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The Open Guard System in App Format for Your Phone or Tablet

3 Steps to Get the Open Guard System in app form

Transplant a Complete System for the Open Guard into Your Mind 

The ground-breaking bestseller instructional The Open Guard System featuring BJJ phenom Jon Thomas is now available in app form for your phone or tablet.

All five volumes of this instructional are now conveniently located in the Grapplearts BJJ Master App. With this app you can instantly access all the BJJ information you need on your phone, no matter where you are.

Since the Grapplearts BJJ Master App is FREE to download you can check it out and preview the material to your heart’s content.

So go ahead and download the free Grapplearts BJJ Master App: click here for iPhones and iPads, or click here for Android phones and tablets.

Then look for The Open Guard System icon within the Grapplearts BJJ Master App!

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Then check out the five open guard system modules within the Grapplearts BJJ Master App!

What Exactly Are You Getting in The Open Guard System?

There are five modules in the Open Guard System…

Volume 1, The Double Sleeve System

Open Guard System Module 1- The Double Sleeve Guard

In this volume you’ll learn how to get to and attack from the powerful double sleeve grip.

The double sleeve grip is probably the most versatile of the open guard positions.  It works against standing, squatting and kneeling opponents, and you can get to it anytime your opponent leads with his hands.

Learn the details of double sleeve and you’ll always have a great starting point and super-strong foundation to build your open guard game.

The Collar Sleeve Guard from The Open Guard System with Jon Thomas

  1. Reverse Engineering the Open Guard
  2. Systems vs Techniques
  3. Benefits of Double Sleeve
  4. The Leg Past Body Position: Introduction and Context
  5. The Leg Past Body Position: Evaluating the Elbow-Knee Space
  6. The Leg Past Body Position: Backwards Twisting Sweep
  7. The Leg Past Body Position: Overhead Sweep (Sombrero)
  8. The Leg Past Body Position: Toes in Stomach Overhead Sweep
  9. The Leg Past Body Position: Transition to Sit Up Guard
  10. The Leg Past Body Position: Fast Hip Up Triangle
  11. The Leg Past Body Position: Foot on Biceps Step Up Triangle
  12. The Leg Past Body Position: When Your Opponent Switches His Lead
  13. Spider Guard: Intro and Maintaining the Spider Hook
  14. Spider Guard: Countering Lasso Loop Out
  15. Spider Guard: Benefits of Shallow Lasso vs Deep Lasso
  16. Spider Guard: Stopping the Stack Pass
  17. Spider Guard: Dealing with the Deadlift
  18. Spider Guard: Getting Underneath Your Opponent
  19. Basic Attack Series from Spider X Position
  20. Spider Reverse DLR Invert Sweep
  21. Countering the Step Over When Working Underneath
  22. Opponent with One Knee Up: Shin on Shin Triangle
  23. Opponent with One Knee Up: Shin on Shin to Spider X or Ankle Lock
  24. Kneeling Opponent: Triangle and Omoplata Attacks
  25. Kneeling Opponent: Wheel Sweep & Triangle Combination
  26. Kneeling Opponent: Deep Lasso to Omoplata
  27. Double Sleeve Situational Sparring

Volume 2, The Collar Sleeve System

Open Guard System Module 2 - The Collar Sleeve Guard

In volume 2 we go deep into collar sleeve series, which is another very powerful way to attack from the open guard.

You’ll learn exactly how to use the collar sleeve as a hub position to launch attack after attack.  You’ll have an effective answer for everything your opponent your opponent throws at you.

You may have seen individual techniques from this position before but never connected together with such a comprehensive, step-by-step strategy to guide you.

  1. Intro to the Collar Sleeve Position
  2. Basics of Controlling Collar Sleeve
  3. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Basic Strategies and Considerations
  4. Near Side Collar Sleeve: the Omoplata and Triangle
  5. Near Side Collar Sleeve: High and Low Lapel Grips
  6. Near Side Collar Sleeve: How to Free a Trapped Leg
  7. Near Side Collar Sleeve: de la Riva Backwards Twisting Sweep
  8. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Forward Bump Attacks & Submissions
  9. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Triangles & Omoplatas vs Straight Lead Leg
  10. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Toes in Stomach Overhead Sweep
  11. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Hip Push to Backwards Twist Sweep
  12. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Leg Kick Out vs Hand Pop of Hook
  13. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Far Hip Push vs Turned Out Knee
  14. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Near Hip Push vs Turned Out Knee
  15. Near Side Collar Sleeve: Foot on Hip to Triangle
  16. Far Side Collar Sleeve: the Wheel Sweep
  17. Far Side Collar Sleeve: The Near vs Far Side of Collar Sleeve
  18. Far Side Collar Sleeve: Key Master Hook & Backwards Sweep
  19. Far Side Collar Sleeve: Key Master to Forward Bump Triangle
  20. Far Side Collar Sleeve: Switching Back to Near Side Collar Sleeve
  21. Kneeling Opponent: Triangles & Loop Chokes
  22. Opponent with One Knee Up: Wheel Sweep Towards Upright Knee
  23. Opponent with One Knee Up: Wheel Sweep Towards Down Knee
  24. Collar Sleeve Transitions
  25. Managing the Finger Joints
  26. Both Feet on the Hips
  27. Collar Sleeve Situationals Sparring

Volume 3, The de la Riva System

Open Guard System Module 3 - the de la Riva Guard

Knowing how to build an effective game from a single ankle control grip (or the ‘de la Riva’ grip) is super important, especially if your opponent is trying to pass your guard standing up.

