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Ep. 16: Guard Series: Engagement Phase

BJJ Mental Models

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How to Play the Sitting Guard

If your feet are dangling past your hands, then you're kind of giving your opponent access to your feet. You should also be watching their hands an sort of anticipating that those hands are going to make moves. So i've modified my game to really pay attention to my partner's hands from the bottom. And it works because iim focused in on just their hands, right? I know that he can't really grab me with his feet, and he can't grabbed me with his head, but if i pay attention to what the hands are doing, i should be able to win the engagement phase or at least not get my guard passed.

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