butterfly/sitting guard. Half guard. with gi - deep half guard.
i used to rely solely on open guard (by the way, it is either an open guard or closed guard or half guard, forget the other names, too many to remember). i have been working closed guard more often now in my later years as i think i abandoned it too early for the open guard and half guard.
Empire - i used to rely solely on open guard (by the way, it is either an open guard or closed guard or half guard, forget the other names, too many to remember). i have been working closed guard more often now in my later years as i think i abandoned it too early for the open guard and half guard.
I think Roy Harris said that a lot of people return to the closed guard around the brown belt level.
And I think Saulo wrote in his book that one of the bad things about the closed guard is that it is so dangerous and effective that if you play it a lot, you might not practice open guard as much as you should.
yeah.
i really noticed it when i saw how much trouble this one phenom brown and the black belt was giving me. i was really getting stifled by their closed guard. once they open up, i usually pass, as my passing game and top game are my best games. he just kept locking me up from there, stifling my game. it forced me to re-examine my defense from there, focusing on some details i forgot about and made me want to work it more. i butt flop more often now and force closed guard.
it changes w/ the times, but lately it has been collar/sleeve grips with sleeve-side shin across the chest and the collar-side foot on a guy's arm or hip. this guard = triangle choke.
closed
closed, half, butterfly, DLR and RDLR.
Most difficult to pass : X guard and deep half guard.
favorites: open, spider, de la riva, 50/50
Mounted Guard. Ya know, when your ankles are crossed under his hips from top.
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Never heard that term, but I do like that position.
Tortilla guard. =[
Closed, Half, butterfly and x-guard
any guard that gets me the sub or sweep. ;-)
ryangruhn - Mounted Guard. Ya know, when your ankles are crossed under his hips from top.
At first glance I read that as being under mount and bringing your feet in front of your opponent and crossing your ankles. Now there is a freaky guard ...