If you can’t effectively control your opponent then you’ll forever be stuck in defense. That’s why in volume 3 you’ll get all the specific skills you need to start with a single grip on his ankle ankle control and systematically progress towards some of the most powerful attacks in jiu-jitsu.

de la Riva Guard from The Open Guard System with Jon Thomas

Here’s some of what you’ll learn in volume 3…

  1. Intro to de la Riva Guard and Ankle Control
  2. De la Riva Control Overview
  3. Knee Pressure and de la Riva Hook
  4. Establishing and Controlling the Far Sleeve Grip
  5. Sit Up Guard: Classic Sweep
  6. Sit Up Guard: Single Leg Takedown
  7. Sit Up Guard: Bump vs a Pressuring Opponent
  8. Sit Up Guard: Bump When Opponent Pushes Leg Down
  9. Sit Up Guard: Countering the Backstep
  10. Lo Guard: Entry & Backwards Sweep
  11. Lo Guard: Mermaid Sweep When Opponent Pinches Knees
  12. Leg Past Body: Forward Off Balance to Ankle Pick Sweep
  13. Leg Past Body: Switch to Sit Up Guard vs Lapel Grip
  14. De la Riva X: Entry & the Backwards Sweep
  15. De la Riva X: Forward Sweep and Single Leg
  16. Problem Solving: Freeing Your Leg When it Gets Trapped
  17. Problem Solving: Collar Grip Bolo When You Can’t Get Sleeve
  18. Problem Solving: Single Leg Berimbolo Alternative
  19. Problem Solving: Collar Grip Bump When He Steps Over Leg
  20. Problem Solving: Low Lapel Grip When He Blocks Grips
  21. Problem Solving: Fast Ankle Sweep When He Blocks Grips
  22. Transitions Between the Main Grips & Systems
  23. Ankle Gripe Control Situational Sparring

Volume 4, Gripfighting

Open Guard System Module 4 - Grip Fighting

Gripfighting is the key to setting up your own game while at the same time frustrating the hell out of your opponent

You’ll learn different effective strategies for winning the initial grip battle when you and your opponent first square off, as well as procedures for shutting down your opponent’s attempts to control your legs and pass your guard when you’ve got him in the open guard.

Dominate the grip and you’ll dominate the match!

The Far Side Collar Sleeve from The Open Guard System with Jon Thomas

  1. Intro to Grip Fighting Concepts
  2. Distance Management and Setting Up the Lasso
  3. Setting Up Far Side Collar Sleeve
  4. Setting Up Sleeve Control from a Collar Grip
  5. Collar Control to Collar Drag
  6. Collar Control to Ankle Pick
  7. Collar Control to the de la Riva
  8. Basic Grip Fighting Off Back and Establishing de la Riva guard
  9. Getting Back to Sitting from Being on Back
  10. Fast Grip Break to Lasso
  11. Setting Up Spider Off of Opponent Controlling Both Legs
  12. Establishing Lasso from Knee Cut Defense
  13. Establishing Far Side Collar Sleeve from Knee Cut Defense
  14. Gripfighting Situational Sparring

Volume 5, Guard Retention

Open Guard System Module 5 - Guard Retention

Guard retention is the art and science of shutting down your opponent’s guard pass attempts so that you can keep him safely in the guard and not get crushed under his full weight in a pin.

A lot of practitioners use instinctive guard retention by trying to wildly flail their legs back into position.  This is both exhausting and inefficient; there are much better, technically grounded ways to shut down the guard pass!

In volume 5 Jon Thomas shares the exact techniques and concepts that will make your guard incredibly difficult to pass.

Guard Retention Sparring from The Open Guard System with Jon Thomas

  1. Intro to Guard Retention Concepts
  2. Concept: Elbow-Knee Space
  3. Concept: Centered Hips and Using Outside Leg to Recenter
  4. Concept: Hip Angle
  5. Concept: The Outside Elbow Frame
  6. Concept: The Inside Arm Frame
  7. Concept: Crunching for Easier Rotation
  8. Basic Toreando Defense
  9. Defending the One Arm Throw
  10. Defending the Lapel Grip Knee Cut Pass
  11. Defending the Leg Control Knee Cut Pass
  12. Defending the Knee Cut Pass with the Knee Shield
  13. Basic Double Under Defense
  14. Double Under with Cross Lapel Grip Defense
  15. Defending the Fast Double Under Pass
  16. Defending the Bear Hug on Legs
  17. Advice for Building Your Open Guard
  18. Guard Retention Situational Sparring

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