No-gi Intermediate
Adele Fornarino introduces Chopstick Guard and the variations she uses to control from closed and seated guard.
Control
Posture, Grips and Distance
Hand fighting, wrist control, collar ties and the feet placement that keep a standing opponent honest.
Seated Open Guard · Open Guard
The other side: Open Guard Top
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
5 Seated Guard Postures for Jiu Jitsu. #jiujitsuflo #jiujitsu #bjj #brazilianjiujitsu
JiuJitsu FLO YouTube
Five seated guard postures compared in under a minute. A quick reference for what your legs and base should look like.
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher on guard retention: frames, hip movement and making the passer start over instead of chasing a single recovery.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher on open guard as a system: distance, frames and the reactions that turn a standing passer into a sweep or back take.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Henry Akins argues the legs are 90 percent of open guard and that defence starts before the passer touches your legs. Conceptual, with a contrarian view on seated guard.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Why seated guard suits older or less flexible grapplers against a standing passer: match their lead leg, keep the arm in front and attack with simple sweeps rather than relying on retention.
No-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles on the arm drag from seated guard: win the wrist, drag to the armpit and immediately glue your chest to the trapped arm so they cannot pull it back before you come up to the back.
No-gi Beginner
Seated and butterfly guard fundamentals against a defensive opponent: long, mid and close range with the feet, and pushing or kicking them in four directions to open their elbows for underhooks.