive, well done!
Easy to aplicate techniques
You don't have to base on strenght to perform this moves
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Conceptual Masterpiece of Awareness and Body movement!
Professor O. C. provided an outstanding instructional about understanding und utilizing your own body to practice efficient jiu jitsu. Shown in terms of guard passing his understanding of the how the human body works and how you should move your body in jiu jitsu is about beeing centered in terms of your body to move properly and effortless around your uke. Furthermore he points out how to fix your opponents body and limbs to maximize your abilities of moving around. With propper vertical AND horizontal pressure. An ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE!!!!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:He is the yoda of
He is the yoda of BJJ, natural body movements and mechanics aid in everything he shows.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Impressions of an almost 40 yo
Really found his insight on dynamic balance and postures really important. I have been noticing success in live rolls on that alone. Looking to implement the other material in time. I find these concepts as something that will age well with me.
MIND BLOWING!!!
I had the opportunity to attend a seminar Octavio held at my gym. I was stunned by the level of technical expertise displayed by him and so decided to buy both of his courses. I have continued to use them as a reference in my efforts to emulate his style of BJJ. I can promise that if you correctly apply his techniques you WILL be passing the guards of players who previously were keeping you in check and defending your own guard so much more effectively. The concepts are so simple yet the results they are going to yield for you are ground breaking. Octavio's instructions are clear, concise and his methods don't require any more than average ability to be successfully employed.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Awesome!
Octavios teachings are amazing ! He explains very detailed but at the same time its easy to understand :)
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Amazing:call_me_hand:🙏�:slightly_smiling:
Octavio Couto's teaching is way more than techniques, it has changed my whole view on Jiu Jitsu... on how to use My body, better and to teach way easier
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::call_me_hand::skin-tone-2:Ta tillfället i akt och lär av den bästa!
Det här dvd tar upp de viktiga principer att applicera för att jobba ekonomiskt och effektivt när du passerar guard. Octavio bygger sin kunskap utifrån universella fysikaliska och matematiska resonemang och tillämpar dem på ett effektivt sätt i sin pedagogik. Det är troligtvis därför Octavio anses vara en av världens bästa instruktörer i BJJ! Se och applicera det han lär ut så ska du se att din bjj kommer utvecklas mycket och fort! Min gjorde det!
Beyond casual Passing
Hey Guys, first part will be German. The English Part will be below. Wenn ihr noch nichts über Octavio gehört habt, solltet ihr mal nachsehen und ihm eine Chance geben. Er macht seit über 35 Jahren Bjj und ist seit mehr als 25 Jahren Blackbelt, er is also ne weile dabei. Genauer gesagt ist er auch auf der ganzen Welt dabei und gibt Seminare. Er ist kein Wettkämpfer im eigentlichen Sinn und hat keine Schule in der er Unterrichtet aber er ist Weltweit unterwegs und gibt Seminare. Es ist wahrscheinlich unmöglich zu begreifen wie viele Leute er in dieser Zeit beeinflusst hat und wie sehr seine Konzepte und Ideen bereits ohne euer wissen benutzt werden. Denn all die neuen Konzepte und Defensive Positionen sind garnicht so neu, denn er Unterrichtet sowas schon seit Ewigkeiten. Aber nun zur DVD: Hier stellt er nicht nur die Grundkonzepte zum Guard Passieren vor also auch Körperhaltung und Bewegung sondern hat ein bisschen versteckt auch die nötigen Setups, Folgetechniken und Konter mit eingebaut. Ihr könnt euch also sicher sein, dass ihr mehr von dieser DVD haben werdet als es zunächst den Anschein macht. Englisch: Hey Folks, if you never heard about Octavio you should really look him up and give him a try. He is doing BJJ for 35 Years and has a Blackbelt for over 25 Years, so he`s been around. Actually he is really been Around - Around the whole globe teaching. He did not settle as a Competitor or with a own school somewhere but is teaching seminars around the world. Its probably impossible to grasp how many people he has influenced over the time and how much of his ideas and concepts are already used without someone knowing. Guess what, all the "new" Concept Based teaching and Defensive Postures are actually nothing new because he is using this stuff since forever. So about this, not only is he introducing the basic concepts around passing and the nescessary posture and movements but hidden between the lines there are already setups, followups and counters implemented so you can be sure to get a lot more out of this dvd as it might seem at first.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging:An eye-opener
Octavio's instructions are extremely easy to follow and they put you immediately in the right direction. A treasure cove of overlooked or very rarely explained details. I hope there will be more instructionals from him!
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Intresting concept
Extremely interesting concept of BJJ.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:Amazing conceptual approach
These concepts really work wonders. It's amazing to see how simple he breaks it down into easily digestible concepts. He'll show you that when you can distribute your weight properly, assume the correct posture, and achieve a favorable angle, how passing the guard can be done without getting tired.
Response from BJJ Fanatics:hugging::+1::skin-tone-2:High interesting
It's a really interesting dvd and I hope will make some more. I only missed the part from close guard. Like he showed in his seminar when he was in Finnland
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