In order to pass your guard your opponent needs to invade the space between your knee and your elbow, so use elbow-knee connection to deny him that space. From https://www.grapplearts.com/oldguard, the instructional for grapplers 40 and over, available in DVD, online streaming, and app-based formats featuring Rob Biernacki and Stephan Kesting

Whenever your opponent pushes your legs down to disengage your hooks or to pin them to the ground you’re in danger of having your guard passed. From https://www.grapplearts.com/armdrag with Rob Biernacki and Stephan Kesting here’s how to stop your opponent from controlling your legs and make him pay for even thinking about passing your guard!

Do this if people keep on passing your half guard! This is from the Guard Retention Formula, a step-by-step BJJ instructional I produced. Go to https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention for more information

Rory Van Vliet demonstrates how to do the leg drag pass giving you both the theory behind the pass and the actual steps to do it the most efficient way. This is from https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention, the newest instructional from Grapplearts in which Rory and Stephan Kesting show you how to systematically shut down and counter all the most powerful and most popular guard passes your opponents will use to try and pass your guard.

Rory Van Vliet shows how to shut down chokes and back takes when you’re in the turtle position. From The Guard Retention Formula – https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention, the incredibly comprehensive and ground breaking instructional coming soon from Grapplearts.com

The over-under pass is a very powerful guard pass used by high level grapplers in competition. Here’s Rob Biernacki sharing a technique he learned from Caio Terra to shut down and counter the over-under pass!

The Hand-Hand-Heels-Hip formula can be used to stop a TON of different guard passes but in this short segment I show how it can used against the folding pass. If you haven’t already done so, go grab my best BJJ beginner tips here completely for free: http://www.grapplearts.com/book

Preventing the Guard pass is the most important aspect of Jiu-Jitsu. The position is called Guard for the very purpose that the Guard position is what protect the bottom fighter from being attacked. Loose the Guard and you will not only be vulnerable to attacks but you will also start to get tired, once tired your technique will start to suffer.

Be sure to train your Guard preventions above all. Having a difficult Guard to pass will allow you to relax and have the confidence to attack you opponent. The harder you Guard is to pass the more you can open up and take chance.

Be sure to work this sequence it is a very power recipe for Guard retention.

Preventing the Guard pass is the most important aspect of Jiu-Jitsu. The position is called Guard for the very purpose that the Guard position is what protect the bottom fighter from being attacked. Loose the Guard and you will not only be vulnerable to attacks but you will also start to get tired, once tired your technique will start to suffer.

Be sure to train your Guard preventions above all. Having a difficult Guard to pass will allow you to relax and have the confidence to attack you opponent. The harder you Guard is to pass the more you can open up and take chance.

Be sure to work this sequence it is a very power recipe for Guard retention.