Ep. 201: Position Series: Closed Guard, feat. Brianna Ste-Marie
BJJ Mental Models
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Closed Guard vs Off-Balancement?
If your opponent has good base and they've got their arms in a good attack position, if you try to just jump into closed guard from there, you're basically giving them grips on your legs. I generally try to avoid the Fanny Pack position where you jump onto someone on the front from closed guard, but they don't go down. And so now you're kind of just dangling on top of their waist like a Fanny Pack. That's something I really like to do is I'll jump the closed guard. If my opponent like stays strong, which to be honest, like it's something I would want to do. But if my opponent does stay standing, I think there's
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