On Guard
The guard is the essence of BJJ. Everyone can fight from a dominant position, but you truly know jiu-jitsu when you can succeed in what has traditionally been viewed as an inferior position: fighting off your back.
I love the guard. I love the sweeps, the subs, and the pure craftiness of defeating an opponent from underneath.
The following are some techniques from a few of my favorite guards.
Contents at a Glance
Hip Movement
Let's warm up with some fundamentals
Proper hip movement in BJJ
The importance of proper hip movement. Although parts may look similar, this is NOT the "Mount Escape Drill".
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Closed Guard
Various Options from Closed Guard:
Grips to use to set up your attacks
Closed Guard BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) Techniques
http://www.grapplersguide.com This is a video I posted on MMA.tv for forum members to see what type of techniques I used with my closed guard. Since then I have expanded my game even more. Thanks for all of the positive comments. www.jerseyshorebjj.com
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Closed Guard Combination 1:
Guillotine to Triangle
2 Move Combo from Guard - Guillotine to Triangle Choke
http://www.GrapplersGuide.com 2 Move Combo Go for a Guillotine - Your Opponent Grabs Your Wrist - You Grab His Wrist With Your Arm That Is Not Around His Neck from Under His Body - Scoot Hip Out - Throw Leg Over for Triangle Choke
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Closed Guard Combination 2:
Guillotine to Armbar
Closed Guard Combination 3:
Armbar to Cross-legged Armbar
2 Move Combo from Guard - Armbar to Cross Armbar
http://www.GrapplersGuide.com 2 Move Combo Go for armbar - Opponent Pulls Arm Out - Switch to Crossed Leg Armbar on Other Arm
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Half Guard
Half Guard Stuff
One of my favorite positions
- The Functional Half Guard
- Over an hour of free introductory half guard instruction from the people at Straight Blast Gym
- Half Guard Breakdown
- 6 Great Videos on Playing Half Guard/Troubleshooting in the Half Guard
Butterfly Guard
Butterfly Details
On the Timing
Butterfly guard details
Two points on timing and momentum for butterfly guard.
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Butterfly Submissions
It's not just for sweeps
Butterfly Guard with Overhook Submissions
The submission game from butterfly guard with an overhook.
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Half-Butterfly
A Game In Itself
Half/Butterfly Guard with Overhook
Sweeps and transitions from half guard and butterfly guard.
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Rubber Guard
Intro to Rubber Guard:
3 Part Introduction to the Rubbery Guard from the Man Himself, Eddie Bravo
Troubleshooting the Rubber Guard
Not Everyone's a Yoga Master
- Troubleshooting the Rubber Guard Article
- Great Article On Fixing Up Your RG--Without More Stretching
Sidemount Escapes:
Cause Everyone Gets Passed Sometimes :(
BJJ Stuff on Amazon
The stuff you need to tune up your guard
Mastering the Rubber Guard: Jiu-jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts Competition
The Bible to Eddie Bravo's innovative rubber guard system.
But this book isn't only about RG. You'll also find large sections devoted to details on half guard, butterfly, escapes, the "spider web" position, etc.
Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 12/05/2008) 
X-Guard: For Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, No Gi Grappling, and Mixed Martial Arts
What more can you say? Marcelo is a genius. He covers a lot of guard topics in detail in gi and no gi. Of course his specialties are x-guard, butterfly, and sitting guard.
Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 12/05/2008)
Strategic Guard: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Details and Techniques
Not enough books cover concepts. A bunch of techniques is just a bag of tricks without an integrated theory. This will help.
Amazon Price: $36.21 (as of 12/05/2008)
The Turtle Guard "Vever Get Tapped from the Bottom Again" (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)
Is the turtle position really a "guard"? That's debatable. What's not, is that this position flows seamlessly into the guard game, and without it you've got weak link.
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Guard-Polling (lol)
Let Me Know What You Think
jobba wrote
Wheres the spider guard?
Posted June 13, 2008
arturo wrote
There's some depth in there. I'd like to see more and more. Job well done.
Posted June 12, 2008
Jon wrote
I like your compilation, keep up the good work!
Posted June 12, 2008
tudor_bjj wrote
Nice job!
Posted June 12, 2008
guardman wrote
not bad at all. keep up the good work and keep adding to it.
Posted June 12, 2008
