From Closed Guard to Knee Bar by Eduardo Montandon
Today I am here with Eduardo Montondon, I just had the pleasure of doing a seminar in his school. Today I asked him to show us one of his best positions. This is one of Eduardo’s favorite techniques and its really cool guys. He starts it from the closed guard and makes it look like […]
A Trick For Sleeve Control From Closed Guard By Marcos Tinoco
Today, I am here with Marcos Tinoco. Marcos is going to show us a little trick for sleeve control from closed guard. In my opinion, Marcos has the best lasso guard game that I have ever seen. When Marcos plays lasso guard or any guard from the bottom, his sleeve control is so strong, that it is hard to […]
Trap Your Opponents In The Closed Guard by Billy Shannon
I use to say that the Closed Guard, when you are on top its probably the worst neutral position in BJJ. When I mean neutral, I mean that nobody is in an advantageous position but its the type of position that only favors the guy on bottom. Try to think about it, how many attacks […]
The Collar Choke From Closed Guard by Chris Derr
Last December I gave a seminar at Chris Derr school, in Tulsa Oklahoma. Chris is a Black Belt from Jean Jacques Machado, who is a legend in our sport. So I asked Chris to show me one of his favorite moves that he learned from Jean Jacques. He showed me an awesome choke from the […]
Closed Guard: Breaking The Posture and Finishing With The Armbar By Dan Covel
Dan Covel is a black belt who trains here at Marcelo’s school with us. Dan is very well known about his tough closed guard. Even tough he is not heavy, he is normally feather or light weight, if you let him close the guard, its always a problem to get out from there without getting […]
The Importance of the Closed Guard
The closed guard is one of the most important positions in all of Jiu Jitsu. When I started Jiu Jitsu many years ago as a white belt, the closed guard is where I would go to beat others on the mats. I was able to succeed in building my Jiu Jitsu all based off of […]