Tactical Turtle by Neil Melanson

I have most of Neil's instructionals. Every time I find a weakness in my game I buy a new Melanson instructional. Turtle position is where i was getting beat. Black and brown belts would break me down then take my back or submit me from there. After watching this instructional, learning the concepts and drilling the most fundamental moves I can escape turtle or even attack from there. Turtle is often an overlooked position. If your turtle is weak you need this instructional.

Work the turtle

Really phenomenal and complete overview of how to address being in turtle. I always found turtle to be a position you would just be stuck in, but Neil really shows some of the advantages you can draw from it and how to formulate a plan before even going into it. I think it’s a great tool for no gi players but a lot of the concepts are certainly applicable in the gi as well. You can make adjustments in both games.

Thorough overview of playing turtle!

This instructional has helped me introduce turtle into my game as a relatively safe/opportunistic position. Neil is very thorough in his teaching of the position's concepts and philosophy. I feel like "Tactical Turtle" might also be a good compliment to Craig Jones' "Power Bottom" instructional.