In this video set, Scott “Bam Bam” Sullivan takes your striking skills to the next level. No matter where you think your skills are in the striking arts, I can assure you that there is something in this video package that you do not currently know. Scott has crammed even more of his world-class instruction into this incredible DVD set, and invites you to receive that level of instruction without having to pay unrealistic amounts. I highly recommend this resource for anyone interested in taking their striking game to the next level!
Scott “Bam Bam” Sullivan is one of the most sought after striking instructors in the world. In this video set, he takes his combination of fighting techniques plus his teaching skills and packs them into a HUGE DVD collection of Muay Thai. This is a great resource for you to learn how to improve your striking abilities with Scott Sullivan, without having to pay top-knotch dollars. This DVD set is WORLD CLASS instruction available to you at a very affordable cost. Check out the link above and see for yourself!
One of the most significant flaws that many grapplers have is being able to pass their opponent’s guard at will. If you’re tired of being stuck in the Full Guard, Half-Guard (including the LockDown), Butterfly Guard, X-Guard, or Rubber Guard- THEN YOU NEED THIS SET!
This video set is 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 50 seconds long and focuses entirely on how to open your opponent’s guard, defend yourself from sweeps and submissions, and then effectively pass their guard into your side control. This gives you the advantage so that you can increase your position for points or so that you can start to really ground and pound in an MMA fight.
In this video set, we cover all of the guards that are used in no-gi grappling and Mixed Martial Arts. We will show you how to open your opponent’s closed guard- no matter how hard they try to hold on. We’ll show you how to break the LockDown- which can be a very painful and frustrating position in Half-Guard. We show you how to prevent the sweep attempts from Butterfly Guard, and how to immobilize your opponent so that you can pass to Side Control. We show you how to not get swept by the X-Guard and how to get out of that position so that you can impose your game. Lastly- we show you how to not get caught in the Rubber Guard system and how to force your opponent back to a different guard, or to pass the Rubber Guard from Mission Control.
The Darce Choke series from TFW revolutionized my idea of the D’arce Choke (aka the Brabo Choke). This choke is one of the most misunderstood and misused submissions in any grappling art. Of the people that know how to perform the choke, very few know more than one effective setup to get to this submission.
I was part of that group. I knew what the choke was, but had probably landed fewer than 3 of them when actively sparring and never in competition. All that has recently changed. I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peak of this set before the major release of it, and I was stunned at how LITTLE I knew about the Darce. This video has more than 20 setups for this one submission! The more I watched, the more enlightened I felt; along with feeling quite discouraged that I was just now learning this after 4 years of grappling.
Since watching this set and training a couple of the setups, I have been landing the Darce choke on everyone that I roll with. Even a lot of the guys that normally smoke me on the mat were shocked as I had them tapping and gasping. This video has really changed the way that I grapple.
If you are one of the guys that likes chokes, then you will DEFINITELY love this set. It gives you a way to finish your opponent from virtually any position. Overall, I give it 5 stars!
The MMA Striking set has truly revitalized TrainFightWin. Back to the basics of MMA, and right to the heart of it. It is great to see the basic setups and combinations covered in this video set broken down into such detail. I am impressed with the way that they take you all the way from the basic stance and correct steps all the way through defending leg kicks and setting up combos.
While this set has many great attributes, there is one aspect of it that truly set it apart from other striking series in my mind- and that is the correct stepping sections. While many other video sets cover the steps for setting up one or two shots, TFW goes through the correct steps for both offense and defense. They break down the concept as a whole, and you quickly see how to “step with intent” as they call it. Another great concept that was broken down was in the punching. Richard says “Punches do three things: Blind; Measure; and Damage.” Though I never thought of it this way, he is exactly right!
At the price, this set is a steal. TFW says they will be releasing more striking sets next year- and this one will be the first building block. I HIGHLY suggest investing in it. Because of the superior content and the MMA Roots that TFW got back to on this set, it receives all 5 stars!
