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Home » Spider Guard Masterclass 2: The Double Biceps Spider Guard, A New Angle on a Classic Position!

Spider Guard Masterclass 2: The Double Biceps Spider Guard, A New Angle on a Classic Position!

If you’ve ever been shown Spider Guard by your instructor then chances are it was the double feet on biceps variation. This is the classic form of Spider Guard first developed in the eighties, which has continued to change and evolve and as a consequence is still very effective today.

Double Biceps Spider Guard

The Spider Guard is one of the most important positions of modern BJJ. If used correctly it’s incredibly difficult for someone to pass your guard, and you can use it to launch a huge assortment of powerful sweeps and attacks to keep your opponents on the run.

The Spider Guard is the favourite tool of many BJJ champions and top competitors including Cobrinha, Keenan Cornelius, Tinguinha, Draculino, Romulo Barral, Marcelino Freitas, Michael Langhi and Leandro Lo.

But it can seem like a complicated position, and if you’ve ever had problems with it then there might just be some help on the horizon.

For the first time, in the Grapplearts Spider Guard Masterclass series of apps you can have an exact blueprint for this essential BJJ position.

Volume 2 of Spider Guard Masterclass is simply the most detailed, comprehensive, and useful resource ever produced on the double biceps variation of the spider guard.

First you’ll learn how to move correctly and how to properly establish your grips and hooks in Double Biceps Spider Guard.

Then you’ll learn how to get to your new home base from any position, starting with basic entries from the closed guard, and progressing to more advanced entries used by high level competitors.

But that’s only the tip of the iceberg – it gets even better…

The lion’s share of this volume is dedicated to the interconnected sweeps, submissions and combinations that make the Double Biceps position a lethal weapon.

My favourite part is the simple four part attack formula to use when just starting out from this position.  But that progresses into intermediate and advanced attacks, as well as advanced pass-prevention techniques that’ll leave your opponents thwarted and frustrated.

There’s enough material here to give you an edge against any opponent for a long, long time.

And as always, crazy flexibility and athleticism are NOT required.

Spider Guard Masterclass 2 – The Double Biceps Spider Guard – will give you a complete gameplan, complete with techniques, drills, and strategies, for the modern double biceps Spider Guard.  It’s a competition-proven system for building an aggressive, attack-oriented guard.

It is a volume of the Spider Guard Masterclass module within the Grapplearts BJJ Master App.

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You can check out (and preview) every volume in this series on the FREE Grapplearts BJJ Master App for your Apple or Android phone.

Click on the appropriate button below to download the Grapplearts Master App for free…

  • Click Here for the BJJ Master App for iPhone and iPad in the iTunes Store
  • Click Here for the BJJ Master App for Android Devices in the Google Play store

Click here to see all 5 apps in the Spider Guard Masterclass Series

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About Your Teachers

Your instructors are BJJ black belts Elliott Bayev and Stephan Kesting, known for their friendly and informative teaching styles. Together they have spent over 50 years  in the martial arts, and 40 years of experience teaching.

Their approach to the Spider Guard will make it easy for you to learn and absorb the material, and then unleash it on your training partners and opponents in competition.

Features

  • The exact techniques and strategies used by world champions to dominate their matches using the Spider Guard.
  •  2 hours and 34 minutes of solid, filler-free, video instruction in just this one volume!
  • All the footage has been professionally filmed and edited for maximum ease of learning
  • The app includes complete menus for easy navigation
  • The app allows downloads to your phone or tablet so that an internet connection is NOT required to view the videos
  • The same app plays on both your phone and your tablet, so you don’t need to buy different versions for each type of device

The Spider Guard Kite Sweep

Previews

Here are a couple of excerpts from this instructional app – we hope that they’ll be both informative and useful.

Please keep in mind that all the concepts, drills and techniques in this app have been chosen and arranged so that they build on each other, making combined material in this app much more powerful than the sum of its parts.

The Easiest Move in Jiu-Jitsu (something basic but still super-powerful)

Berimbolo Finishes and Variations from Spider Guard (something more advanced you can come back to later if you’re new to the Spider Guard)

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Content

Intro to Double Biceps Spider Guard

Double Biceps Spider Guard Entries

  • from Closed Guard
  • from Standing: Basic Guard Pull
  • from Standing: Durinho Guard Pull
  • from Standing: Langhi Guard Pull
  • from Open Guard

Basic Attacks

  • Kite Sweep
  • Stomping Triangle
  • Stomping Omoplata
  • Basic Balloon Sweep

Intermediate Attacks

  • Swinging Kite Sweep
  • Kite Sweep vs. Standing
  • Ostap Triangle Choke
  • Shin to Shin Triangle
  • de La Riva Williams Twist
  • de La Riva Sit Down Sweep
  • de La Riva Curtain Sweep
  • Romulo Kite Sweep
  • Advanced Balloon Sweep Concepts
  • Balloon Sweep Armbar
  • Slingshot Sweep
  • Transition to Collar & Sleeve
  • Transition to Spider X

Advanced Attacks

  • Fundamental Roleta Sweep
  • Sleeve Push Roleta Sweep
  • New Spider Sweep
  • Romulo Center Hook Balloon Sweep
  • Open Guard Roleta
  • de la Riva Backtake
  • Berimbolo
  • Advanced Sit Down Sweep Finishes

How to Get ‘The Double Biceps Spider Guard’ On Your Phone

I’ve worked with my programmer to make it as easy as possible to get these submission, sweeping and escape techniques onto your phone.  This way you’ll always have your jiu-jitsu instruction close at hand and ready to access!

All the techniques in ‘The Double Biceps Spider Guard’ are in the Grapplearts BJJ Master App.

That Grapplearts BJJ Master App is FREE to download for your Apple and/or Android phone (and comes with more than 457 minutes of free black belt video instruction right out of the box).

This is the app you’re looking for: my smiling mug surrounded by icons and a red border.

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Click on the Appropriate Button Below to Download the Grapplearts BJJ Master App for Free

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