Connected Reaction Bundle by Paul Schreiner: Guard, Passing, Escapes and Attacks

What it teaches

This bundle is presented as an eight-instructional package built around Paul Schreiner’s “connected reaction” approach, with material spanning guard, passing, submissions, back takes, half guard, side-control defense, closed guard, no-gi passing, and armlocks.

The listed courses include two Pistol Grip 2-on-1 Open Guard volumes, Half Guard, Second Guard for side-control defense and escape, Clinch Closed Guard, Seat Belt Back Attacks, No-Gi Passing, and Armlocks and Spiral Armlocks.

Our assessment: treat this as a whole-game study package rather than a single-position deep dive. It may suit grapplers who want recurring decision-making ideas across several common phases instead of buying one isolated course.

Curriculum overview

Who it is for

This bundle is aimed at students who want to connect multiple areas of their game: guard offense, half guard, closed guard, side-control escapes, passing, back control, and armlock finishes are all explicitly named in the source.

Consider it if your main problem is not one missing technique, but a lack of transitions between positions—especially moving from grips and guards into sweeps, submissions, back takes, escapes, and passing reactions.

Prerequisites

The source does not state a belt level or required experience level for the bundle.

Our suggested prerequisite is basic familiarity with the major positions named here—open guard, half guard, closed guard, side control, back control, passing, and armlocks—because the bundle covers many areas and appears designed to connect reactions rather than introduce only one beginner position.

Format and gi/no-gi notes

The product is sold as a streaming or downloadable digital course through the BJJ Fanatics app ecosystem.

No-gi is explicitly verified for the passing component. Gi coverage is not explicitly stated in the supplied source; the pistol-grip open guard material may be gi-oriented, but the source text only verifies the title and grip focus, not a complete gi/no-gi designation for the whole bundle.

Strengths

The main strength is breadth: the bundle covers bottom offense, defensive escapes, passing, back attacks, and top submissions in one connected curriculum.

For students who already like Schreiner’s teaching style, this may be an efficient way to study his connected-reaction ideas across several positional families rather than separating guard, passing, escapes, and submissions into unrelated projects.

Limitations and research notes

The supplied product snapshot is incomplete at the curriculum-detail level: it verifies the included course titles and broad themes, but it does not provide a complete chapter list for the bundle’s components.

Buy less if you want a narrow, chapter-by-chapter study of one specific grip, one takedown entry, or one guard position; this bundle’s verified description is broad, while the detailed lesson breakdowns are not supplied for most components.

Suggested study order

Our suggested order is to begin with the Pistol Grip 2-on-1 Open Guard volumes, then half guard and clinch closed guard, because those are the clearest bottom-position attacking modules named in the bundle.

After building bottom offense, consider studying Second Guard for side-control defense, then No-Gi Passing, Seat Belt Back Attacks, and Armlocks and Spiral Armlocks so the defensive, passing, control, and finishing material has a positional context.

Alternatives to consider

The Z-Grip by Waldo Zapata is a more focused alternative for students who want one grip system with verified lessons on posture control, locked Z-grip attacks, sweeps, back takes, and half guard applications.

Master The Move: Arm Drags by John Danaher is a narrower positional alternative for arm-drag specialists, with verified coverage from seated, supine, half butterfly, standing, defensive, and open-stance situations.

Choose the Schreiner bundle if you want broad positional coverage under one connected-reaction theme; consider Z-Grip or Arm Drags if your current training block needs a single grip or single entry system with a more narrowly verified curriculum.

• The Z-Grip by Waldo Zapata — check current price
• Master The Move: Arm Drags by John Danaher — check current price

Bundle or individual courses

This product is explicitly a bundle of eight separate instructionals rather than one standalone course.

Consider the full bundle if you want to study Schreiner’s connected-reaction approach across several areas. If you only need one phase—such as side-control escapes, no-gi passing, back attacks, or armlocks—an individual component may be the cleaner study choice when available from the seller.

Purchase guidance

Before buying, verify the current product page for availability, included components, format details, and seller terms, because the supplied snapshot includes broad bundle information but not full component chapter lists.

Our assessment: this is most attractive as a library-building purchase for students who want multiple Paul Schreiner modules. It is less targeted for someone trying to solve only one immediate problem, such as only arm drags, only a Z-grip, or only one escape.