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How to Leglock Someone in Butterfly Guard

March 5, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

leglock entry vs butterfly guard

Obviously it's relatively easy to enter into a leglock position if someone is lying flat on their back with their legs dangling in the air to the outside of your body. But if the other guy is using butterfly guard with his feet on the inside of your legs then it's it's harder to get into positions like standard ashi, outside ashi, the 411, or any of the other dominant leglock positions (click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: 411 Position, Butterfly Guard, Guard Passes, Heel Hook, Instep Guard, Leglocks, Oliver Taza, Techniques, Video

Your Open Guard Options vs. Standing Opponents

April 26, 2017 by Stephan Kesting

Two types of guard vs standing opponents

If you end up on the bottom with your opponent standing up and detached from you then be prepared for a very frantic and dangerous scramble.  Unhindered by your grips and hooks he can deploy his favourite Open Guard passes on you without having to feel endangered by your own attacks. Now of course one option is to use the separation and stand back up to your own feet using the technical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Butterfly Guard, Collar Spider Guard, de la Riva Guard, Elliott Bayev, Instep Guard, Open Guard, Reverse de la Riva guard, Ritchie Yip, Single Leg X Guard, Spider Guard, Strategy

Getting to Guard Against a Standing Opponent

April 25, 2017 by Stephan Kesting

Getting to Guard vs a Standing oponent

It's a bad situation when you're on the bottom, your opponent is standing up in front of you, and you don't have any grips or hooks established on him... When he's on his feet like that he's super-mobile, and if he's fast then he can sprint past your guard in the blink of an eye. What you really need to do is some sort of grip and establish some sort of control over him. Something to slow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Butterfly Guard, Guard, Instep Guard, Pulling Guard, Single Leg X Guard, Techniques, Video

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