Guard retention concepts

Keep your knees and feet between you and their hips: frame, shrimp and turn your hips to face them, and get a leg back in the moment they get past one.

10 free YouTube videos from 8 channels, filed on the Position Map under open guard (bottom).

Free lessons on YouTube

  1. 12 BJJ Guard Retention Concepts to Make Your Guard Much Harder to Pass · Stephan Kesting · All levels
  2. 6 Concepts that will improve your open guard retention skills. · Mastery Jiu-Jitsu · All levels
  3. BEST Guard Retention Secret in Jiu Jitsu with Bernardo Faria · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics · All levels
  4. Guard Retention 1st Skill by John Danaher · BJJ Fanatics · All levels
  5. MUST WATCH Guard Retention Concepts For Grapplers And BJJ Players - Jason Scully · The Grapplers Guide by Jason Scully · All levels
  6. Guard Retention & Pass Prevention | Jiu-Jitsu Strategies & Principles · Knight Jiu-Jitsu · Intermediate
  7. Guard Retention - How To Never Get Your Guard Passed In Jiu Jitsu by Gordon Ryan · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics · Intermediate
  8. The Science of Guard Retention: Understanding Jiu-Jitsu's most difficult concept · Rixty Garami · Intermediate
  9. Understanding Guard Retention From The Most Important Positions In Jiu Jitsu No Gi by Gordon Ryan · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics · Intermediate
  10. Open guard retention: grilled chicken concept · Meerkatsu's BJJ Videos · Advanced

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