Key Takeaways
- Four-part bundle breaking down the way Rayron Gracie sets up his competitive game plan in the Gi.
- Features top game principles, from passing to finishing from the mount, escaping pins, and getting taps from the back.
- 14+ hours of details on passing, pinning from the mount, escaping side control, and turtle tactics from top and bottom.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
GRACIE FUNDAMENTALS RAYRON GRACIE DVD BUNDLE GET HERE
Don’t bother trying to figure out what the fundamentals are — they’re going to be different for everyone. Instead of following a “fundamentals curriculum,” look to resources that offer you options to pick and customize your own fundamentals of Jiu-Jitsu — the moves that will work for you most of the time.
The Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle offers such a blueprint (of sorts). In it, you get to see how a modern-day Gracie family member sets up a world-title-winning game while sticking to the principles that make BJJ tick. It is a particularly good DVD for blue to brown belt competitors in the Gi.
Rayron Gracie – A Modern Day Gracie Fighter
Another Gracie whose name starts with an unpronounceable “R.” You can be forgiven if you don’t exactly know who Rayron Gracie is straight off the bat. He is, however, one of the few family members who really has a knack for teaching more than marketing — and he knows his Jitz.
As a representative of the new generation of Gracie family grapplers, Rayron — the son of the late Ryan Gracie — is a black belt under Kyra Gracie, his cousin. He got his black belt in 2023 after winning the IBJJF Worlds and Pans at just about every belt level.
Rayron has a very strong and diverse game, mostly centered around top positions, and he loves his Gi strangles. He also has a teaching style that reflects his legacy but is not just a repeat of old-school Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which is refreshing.
His Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie Bundle is a great start for a new student or for anyone looking to build a competition game for Gi BJJ.
Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle Review – The Details
This Rayron Gracie Fundamentals Bundle is a Gi-only instructional (no surprise there) that contains a staggering 22 volumes of material, spread over more than 14 hours of instruction.
Turtle Mastery DVD — AVAILABLE HERE
Subject Matter:
First up — how to beat the turtle. This portion of the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle delivers updated Gracie Jiu-Jitsu tactics on securing hooks and back control against the turtle, with plenty of interesting Gi choking options.
Key Points Covered:
Rayron begins this DVD with an overview of how to play the turtle, but I think that’s mostly to make it clear what the points of attack are later. The bottom applications offer little of value, apart from a couple of arm drag options that land you on top.
Gracie uses the dogfight position to transition the focus from bottom to top. Sweeping from this position will work for you regardless of which turtle player you are, as the focus shifts towards passing guards that end up in last-resort territory — the turtle.
Rayron covers lots of ways to force turtle, catching collars in transition to set up chokes from the top or strangles from full back control, including the crucifix. A front headlock portion features as well, providing more depth and versatility to this system.
Technical DVD Specifications:
This instructional organizes the content in five volumes, presenting the first three and a half hours of the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie Bundle.
Guard Passing DVD — DOWNLOAD NOW
Subject Matter:
An area where Rayron shines, and arguably his best work as part of the Fundamentals Rayron Gracie Bundle, as he demonstrates how to beat the most dreaded players in BJJ — flexible people.
Key Points Covered:
In this instructional, Rayron Gracie moves pass by pass, categorizing what you do from the top to kill not just guard structure, but also hip flexibility as an ability. He offers key principles on crushing guard structure before launching into a study of grip breaking.
Up next are passes: São Paulo passing, Toreando, float passes, knee cuts, weave passing, and everything else you can think of. He even shares the Rayron special — his favorite pressure-passing mini-system. Gracie wraps up with principles of chest-to-chest control and stabilizing position after the pass.
Technical DVD Specifications:
The Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle offers an incredible eight-volume set of high-quality Gi instruction, which will take you about six hours to get through.
Mount Dominance DVD — FULL DOWNLOAD
Subject Matter:
Part three of the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle shows you how to dominate the mount in BJJ at all levels of control: low, mid, and high mount. Submissions such as collar chokes and armbars feature heavily as well.
Key Points Covered:
Rayron aims to turn your mount into the position that all but guarantees you a win, at least in Gi competition matches. He begins with positional details, mostly focused on killing counters and escapes early.
Once control is sorted, he moves on to attacks, which begin with Ezekiel chokes, move on to arm locks and cross-collar chokes, and end up with one-handed chokes and the Sci-Fi choke. All the while, Rayron moves from low to high mount, showing you how to ride your opponent without getting bucked off.
Technical DVD Specifications:
This portion of the Rayron Gracie Fundamentals Bundle features material organized in four volumes, with a total running time of just above two hours. Everything is demonstrated with the Gi.
Side Control Escapes DVD — GET IT HERE
Subject Matter:
Taking a break from top positions, Rayron looks to escapes in this DVD, focusing on the one position everyone struggles to deal with — side control. You can expect a lot of sneaky strategies to deal with people in North-South, knee-on-belly, and Judo side control in this one. Counters and submission defense included.
Key Points Covered:
The Fundamentals Rayron Gracie Bundle ends with an exploration of the bottom side control position, starting as early as guard retention. Rayron takes us through the entire process of losing the guard and having to deal with side control, addressing early counters and escapes first.
He spends considerable time showing how to get out of several knee-on-belly variations, as well as how to dismantle the dreaded Kesa Gatame control. Lots of recoveries (i.e., getting on top) also feature, most of them made possible by combining specific movements and threats from the bottom.
The North-South position gets its own volume, with Gracie being generous when it comes to providing different options to beat it. I liked the pendulum escape, but there are plenty more great options too.
Technical DVD Specifications:
Four more volumes of this DVD bring the total of the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle to 22 volumes — a staggering number. This DVD will require about two hours to get through, but it’ll take longer than that to make the escapes work on the mats.
Going Old School with Your Game
In a world where fundamentals are no longer as tangible and specific as they were just a decade ago, figuring out what is going to work in BJJ is a real headache. What’s more, the countless instructionals easily available to everyone just worsen the selection process.
So, when in doubt, go retro. Not as retro as trying to pull off standing Kimuras vs. a rear body lock, but rather focused on the things that made the sport click in the first place. You’ll find that lots of the simpler stuff you keep seeing in competitions at the highest level tends to be the stuff that works, making them the fundamentals to have.
Once you build a game based on these effective moves, you have a foundation for freedom. Now you can experiment all you want with high-risk moves that sometimes bring high rewards. It’s the tactic used by everyone who’s ever gotten a world title in BJJ — and the contents of the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle prove that.
GRACIE FUNDAMENTALS RAYRON GRACIE DVD BUNDLE DOWNLOAD
Fundamentals Never Fail!
Well, okay, they do sometimes — but only when the other guy/girl has better fundamentals than you. At the end of the day, to win in BJJ you need to get to and control scoring positions and hit a submission without putting yourself at risk.
That’s all old-school and covered in the Gracie Fundamentals Rayron Gracie DVD Bundle. Rayron spices things up with some modern tactics and principles though, delivering the new fundamentals of Jiu-Jitsu.
