#bjj basics

[hansdavidian]

Back Take From Closed Guard

In today’s blog post, you are going to learn a simple and basic fundamental technique that has been proven to work at the highest level of competitions – the back take from closed guard. This technique is one of the basic fundamental techniques that you learn during your first month of training jiu jitsu. However, don’t let the fact that this is a simple fundamental technique fool you. It has…

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[stardustmma]

Three examples of how bad posture in the guard position can get you submitted instantly (and what to do about it).

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[novoplata]

Ways to escape the armbar from guard. Excellent stuff!

[novoplata]

Thanks to Angelo for this link. I used to watch a lot of Youtube vids too *blush, until I realized that they don't work like those moves taught and drilled in class. What I learned too was that some (most) moves demonstrated by a 200lbs 6-feet-tall guy wouldn't fit my 120lbs 5-feet-3 bodymechanics, therefore, no amount of studying fancy-ass moves featured on Youtube would make up for the hard work required in training.

I have a BJJ instructional or two, but all of them focus mainly on BJJ basics (I love Renzo Gracie's and Roy Dean's instructionals). If there's anything valuable I've learned on the mats during my short fifteen months of training, it's that basics will never go out of style--nor will they go out of use.