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Kneel Or Stand to Pass the Guard?

March 24, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

passing closed guard

I once drilled technique with a big, strong rock climber who had a grip from hell and tenacious isometric strength. I noticed how much he liked controlling my gi, breaking my posture and attacking with collar chokes. Since I knew we were going to spar soon I formulated a simple sparring strategy: I told myself that as soon as I ended up in his guard I would stand up and not go back down onto my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Cartwheel, Closed Guard, Guard Passes, Leglocks, Ostap Manastyrski, Over-Under Pass, Physical Attributes, Positions, Video

Cartwheels in BJJ and Submission Wrestling

January 31, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Wrestling cartwheel

So I saw something spectacular the other day... It was a clip from a wrestling match in which 125 lb Ronnie Bresser from Oregon State cartwheels himself over his opponent in a move called 'the Flying Squirrel' to get to a 15 point advantage and win the match by technical fall (thanks to "i like to wrassle" on reddit for giving me the proper name for it)! Here's the move: Of course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Cartwheel, Chokes, Drills, Guard Passes, Half Guard, Mark Mullen, No Gi, Omoplata, Video, Wrestling, Z Guard

How To Do the Cartwheel Guard Pass

June 1, 2014 by Stephan Kesting

The cartwheel guard pass is one of the most spectacular guard passes out there. But it's not as difficult to do as you might think. In the video below I show you an easy four step progression, including some drills you can do on your own, to incorporate this exciting move into your repertoire. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Butterfly Guard, Cartwheel, Drills, Guard Passes, Kazushi Sakuraba, Marcelo Garcia, Rear Naked Choke, Renzo Gracie, Techniques, Unorthodox Strategies, Video

A Fancy-Pants Z Guard Pass that Never Worked Until…

September 30, 2012 by Stephan Kesting

There's this one impressive, fancy-pants guard pass that I've seen in competition many times. It makes everybody go 'oooh' and 'aaaah', but despite its dramatic nature it's undeniably effective and has won a LOT of matches at the highest levels of competition. I tried to imitate this technique, of course, but it was always a complete disaster. I never managed to figure out exactly what these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos, Training Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Cartwheel, Drills, Grapplearts DVDs, Guard Passes, Half Butterfly, iPhone, Techniques, Video, Z Guard

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