Gi Intermediate
Three examples of letting a collar or sleeve grip go before it gets broken and immediately trading it for the next grip, so you keep control and protect your fingers.
Control
Grips and Distance
Combining the collar grip, the sleeve grip and the feet so the opponent can neither posture nor pass.
Collar Sleeve Bottom · Collar Sleeve Guard
The other side: Collar Sleeve Top
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
Which collar should you use when playing collar and sleeve guards? #bjj #jiujitsu
Craig Hutchison YouTube
Quick clip on which collar to hold when playing collar-and-sleeve guards and why.
YouTube videos
Gi Beginner
Mikey Musumeci's collar-sleeve fundamentals: grips, foot placement, and the triangle/omoplata reactions that make it a first open guard.
Gi Intermediate
Jon Thomas's answer to strong stallers from collar-sleeve: back up and pull the collar to force movement, then take the omoplata, triangle or loop choke depending on how they react, with follow-ups when they stand.
Gi Beginner
Jon Thomas in five minutes on why collar-sleeve controls posture and distance, and how to start playing it from a pull.
Gi Intermediate
Jean Jacques Machado on the collar-and-sleeve connections that keep giving sweeps after the first attack is blocked.
What Makes Collar Sleeve the Most Fundamental Open Guard (& How to Start Using it)
Shawn A BJJ YouTube
Why collar-sleeve is the hub of gi open guard: the grips and foot placement, the triangle and omoplata that fall out of it (with Meregali competition footage), the basic sweeps and how to pull straight into it. Chaptered.
Collar Sleeve is The BEST Guard For Beginners BJJ (If You Want to Win)
Trey “Lapel Zombie” Carter YouTube
Why collar-sleeve is a practical first gi open guard for beginners who need a triangle and a sweep without a huge repertoire.