The open guard is a very complicated position in BJJ, and if you train them in the techniques in the right sequence then you’ll get better much faster! https://www.grapplearts.com/dlr
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The open guard is a very complicated position in BJJ, and if you train them in the techniques in the right sequence then you’ll get better much faster! https://www.grapplearts.com/dlr
How to stop your opponent from removing your de la Riva guard hooks! By Rob Biernacki from https://www.grapplearts.com/DLR
In submission grappling you have two main choices for open guard: hooks inside (e.g. the butterfly guard) or legs outside (e.g. the de la Riva guard). Which should you employ?
The right style of guard depends on the exact situation. In this video Rob Biernacki takes you through the transitions from inside hooks to legs outside and back, as well as breaking down the tactical and strategic reasons you might prefer one position over the other.
Check out Rob’s No Gi de la Riva Formula at https://www.,grapplearts.com/DLR for more on the leg outside type of guard, and Rob’s Modern Leglock Formula at https://www,grapplearts.com/leglocks for more a deep dive into the hooks inside style of guard.
When you’re using the open guard there’s a definite series of steps and strategies you should be using. Here Rob Biernacki from The No Gi de la Riva Formula (https://www.grapplearts.com/dlr) takes you through the 3 stages of open guard and shows you specific techniques and tactics you can use at each stage to frustrate your opponent.
Passing guard on the feet (standing) vs passing guard on the knees, what’s better? With Rob Biernacki – get his Modern Leglock Formula at https://www.grapplearts.com/leglocks
How to escape the north-south position (aka kami-shio-gatame ) for each of the 3 major hand position variations! Download Stephan’s FREE app for BJJ at https://www.grapplearts.com/masterapp
The mantis guard is a variation of the de la Riva guard especially useful in no gi. For early notification about a possible no gi de la Riva guard project with Rob go to https://www.grapplearts.com/no-gi-de-la-riva/
You want your leglocks to be TIGHT!! Here’s Rob Biernacki, the creator of Modern Leglock Formula (http://www.grappearts.com/leglocks) taking you through the techniques to tighten up and solidify your leglock submissions regardless of whether you’re using Ashi Garami, the 411, Outside Ashi, 50/50 or any other lower body submission.
Rob Biernacki shares 2 proven methods using leverage to defend against (and hopefully escape) fully applied armbars in BJJ, no gi grappling and MMA. We cover how Vinny Magalhaes survived Fabricio Werdum’s vicious armbar at ADCC 2011, the hitchhiker escape, and the technique Roger Gracie used to escape Buchecha’s armbar at Metamoris 1.
There’s a lot covered here, so if you want to jump ahead then here are the rough sections:
There are a few different sections to this video
– Overall introduction (0:00 to 2:10)
– How to position your body to lessen the power of your opponent’s armbar (2:10 to 5:10)
– The hitchhiker escape (5:10 to 6:50)
– How Rob has tested this technique (6:50 to 8:14)
– The limitations of this technique (8:14 to 9:24)
– I try this defense with some limited success (9:24 to 12:58)
– Thumb up or thumb down to defend the armbar? (12:58 to 13:35)
– The Roger Gracie vs Buchecha armbar escape (13:35 to 15:05)
– The critical importance of controlling the shoulder in the armbar (15:05 to 15:51)
– How to train this technique safely (15:51 to 15:57)
Rob’s instructionals include:
The BJJ Formula
(http://www.grapplearts.com/formula)
and The Modern Leglock Formula
(http://www.grapplearts.com/leglocks)
In this video you’ll learn how to tweak your opponent’s posture so it becomes much tighter and harder to escape
Rob Biernacki with some black belt details on the Collar Drag Sweep from the Butterfly Guard! Have you visited my site recently? There’s a TON of BJJ and submission grappling info on it. Give it a look at http://www.grapplearts.com
In this video interview (also released on the Strenuous Life Pocast http://www.grapplearts.com/tag/podcasts/) Rob Biernacki talks with Stephan Kesting about his free visiting student training program, tools to detect b.s. martial arts, and some of the super-weird people who have contacted us in the past!
The Estima Lock is a footlock attack that you can use against the open guard. In this video Rob Biernacki breaks it down for you.
The 3 different types of levers in BJJ as explained by Rob Biernacki with whom I developed the BJJ Formula DVDs and apps (http://www.grapplearts.com/formula)