Gripping is one of the most important skills that you can develop to improve your guard play and your passing. When working with a new student. I will first ask them what position(s) they are working on followed immediately by what grips they are looking for, and how do they get to that position. And this serves a few purposes. Chief among which, is to see their understanding of a position because no technique can exist in a vacuum by …
Category: Guard
The collar sleeve position is a great starting point for setting up your attacks from your open guard. Super effective for setting up the omaplata and triangle as well as some of the newer movements such as the berimbolo, farside collar sleeve, and matrix style attacks.
Common issues that I see with lower belts is that during grip fighting exchange their attention is spread out over two or three different focuses. From this also not knowing when a guard is compromised and no longer defensible. If you underrated these two major details. Your guard game is sure to level up.
