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Octopus Guard 2.0 by Craig Jones reviews, page 4

Octopus Guard 2.0 by Craig Jones has 175 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 27, 2025 to September 3, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.

Reviews 76–100

• Octopus and turtle

  I really like the counter mechanism that were teached in this instructional. Great stuff.

  Jochen H.February 22, 2026GermanyVerified buyerPurple belt7-9 yrs training

• Great Instructional

  Great video by CJ. Super informative and easy to understand. Pretty fun to mess around in training with.

  Gunner Y.February 21, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt1-3 yrs training

• Octopus Guard 2.0 by Craig Jones.

  It works and I’m impressed.

  Simone T.February 21, 2026SwitzerlandVerified buyer7-9 yrs training

• Fun stuff

  Great game to play from Craig

  Scott L.February 20, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Octopus Guard 2.0

  Octopus Guard 2.0 vary wall exlpaned, with al lot nes staff and useflull ditails

  Valerio P.February 20, 2026ItalyVerified buyerBlack belt10-12 yrs training

• Craig is cool.

  This has some great info. I'm newer to BJJ but still the concepts are great.

  Christopher B.February 19, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Good

  It’s a fun watch picked up a few good detail

  Manoli D.February 19, 2026CanadaVerified buyerBrown belt16+ yrs training

• Love it

  It's great love it

  Brian A.February 19, 2026United StatesVerified buyer

• Octopus Guard 2.0

  Overall a good mix of Octopus and Turtle options that Craig shows, building off of the 1st instructional.

  Eric B.February 18, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt13-15 yrs training

• Interesting but underwhelming

  Lots of interesting ideas that are contrary to standard BJJ but it felt underwhelming compared to other CJ instructionals at the same price point. Felt like the amount of realistically useable content was lower than others and closer to 1.0, which I felt was easier to implement and I still use it more frequently than 2.0.

  Luke S.February 18, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Fun and unique

  This is not a traditional instructional or octopus guard. It’s unique and fun to watch. My only wish is that it had more of the traditional octopus guard but I guess that’s why it’s “2.0”.

  Jake G.February 18, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Better than the 1st

  Brilliant better than the 1st one

  Jamie J.February 18, 2026United KingdomVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• 10/10

  I learned a lot and it gave my game some new moves

  Jonathan B.February 18, 2026GermanyVerified buyerBlack belt16+ yrs training

• I am very much enjoying this so far.

  I was lucky enough to catch this on sale and it's been a trove in new info and outlooks. Would recommend.

  EoinFebruary 18, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Good

  This is good stuff and works on higher belts

  AnonymousFebruary 18, 2026United StatesVerified buyerWhite belt1-3 yrs training

• Simply the best

  This guy is so creative with these set ups. I've been using one of these set up for a couple of years now and if Craig is using it I must be on the right path lol.

  Andrew C.February 13, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt10-12 yrs training

• Amazing

  Great video, great insight

  Derick M.February 12, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBrown belt10-12 yrs training

• Octopus 2.0

  A bit different from than your typical octopus as this instructional is based primarily from side control. There is most definitely a learning curve . It’s a very reactive position with no time to think . The positive is the technique is very simple. It will take some reps to hit the sweeps with a decent percentage just be prepared for the back takes and darces. I would have like to have seen a section of just sparring/roll analysis. I would buy it again and do recommend it for anybody that’s a fan of octopus.

  Trey F.February 12, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlue belt4-6 yrs training

• Amazing “guard” and amazing rework of the octopus guard.

  So stoked I got this for less than $50 and have started to implementing the guard already. 4 days after purchasing. Even better, I show up to no gi and they are literally teaching octopus guard 2.0. So excited to keep learning and growing.

  Justin H.February 11, 2026Verified buyer

• Great instructional

  Great instructional, really valued it after watching the first Octopus one he came out with. Added a lot.

  Garrett S.February 10, 2026United StatesVerified buyer

• Octopus Guard 2.0

  I purchased the original Octopus guard dvd back in 2023 and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I bought this one to compare what updated technology had been developed. I liked this DVD but noticed that the approach on this one was more of a counter guard when trapped in bottom side control / turtle. I like the chaos it can bring in a scramble.

  Daniel M.February 10, 2026AustraliaVerified buyerBrown belt7-9 yrs training

• Great stuff

  As usual Craig has done a great job of breaking down a position in this sport that needed some imagination and creativity. Haven't been darced since evening watching his sample on YouTube

  Sean B.February 9, 2026United StatesVerified buyerPurple belt16 yrs training

• octopus guard 2.0

  lots of details i have never considered

  AnonymousFebruary 8, 2026United StatesVerified buyerBlack belt13-15 yrs training

• オクトパスガード

  オクトパスガードが進化しました。

  一真 福.February 8, 2026JapanVerified buyer

• Octopus guard 2.0

  This dvd is absolute trash and I love it. Putting yourself in bad positions then laughing after you sweep them is priceless!! It’s fun to train!

  Isaiah L.February 7, 2026CanadaVerified buyer

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