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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructional Videos

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I completely disagree with the idea that the instruction on these DVDs is poor. The illustration and detail of technique is fine. Not high quality production, but you can learn the techniques just fine. For the price, and what you get, I would say this is an under-rated bargain. $60 for 11 tapes (put on DVD). Granted there is nothing overly complicated here. This set gives you a good over-view of the Gracie/BJJ system. This is the best bargain I've seen on BJJ instructional tapes/DVDs. A must have.
The NHB fights from Brazil are an added bonus. If you pass this deal up, you are a sucker, you won't find this level of instruction for this price anywhere.

This is one of the earlier tape sets. You won't find any flash techniques and you won't find the "game development" type format prevalent today. What you will find is good, solid techniques the beginner and early intermediate can incorporate immediately.

This set leverages Craig Kukuk's clear instruction style and Renzo Gracie's intricate knowledge. It shows great details to techniques you can use.

The more advanced BJJ practitioner might not learn a great deal of new stuff, but it's probably worth a look. I picked up a lot of good stuff, especially from the headlock tape.

The set has been eclipsed as an instructional, now, but is a great resource for the beginner.

This 12 disc set helps show why Renzo Gracie is one of the world's top jiu jitsu teachers. The basics are clearly presented here in a logical sequence, and they work! You won't find the latest and greatest sweeps, but there is enough content here to last months and months of practice. Renzo's style is to introduce simple moves, gradually building in complexity. This makes the set appropriate for all levels - especially as such a cheap price.

Enjoy!

This instructional DVD set was pretty thorough. I was kind of under the impression it would be an Instructional Series on "No-Gi" Jiu-Jitsu and while they do show many techniques that are used without needing the Gi so much, half of it or more did utilize the Gi for one thing or another.

As far as quality goes, the information was fantastic and showed many variations of common techniques along with key points to allow you to perfect your techniques a little better which I found extremely valuable, DVD quality was pretty decent, and the Audio was great. Renzo Gracie speaks very good English which is easy to understand.

This set is very helpful for getting started. It provides some basics in just about every category. Techniques are clearly explained and demonstrated. Highly recommended!

The overall present is very good. However, some of the manuvers are dated particularly techniques for breaking the guard. Applying the technique shown on this DVD can result in creating an opportunity for the person in the guard using the technique shown to be placed in an armbar or trinagle choke. I expected more from this DVD.

This DVD set is a great beginners gi instructional. For the novice, this instructional will give you good demonstration of fundamentals. Renzo & associate explain the techniques in great detail (maybe a little too much--I found the multiple replays of the move from different camera angles a little annoying). This is not a DVD for a person with more than basic understanding of the art as you won't find any fancy techniques like x-guard, rubberguard, e.t.c

Renzo and Craig's video takes you through a comprehensive crash course in BJJ. The techniques in the video are extremely detailed and each clip reviews the technique at least 5 times. The DVD format is useful to review a particular area (i.e. choke, escapes, passing the guard, etc). I highly recommend the video for any person just starting off in BJJ or even intermediate practitioners who are just looking to brush off on some technical aspects of the moves.

this is a very good dvd set for anyone looking to learn jiu jitsu, .. they teach you in a way that you'll learn it easily. for the price, i highly reccomend it

This is a great DVD for people just starting Jiu Jitsu. Very old school, good moves, but if you are an intermediate blue and up it will look very redundant.