The X-Guard series from TFW had me skeptical at first. I have never really been a big fan of the X-Guard, and never really been able to utilize it. While Marcelo Garcia has released numerous resources covering the X-Guard, I find it difficult to utilize. And if the guy that invented the position couldn’t get me interested in it, then I figured I would surely hate this video set. That being said- I was surprised. It is obvious from the beginning of the set that TFW put a lot of time into the production of this video. The content is well laid out and the techniques chain together nicely. I think that what sets this video apart from other X-Guard explanations is the setups. The hardest part about X-Guard is getting into the position itself, and this set does an excellent job explaining how to do that from numerous positions. Since watching this video, I have been a little more turned on to the X-Guard. While it is not my “go-to” guard YET, it is quickly becoming more and more of a tool that I use.
I suggest checking out this video set if you are a guy that plays a lot of guard. If you like to sweep from the bottom, then you might think this is the best thing since sliced bread. Overall, I give it 4 stars!
The High Percentage Grappling set from TFW is absolutely great. While all of the videos in that set are released for free, I highly suggest getting the videos so that you can have them on DVD. For only a couple of dollars, it will at least keep good content coming out of TFW as an incentive to stay in business.
In this setup, many of the setups and chains are explained that Richard uses in personal grappling. This set started as a “Technique of the Week” section on his site, and continued to grow. It has some VERY useful techniques in it, and if you would like to see something else- you can ask for it in their forums and Richard will add it to this series! You can purchase the entire set on DVD for $30, or download it all for $15. If there’s only a couple of the techniques that you want, you can download any of them for only $1 a piece. This is a great resource, and I give it 5 stars!
The Rubber Guard and Twister Side Control from TFW was a different video set. While I didn’t really expect to see this set from them, I am glad that they did it. I don’t really use the Rubber Guard very much, but this video did help to turn me on to it a little bit. I don’t have very good flexibility, so to see someone else who admittedly doesn’t have great flexibility yet was able to use the rubber guard was motivational if nothing else. Another great asset is to see the Rubber Guard explained by someone OUTSIDE of the 10th Planet circle. All of those guys are GREAT at using the Rubber Guard, but they all also have great flexibility. It was nice to see a more applicable spin on the rubber guard for the average guy like me.
For the Twister Side Control part- again, it was great to see the Twister Roll setup explained by someone OTHER than the 10th Planet guys. TFW didn’t go into nearly as many setups as the 10th Planet guys use for the Twister Side Control, but they did expand nicely on the basics of Twister Side Control and Rubber Guard.
All in all- while I appreciate the time it took to make these videos, I doubt that the 10th Planet style of grappling will ever be my “go-to” skills. I rate this set with 4 stars.
The Aggressive Guard video set from TrainFightWin.com is one of their best sets. Not only is the content very useful, but their camera angle has improved dramatically in this set. Essentially, this set covers sweeps from the half guard and the butterfly guard- and the content is for real. Some of the half guard sweeps are taken from the 10th Planet System, but have been tweaked a little bit. The sweeps from half guard cover everything from leg placement and creating space, to sweeping or getting back to your feet. The butterfly guard content only gets better as you go through chained sequences of sweeps. That’s probably the greatest asset to the videos that TFW has- it’s use of the “chains” as they call them. All of their techniques are shown how they are used in a sequence to create a system of attacks, rather than just a wild list of techniques. The Butterfly Guard sweeps in this series expand on that idea, and do a great job at showing how to get the sweep if you do end up in butterfly guard.
Because of the improved camera angle and the great content, this video set is getting 5 stars!
The Defend, Escape, Counter series is the first series that TFW did after their first huge series that was released for free. Defend, Escape, Counter focuses on how to escape positions and submissions; however, the escapes from positions were almost all covered in their first series. That being said, it’s still helpful to have those techniques laid out on one DVD; especially if you didn’t purchase the first set.
The escapes from the submissions are well laid out. They focus on escaping the submissions taught to you in the first set. While it can be frustrating training these escapes at first (because that means you are getting submitted), it does pay off to drill them a LOT. Overall, this set is affordable and that helps out with this review. The content isn’t magnificent and shocking- but the subject that it is covering really doesn’t allow for any of that. Because of the price being so low and the content being applicable and helpful- I rate Defend, Escape, Counter with 4 stars!
