Most Important Guard Principles

This video I go through 6 of the most important principles for developing an open guard. Open guard can be very complicated to learn because there is so many variations, but there are some key concepts that can be applied everywhere.

1. Develop your defense with no grips first.
2. Always grip fight from a distance.
3. Never have two shoulder blades on the mat.
4. Track your legs properly.
5. If you opponent is far away sit up.
6. Build your guards off of the first grips available.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 Defense based on no guard
1:07 Always build your grips from a distance
1:52 Never have two shoulder on mat
2:30 Proper leg tracking
4:07 Sit up when opponent is far
5:11 Develop guards off the first grips available