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Inside The Closed Guard by Henry Akins reviews

Inside The Closed Guard by Henry Akins has 15 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.93 out of 5. 93% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from June 4, 2022 to December 21, 2025. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Who reviewed Inside The Closed Guard by Henry Akins

6 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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Inside The Closed Guard by Henry Akins is currently listed on the BJJ Fanatics storefront at $279.00 USD. View Inside The Closed Guard by Henry Akins on BJJ Fanatics

The reviews

• Inside the closed Guard

  Excellent as always, added so much to my closed guard passing game. Love the Concepts shared on passing

  James M.December 21, 2025United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Great stuff as always

  There are some really interesting techniques that I haven't seen yet. I have tried them and they work ( as expected ), so I give two thumbs up!

  Gabriel K.December 11, 2025BulgariaVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• inside the closed guard by henry akins

  very good some great ways to use correct posture for defense in closed guard preventing armbar triangle and guillotine submissions.recommended

  denis r.June 12, 2025United KingdomVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Inside the closed guard

  Great video! Had lots of good details for posture, guard breaking, triangle defense, and arm bar defense.

  Justin M.April 3, 2025United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• Great details

  This is a great instructional. I gave 4 stars only because the camera man is so annoying with a constant zooming in and out making it difficult to keep a general view of what’s happening. This type of recording is so unnecessary for grappling instructional.

  Kelvin S.December 11, 2024United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• inside the closed guard

  Excellent instruction. Especially useful defense and escape techniques.

  Justin M.April 23, 2024United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Henry Akins is the man

  Henry Akins simplifies everything to succint (vs. long, drawn out style of John Danaher, which is still great).

  Sirish P.January 31, 2024USVerified buyer

• If you want to get back ahead when you are in someones closed guard - this is how!

  Professor Henry Akins put together all detauls of getting proper posture and keeping it no matter if you attack in terms of preparing the guard pass and eventually passing or you have to prevent or defend the triangle or armbar or guillotine or sweeps! Posture is key! Highly recommend

  MarkusApril 6, 2023ATVerified buyer

• A master of his craft

  Henry Aikns has made tremendous impact on my game. His level of detail and easy-to-learn instruction make this video a gem. The detail outlined in this instructional can either make or break your technique. A must have in your JJ collection.

  victor b.February 7, 2023USVerified buyer

• A gem

  I’ve added a lot of the small ‘invisible’ details to my game, particular around posture and submission prevention. If you are familiar with Henry Akins work then you know what to expect - he just sees BJJ from a different lens to most other instructors. The only downside, and it’s something I’ve noticed before, is that there is a small duplication with some of his other instructionals, e.g the sections on armbar and triangle escapes. I don’t mind this as it’s always good to be reminded of excellent techniques but as Henry’s instructionals are some of the more expensive ones on BJJ Fanatics, regular customers may feel more short changed.

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  Ben T.January 4, 2023GBVerified buyer

• Amazing instructional

  Amazing instructional

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  John M.September 24, 2022CAVerified buyer

• BJJ Black Belt

  Inside the closed guard is one of Henrys master pieces. The Jiu Jitsu Henry teaches is not being taught anywhere. I highly recommend Inside the closed guard and guard attacks. In fact I highly recommend EVERYTHING Henry puts out. Carl Canfield, Bjj Black Belt

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  Carl C.August 25, 2022USVerified buyer

• best instruction ever

  best instruction ever

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  sung-hoon p.July 6, 2022KRVerified buyer

• great BUT READ CAREFULLY

  Agree with the other reviewer. The instructional is amazing. but (it's a big BUT) I'm a fan of Akins and own lot of his instructional videos (almost all on the site). if you have the escapes ones (armlock&chokes), half of the video is a repetition. Of the other half, a part is a repetition of itself with older footage (Henry has short hairs), with minimal differences. instruction are good? definitively are the details great as usual? yes but lot of the stuff here is already seen in other akins instructionals, or even in the same instructional (!) I Would recommend this video only if you want to pick only one. if you are interested in Akins system (that i LOVE), I would avoid - especially considered the price. BJJFanatics fantastic in giving me a refund as soon as I explained my motivations.

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  Rick G.June 7, 2022NLVerified buyer

• Mind blown!

  I know some people will think the price is too high, but I'll be honest, I saw stuff here I have never seen anywhere else. It changed the fundamentals of my game. I didn't think "invisible jiu-jitsu" from Rickson Gracie was real, but it is. There are things that look the same on a surface level, but little changes make a huge difference. Just buy anything from Henry Akins to see what I mean.

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  Charles H.June 4, 2022USVerified buyer

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