Practice Log: Passing Closed Guard

24 Feb, 2024

Instructor: Jared Haymon

Last updated: 6 months ago

This was Spencer's first night! Woo!

Notes:

• If you are in someone's closed guard, keep posture very high and far back
• If you are going to break posture, commit to it for a pass (like technique 4)

Technique 1 (Break, Knee pass)

• From within opponent's closed guard
• Shift so one of my knees is directly below opponent's tail bone
  • Think about a chopping block/wedge
• Get elbows on opponent's thighs, keep hands on opponent's hips
• Shift weight to elbows, keep grip on hips
  • Note: Shift weight, don't push on elbows
• Pop Knee up inside the middle of opponent's legs when the opponent's guard breaks
• Slide my knee over the top of the opponent's opposite side leg, flow to side control

Technique 2 (Single Stack)

• From within opponent's closed guard
• Bring one knee up to the outside of opponent's hips
• Grab opponent's belt with the same side arm as my raised knee
• Shift weight to other side elbow to break guard, let opponent's leg slide down my knee that's on the ground like a ramp
• Underhook the leg that is on top of my raised leg, post opponent's other leg to keep them from re-closing their guard
• Press the raised leg into opponent, pass the leg across my body

Technique 3 (Double Stack)

• From within opponent's closed guard
• Bring Elbows within opponent's legs, wiggle them down to get leverage
• Flare elbows out
• Quickly wrap arms around both legs
• Knee walk forward lift opponent without much back strength
• Shrug knees to side

Technique 4 (Standing Break)

• From within opponent's closed guard
• 2 on 1 grip on opponent's wrist
• Stand up by bringing knee up on the side of the controlled wrist
• Straighten back (deadlift posture)
• Push knee down to break guard
• Throw other leg across centerline or pass in any other way I can

Technique 5 (Rotating Pressure my favorite

• From within opponent's closed guard
• My ear to to opponents chest, head putting pressure on opponent's chin
• Great to get an underhook
• Keep belly pressure on opponent (i.e. don't need to tripod too high up)
• Tripod up, rotate to the side until opponent's hips tip
• Quickly push opponent's bottom knee down to break the guard

Technique 6 (Arm Pass)

• From within opponent's closed guard
• Grab opponents wrist with same-side grip
• pass that grip under opponent's butt to other hand
• Break guard with weight on free elbow
• Pass w/ knee slide
• Lift wrist up to flip them onto their belly, take back

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