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BJJ Open Guard

Open Guard Concepts Use a collar grip to break the posture of the standing attacker. Keep a straight leg on your opponents hip to control the distance, and learn to make circling motions with the other foot to get it to your opponents bicep. Once you’ve established this strong open guard you can start to […]

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Mastering The Rubber Guard

The Best Damn Guard on This Flat Earth Eddie Bravo is one of the most innovative No Gi Jiu Jitsu practitioners ever. Founder of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu and inventor of the rubber guard. Here he takes Bernardo Faria through the finer points of a good rubber guard.

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Understanding Open Guard

Everything You Need to Know About BJJ Open Guard & 4 Open Guard Sweeps. John Danaher explains every detail of open guard and teaches 4 sweeps from open guard. 6:51 hook sweep// sumi gaeshi 11:12 Basic scissor sweep 12:52 Spider guard sweep 15:13 Sasae tsurikomi from butterfly Watching John Danaher always shows me how much […]

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Surprising Triangle Choke from Closed Guard

Fake The Hip Bump & Switch. Giancarlo Bodoni walks you through how to do a surprise Triangle Choke from Closed Guard using the hip bump as a set up. Start by getting hands to the ground, then take a cross lapel grip. Take note of the detail about not grabbing to much material. It will […]

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Attacks From Closed Guard

Learn to Attack From Closed Guard Quick fire video showing 38 attacking combos from closed guard in 4 minutes. Learn to switch from one attack to another, or transition from a sweep attempt into a submission. Lots of great combos for when your opponent blocks your submission, you can immediately switch to another. I loved […]

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How To Stop Your Guard Getting Passed

Transitioning from Closed Guard to Open Guard Sometimes your closed guard will get opened up. Learn how and when to transition to open guard and frustrate Jiu Jitsu players of all levels. The biggest single tip for stopping your guard from being passed is to maintain 4 points of contact with your opponent. Ideally both […]

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Understanding the Closed Guard for No Gi Jiu Jitsu

No Gi Closed Guard Tutorial Gordon Ryan is one of the most dominate No Gi grapplers competing today. Trained by master coach John Danaher, his closed guard is rock solid. Here he shows how you can build a strong closed guard in No Gi Jiu Jitsu without any lapels or sleeves to grip. Gordon explains […]

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How To Build The Perfect BJJ Closed Guard Game by John Danaher

BJJ Closed Guard Tutorial John Danaher explains the finer points of closed guard to 5x world champion Bernardo Faria. This video has great information for players of all levels. Changing your mindset from seeing closed guard as a safe place to rest, seeing it instead as a platform from which to attack your opponent. John […]

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Roger Gracie Teaches The Best Closed Guard in The World

Build An Unbreakable Closed Guard The learn to be comfortable from bottom position by developing a powerful closed guard with these tips from Roger Gracie. Break anyone’s posture. Understanding the Closed Guard From the Attackers Perspective How Space Affects Defenders Attacks From Closed Guard How Defenders Open Closed Guard / When to Pull Down as […]