Your other hand is going to come inside your opponent’s leg and take a pant grip. Now your open just has an open guard that you can pass with any type of pass you like. Deep Half Guard Pass Deep half guard is widely popular and hard to pass. This deep half pass is simple and e...
Probably the easiest sweeps to do from this squid guard variation are the push and pull sweeps. When you invert into your opponent and pull their knee into your chest to fully control their leg. Depending on your opponent’s reaction will determine which sweep you will use. If they keep th...
Once you smash the legs, it is now time to pass the guard. Note that your weight should be on the opponent’s legs as you work on the pass. If you place your weight on their hip, they can always threaten to push you away or use their hooks tosweepyou over. Your legs should also...
Another one of the popular techniques from the kimura trap comes from a knee shield in half guard. From holding a knee shield, grab a kimura grip on your opponent’s arm. Next, you’re going to bait your opponent by taking off your knee shield to let them pass. As they start to pas...
4) Open The Closed Guard Efficiently One of the first kneeling closed-guard opening passes taught in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is for you to push on the chest with one hand, and push on the knee with the other, while having one knee elevating the opponent’s back. If you look for closed-gua...
Scoot backwards so that he doesn’t land right on top of you or use a backstep guard pass on you Insert your second hook and establish your seatbelt grip with your hands. Pull his ankle outwards to externally rotate his near leg, collapse his base and take his back ...
For example, if you want to do a guard pass, you need to close the distance by breaking their grips, controlling their legs, and lowering your base. If you want to sweep them from guard, you need to create space by breaking their posture, pushing them away with your legs or arms, an...
The open guard checklist works in a very specific pattern, where steps, or rather goals, have a specific and important order in which they take place. The first thing on the agenda is the ability to stay in guard when people are trying to pass it, which they will. ...
I think it was a good idea to add in a more thorough discussion of the defence to the stack pass: though it doesn't quite fit into a side control escape lesson, I think it makes sense as that would be my main worry when trying the leg swing guard recovery. Of course, as Jeff ...
Third, you want to start working for an armbar from guard. You've broken their posture and got them in close, so now try and get a grip on their arm. You could try this when they attempt to push up on your chest, as to do so they'll have to bring their arm into range of ...