Killing The Guard Bundle by Andre Galvao: Mixed Guard Passing Bundle

What it teaches

This bundle is built around Andre Galvao’s guard passing material, with the product page saying he breaks down his “highest percentage passes” and naming four included courses: modern guard concepts, butterfly guard, knee shield half guard, and stack passing.

Our assessment is that the course mix points to a top-player passing curriculum for common guard families: loose/open guard, butterfly hooks, half-guard knee shield frames, and stack-style pressure. That makes it more useful as a passing study block than as a single-situation troubleshooting course.

Curriculum overview

Who it is for

The bundle is aimed at grapplers who want a wide guard-passing library from Andre Galvao instead of one single pass or one single guard scenario. The source frames it as a bundle for learning how his passes work across guard situations.

Consider it if your main training project is becoming harder to hold in guard and you want material for butterfly, knee shield half guard, stack passing, and broader modern-guard looks. If you only need one of those areas, an individual course may be more focused than the whole bundle.

Prerequisites

The source does not state a required belt level, prerequisite course, or assumed technical foundation. It only identifies the bundle as guard-passing instruction and lists the four included passing topics.

Our suggested prerequisite is basic familiarity with top passing positions and the ability to recognize butterfly guard, knee shield half guard, and stack-pass situations in sparring. The bundle appears more valuable when you can connect each course to live problems you already encounter.

Format and access

The supplied brief verifies this as a mixed gi/no-gi product. The product source also says Galvao had success in both gi and no-gi, but it does not break down which included courses use gi grips, no-gi controls, or both.

The product page states that the bundle provides access to four full-length instructional videos and can be streamed or downloaded through the BJJ Fanatics app. BJJ University has not independently verified the internal lesson structure beyond the supplied snapshot.

Strengths

A clear strength is breadth: the bundle names four different passing studies rather than one isolated technique. For a student building a top game, that can help connect pressure, angle changes, and guard-specific answers across multiple common bottom-player structures.

Another strength is instructor identity for buyers specifically seeking Andre Galvao’s approach. The source identifies him as the instructor and ties the product to his competitive background in both ADCC and IBJJF contexts.

Limitations

The main limitation in the supplied research is curriculum opacity. The source confirms the four course titles, but does not provide chapter lists, positional sequences, drilling structure, or examples of specific passes inside each included course.

You may want to buy less broadly if you already know that only one guard is your problem. The bundle’s verified value proposition is coverage across four passing topics, which can be more than you need if your immediate goal is only knee shield, only butterfly, or only stack passing.

Bundle or individual courses

This is a bundle, and the verified included courses are Passing the Modern Guard Using Old School Concepts, Killing the Butterfly Guard, Killing The Knee Shield Half Guard, and The Stack Pass.

Consider the bundle if you want one study path for multiple guard-passing problems. Consider an individual component instead if your training notes point to a single recurring obstacle, such as butterfly hooks or knee shield frames.

Suggested study order

Our suggested order is to begin with the modern-guard course for general concepts, then move into butterfly guard, knee shield half guard, and stack passing as problem-specific modules. This is an editorial study order based on the verified titles, not a sourced instructor sequence.

For mat transfer, consider pairing each module with a sparring constraint: pass only from the named guard for several rounds, then add the next module once you can identify the entries and blocks that are actually showing up against resistance.

Alternatives to compare

Systematically Attacking the Guard 3.0: Inside Camping by Gordon Ryan is the verified related alternative. Its source describes a pressure-based inside camping system using control, weight, timing, high-head and low-head positions, and transitions toward submissions.

Choose the Galvao bundle if you want broader coverage across several named guard types and passing themes. Consider Gordon Ryan’s Inside Camping if you want a more narrowly organized pressure-passing system centered on camping positions rather than a four-course bundle.

Bernardo Faria Pressure Passing Certification Weekend was held from comparison because the prompt requires current verified research before using it as an alternative. It should not be treated as a verified comparison point for this guide.

• Systematically Attacking the Guard 3.0: Inside Camping by Gordon Ryan — check current price · Read our guide

Purchase guidance

The product page presents the offer as a bundle that gives access to four full-length instructional videos. The renderer should provide current seller links and current price checks rather than relying on any snapshot price or promotion.

Consider buying when your priority is a broad passing curriculum from Galvao across modern guard, butterfly, knee shield half guard, and stack pass situations. Hold off if you need a fully chaptered syllabus before purchase, because the supplied source does not include that level of detail for the bundle components.