Craig Jones: No-Gi Octopus Guard
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Octopus Guard 2.0
By Craig Jones
Octopus Guard 2.0 starts with half guard, side control and crossfaces, then expands into sweeps and D’Arce counters. Craig Jones devotes the later volumes to buggy chokes, front headlocks and turtle attacks, including crucifix and leg-attack material. This is a broad bottom-position course with an octopus theme.
Is this for you?
- You want no-gi octopus material that continues into headlock and turtle exchanges.
Also consider
Eduardo Telles: Octopus Guard in the Gi — Choose Telles for gi sleeve entries and a shorter course centered on sweeps and back takes.
Coverage and limits
- Half-guard and side-control distinctions, crossfaces, sweeps and reverse-side-control responses.
- D’Arce counters, buggy chokes, turtle overwrap attacks and crucifix material.
Limits
- Much of the later course concerns headlocks and turtle, so the four volumes are not all guard entries and sweeps.
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Octopus Guard 2.0 by Craig Jones — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Listing inspected: instructor, no-gi focus, four-volume outline, lesson labels/times and official free-sample iframe. Sample content not reviewed. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.
Octopus With Pajamas by Eduardo Telles — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Listing inspected: instructor, gi focus, single-volume outline, sleeve and reverse-half entries, lesson labels/times and official free-sample iframe. Sample content not reviewed.