Key Takeaways
- A Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu DVD showing you how to hold people down using pressure from different scenarios.
- Includes front-facing, turning, and back-facing opponents, passing, and turtle breakdowns.
- Covers the full length of pinning, from passing to the mount and back mount, with retention and recovery strategies.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 9 out of 10.
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Holding people down has two key components — pinning and pressure. Yeah, it can be that simple, if only you’d remember both of these when you’re trying to pin someone to the mats.
The Adam Wardzinski Pinning and Pressure DVD offers the solution to this conundrum. Instead of keeping them separate, Wardzinski blends pinning and pressure together, focusing on practical ways to stop people from slithering out from beneath you. This one is a Gi player’s dream, but even No-Gi guys will find lots of useful stuff in it.
Pressure Wins Fights
You’ve felt it. It may be your coach or the resident heavyweight who usually makes you gasp for air once you give up your guard, but you know exactly how pressure feels on the receiving end in grappling.
Well, that’s exactly how you want to use it when you’re on the giving end of it. Those exact same reactions you have are the ones you’re looking for in your opponent when you’re pressuring them until they break. Which brings us to the question: “Why do we need pressure?”
Apart from helping you “cook” your opponent, pressure is a great way of pinning without having to worry whether you’re in a specific position. Forget about all the “43-degree angle” nonsense you’ve been “taught” is the most “efficient” way to pin from “the thunder dome of doom side control.”
Just put your opponent under pressure. For the most part, that means different positions under different circumstances for different people. So forget about all the angles. Instead, take a look at how Adam does it in the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD.
The Best Gi Grappler in the World?
Who would you say is the BJJ GOAT in the Gi? I’d wager not many are going to jump straight to Adam Wardzinski, even though the numbers, performances, and evidence point firmly in his direction.
It did take time for Adam to bloom into a full-fledged world champion. After a decade of top-tier performances that fell just short of the world title, Wardzinski, a.k.a. Megatron, managed to win his first IBJJF Worlds in 2024, submitting everyone as he tore through the competition.
The most popular Polish grappler (arguably) has since only had stellar performances, adding another No-Gi Pans title to his name in 2025, as well as winning the Euros for the third time, with the Gi on. 2025 also saw Wardzinski win the CBJJ Brazilian Nationals — once the toughest BJJ competition in the world.
Known for his impeccable guard, we saw Adam demonstrate impressive prowess with his escapes and top game as well, which was probably the missing part in his puzzle for all those years. Naturally, this part of his game is in big demand these days, and Adam obliged with the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD.
Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD Review
This six-part Gi BJJ DVD by Adam Wardzinski delivers the motherlode of pressure pinning for Jiu-Jitsu in a way that moves past the traditional positions we usually associate with pinning. Wardzinski offers more than 4 hours of quality material and covers everything you need to know about holding people down:
Part 1 – Fold Passing
The opening portion of the Adam Wardzinski Pinning and Pressure DVD targets pinning very early on — during passing. This concept is slowly becoming a very popular one, aiming to prevent people from “just standing up” and forcing them into guard long before looking for a pass.
By turning towards stacking or folding, depending on the terminology you prefer, Adam provides a two-for-one of pinning and pressure without actively trying to pass — a proven heavyweight champion’s strategy. Options include folding people in different stages of the half guard, made worse (for the bottom person) by some very powerful hip and leg rides.
Part 2 – Chest-to-Chest Pinning
After the leg placement (a.k.a. guard) of your opponent is no longer an issue, Megatron launches into explanations of what we consider the definition of pinning — chest-to-chest scenarios. That said, you won’t find the traditional pins here, but rather an interesting take on pinning literally as early as possible, based on pressure rather than specific positioning.
Out of the half a dozen chapters in the second part of the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD, I found the handcuffing position to be a very, very useful one. Adam’s use of Nelsons in the Gi, which is a huge factor in his latest winning streak, gets dissected here, along with some exciting ways to pin using guard tactics like the Coyote and Octopus.
Part 3 – Chest-to-Back Pinning
Even though we don’t think of chest-to-back positions immediately when we talk pinning, these are far more common during live grappling and just as difficult to hold on to. As we get near the middle of this Adam Wardzinski DVD, his focus shifts toward this underrated aspect of pinning.
Wardzinski begins methodically at the furthest pinning point available, covering the actual moment the opponent turns to deal with your immediate post-pass pinning attempts. Adam offers upper body connections to help you stay attached first, with the Gift Wrap providing everything you need.
Lower body control features more in this volume, mostly by way of hooks and crab rides. At the very end, Adam breaks out the handcuffs again, seamlessly tying together front and back pinning options.
Part 4 – Turtle Options
One of the most annoying things people do when you pass their guard is turtling up. Pinning the turtle is super difficult and often ends up in guard recovery for the bottom person.
Solutions exist, and they center around using pressure to pin the turtle, which is exactly what you get in this section of the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD. Adam throws in some wrestling classics like claw rides and mat returns, which we don’t often see with the Gi, causing all sorts of problems for the turtle.
Part 5 – Back Mount
There is a very specific and practical flow to this Adam Wardzinski Pinning and Pressure DVD. It starts in the guard of an opponent, which is the first instance where you have to use pinning, and ends in the back mount and mount, which are the epitomes of pinning and control in grappling.
The back mount is up first, as Wardzinski builds on his turtle breakdowns with a series of back retention methods. This will teach you active pinning better than any instructional, claiming you can ride the back endlessly once you get your hooks in.
Adam covers many scenarios here, including changing between hooks, body triangles, and cross-body control. The handcuffs feature again, providing an interesting new option as Wardzinski acknowledges that back escapes can happen, but doesn’t allow the opponent to go past bottom side control, ending up in a pin. Again.
Part 6 – Mount Pressure
The mount, Adam’s bread-and-butter pinning position, is the main feature of the final part of this Adam Wardzinski Gi instructional. We’ve seen it used almost as well as Roger Gracie lately, with a particular knack for the S-mount, which he deconstructs thoroughly here.
With pinning done once you get the mount, finishing moves also appear as Adam takes us through an array of armbars, head-and-arm chokes, and Gi strangles. For his swan song, Wardzinski ties together mount and back mount pinning, turning the entire DVD into a cohesive system at the very end.
Everyone Gasses Out
Don’t fall for the trap of conditioning instructionals and programs that promise you endless gas tanks for Jiu-Jitsu. Everyone gasses out. It just may take longer for some, especially when they are leading the rhythm of a match, to become tired. So, how do you deal with someone like that?
Pressure. Even the best-conditioned grappler is going to have a hard time when you put them under pressure. That, however, is easier said than done.
If you want to make people quit in BJJ, you’ll have to become a master of getting top positions first. Whether you pull guard, do takedowns, or sweep, you have to end up on top — that’s the only condition.
Once you’re on top, things get easier for you. Grab the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD, figure out how to pressure people from all kinds of situations and positions, and enjoy seeing super athletes gasp for air as you hold them down at will. Or finish them — your choice.
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Pressure Pinning Nightmare!
Get on, and don’t get off until the bell sounds! While this tactic is not presented like this in the Pinning and Pressure Engineering Adam Wardzinski DVD, the notion of it runs throughout the instructional. After all, pressure turns even seasoned grapplers into quitters, as long as you know where to press — and Adam does, to perfection!
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