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Keith Owen is a black belt under Pedro Sauer and teaches BJJ in Boise, Idaho in the US; Keith had originally viewed one of my reviews on www.lockflow.com and asked me to write an independent review of his new DVD release, so here it is!

Keith begins the DVD with a brief introduction, explaining that the techniques shown in the DVD are his favourite moves that he regularly uses in class when sparring with his students and claims that they are moves that you won't see on any other compilation.

There are twenty four chapters on the DVD covering a wide variety of positions including kimura counters; are bar defences; shoulder locks; north south position; escapes; mount attacks, turtle defence counters and many more.

In a number of chapters, Keith takes you through four and five techniques from one position, so it's really a true value for money DVD. For the most part of the DVD, Keith's claims to uniqueness holds true; out of all the techniques, I personally have seen a few of the techniques on other DVD's, but as for the rest of the techniques, these are some of the funkiest and eclectic moves around, definitely not seen on other compilations.

My favourite technique from the DVD is so simple to use that after seeing it once, I managed to pull it off in class the same night! Which one I hear you cry? Well, that would be telling wouldn't it, I need a few secret moves of my own!!

This DVD is crammed full of techniques and is aimed at jiu jitsu practitioners regardless of belt level, there is something on it for everyone. The techniques are easy to execute and don't require any special powers of flexibility and dexterity to pull them off in training

Carl Fisher

Favorite Moves by Pedro Sauer BJJ black belt Keith Owen is a collection of random moves that are some of Keith's favorites like the title implies. On the DVD you will find 23 techniques covering such topics as side control submissions, chokes, submission defenses and more for a total length of 74 minutes. The production and audio was professionally done and you will have no problem seeing or hearing what is being taught.

Out of all of these techniques I have a few favorites of my own. The Guard Pass for example is a standing pass in which you bait your opponent to apply an arm bar. Once they do go for the arm bar you pretty much passed their guard and take side control. You would think this move is risky to do, but it really isn't. Another favorite is the Guillotine Defense. I've tried other ways to escape this submission, but this is by far the easiest one for me to do. It does contain a lot of details, but even with that, the move was easy to learn. I've added these two moves to my game and have successfully used them while rolling.

Another interesting set of moves is the Sitting Mount Four Sub Flow. You literally sit on your opponent's chest allowing you to catch your opponent in a nice arm bar, among other things. It does feel awkward at first, due to the off balance feeling you get, but I am becoming more and more comfortable with it.

Over the years, I have seen quite a few instructional tapes and DVD's and most overlap each other with the same type of material. I can honestly say I haven't seen the majority of these techniques, which makes this DVD well worth the money. If you are looking for some moves to add to your current game or you want to brush up certain techniques with new details, you should definitely check this out.

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Keith Owen is perhaps the best BJJ instructor that you've never really heard of. A black belt under Pedro Sauer, his "Favorite Moves" instructional DVD is off the charts! I was really, REALLY impressed with this DVD and...