The Half Guard Anthology by Lachlan Giles
1,183 reviews · 4.98 / 5
Lachlan Giles · Combo
The No Gi Open Guard Bundle by Lachlan Giles has 95 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 5.0 out of 5. 100% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from December 14, 2021 to July 4, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
For some reason, Lachlan Giles Instructionals click with me.
It's the Best No-Gi Guard Instruction, in my opinion. You can link all three of these guards fluidly.
Detailed and good concepts for smaller guard players like myself
Lachlan does a great job organizing all of the mini battles you need to know to make all of those outside control open guards you learned in the gi work in no gi. I like the way he explains the advantages of outside control and how you need to make all of the guard you use flow from one to the other (outside control guard transition well to other outside control guards and so on. If you ever wanted to explore these types of guards I can’t think of better instructional.
I found these instructional to be very helpful in my understanding to modern day open guard. As an older practitioners, I face a lot of younger folks that play complex entanglements and scrambles. These videos helped me see what they see.
Investing in Giles instructional is by far the most well spent compared to other series. Much cheaper than other material, yet it has been proven that keeping the feet on the outside is superior to the inside. Especially during open guard retention. Super pedagogical as well.
Especially the open guard retention techniques combined with the RDLR stuff has improved my game. The aussies certainly innovate the open guard retention game by translating the gi techniques of the Miyao and Mendes brothers to no gi. Very pedagogically explained as well, as alwaus with Giles.
One of the best
So much knowledge in this instructional!
Lachlans instruction has made K Guard super accessible as a complete beginner.
Lachlan gives the most value of any instructor out there. He takes time to overview the instructional and designs it like a real course. The series itself is highly detailed but it's something you can go back to again and again as you learn the positions.
very nice. I like
Great content with a lot of details and great production value.
If you like play bottom and take the back/legs this instructional in my opinion is the first you should learn and then combined it with others of Lachlan like the Half guard anthology and the leg locks 50/50, you will have material to study during years. Very grateful to Lachlan.
I can recommend this lessons to everyone
There is so much detail in this instructional. k guard hasn't been taught in my class yet so this has been a great introduction for me.
Everything what do you need to master K-Guard. SuperB
Lachlan Giles is one of the best BJJ teachers in the world! Covers a lot of open guards and gives a tremendous amount of details, so whether you already play open guard or just starting out this set will have you covered.
I got introduced to Mr Giles' instructionals as a purple belt with his equally great half guard anthology. He is an articulate instructor that resonates with the way I learn. He's very thorough in how he presents his systems and I know I will continue to find his material useful for years to come. I strongly recommend this instructional.
just really detailed and completely transformed the way I play the game
good
So much info, enough to keep you going for a year!
Very good dvd to watch and learn from
This is the greatest video to learn open guard.
lachlan is no doubt one of the best with leg entaglements really enjoying this video
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