A rant about how standing up from guard is just as valid a technique as sweeps and submissions. And when it comes to self defense the technical standup is absolutely critical! Check out https://www.grapplearts.com/selfdefenseguard for more examples of how the standup gets integrated into your guard game, and/or check out the related videos below:

How to Set Up Sweeps, Attacks, & Standups from The Guard

How to Use a Wall or a Fence While Grappling

BJJ Self Defense Lesson 4: The Technical Standup

The Three Most Critical Concepts of BJJ

Getting Back to Your Feet From Closed Guard

Here’s how to get back to your feet from guard when there’s someone above you and potentially punching you! This is an excerpt from the newly released https://www.grapplearts.com/the-self-defense-guard instructional featuring BJJ black belt Elliott Bayev in which we go into detail about using the guard in a self defense situation where there are punches, kicks, stomps and other attacks in play.