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How to Train the Half Granby, High Leg, and Full Inversion Movements On Your Own

Gary Berger — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:11:16 +0000

These three guard retention movements are critical for stopping the guard pass; here’s how to train them on your own against a wall. Taught by Cal MacDonald from the BJJ Foundations instructional available at https://www.grapplearts.com/foundations

0:00 How to learn the half granby movement
0:58 How to learn the high leg movement
2:08 How to learn the full inversion on the wall

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The Secret Tool to Develop Great Elbow-Knee Connection and Unbeatable Guard Retention

Gary Berger — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:33:46 +0000

Elbow-knee connection is one of the most important tools in the guard retention toolbox, and if you want your opponent to have a tough time passing your guard then you have to develop this skill. This concept and many others are covered in much greater detail in The Guard Retention Formula that I put together with BJJ black belt Rory Van Vliet – more info here: https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention

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Elbow-Knee Connection Completely Changes the Guard Retention Game; Concept, Examples, and Drill

Gary Berger — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:48:15 +0000

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

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Three Simple Tricks To Massively Improve Guard Retention

Gary Berger — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:26:13 +0000

This video I overview three simple details people often miss with their guard retention.
1. Hip Angling to keep your feet in alignment with the direction your opponent is trying to pass.
2. Keeping Shoulder Blades Off The Mat
3. Proper use of feet on hips or upper body depending on opponents posture.

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Cleveland Seminar Part 2

Gary Berger — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:32:29 +0000

Continuing our seminar on guard retention, we show how this basic drill applies on the ground when someone is trying to pass the guard. There are a lot of counter attacks along the way. One of my favorites is the inverted triangle. It offers a bunch attacks and sweeps. We focus mostly on the close side arm.

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Cleveland Seminar Part 1

Gary Berger — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:04:34 +0000

November 2021 I had the honor of returning to my friend’s academy to teach another seminar. This one I focused mostly on guard retention with some more advanced counter attacks. We start very basic in this video after an introduction and discussion about our beginnings and history of jiu-jitsu in Ohio.

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Effective Stretches to Fix Tight Hips for BJJ & Improve Guard Retention

Gary Berger — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:20:54 +0000

Today’s video is a series of stretches I like using after BJJ training to help improve recovery from hard rolling sessions and improve guard retention abilities.

I started doing these back in 2020 to loosen up my hips while I had some free time away from the gym. I’m a person who’s not the most flexible. And by doing these stretches on a regular basis I found my hips became more flexible, my guard retention improved and I believe they help with my recovery after training.

I’m sharing them with you because I find a lot of people who come in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes have super tight hips. Tight hips are a problem in BJJ for a lot of reasons. And being effective off of your back is one of them.

So in the video I’ll show you the stretches and explain why I use them during.

Hope the video and the stretches help you!
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One of The Most Useful Grips in Jiu Jitsu

Gary Berger — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:58:18 +0000

This calf grip is so useful for transitioning from defense to offense in BJJ. One of the first defensive grips you will establish in jiu jitsu is a shin frame as people try to step towards you all the time, so turning this grip into your first grip allows you to immediately switch to attacking. Transitioning to De La Riva or Key Master immediately starts opening options for berimbolo, matrix, ankle locks and crab ride.

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A Surprise Attack When Your Opponent Tries to Smash Your Guard

Gary Berger — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:33:56 +0000

From https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention. The twist sweep is a fantastic defense against pressure passing in general, and the over-under pass in particular!

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How to Stop Your Opponent from Pushing Your Legs Down to Pass Guard, with Rob Biernacki

Gary Berger — Sun, 02 May 2021 19:49:15 +0000

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!

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