Opening closed guard

Posture first: back straight, hands on their hips or belt. Then build your base and stand or wedge a knee back until their ankles open, and only then start to pass.

16 free YouTube videos from 15 channels, filed on the Position Map under closed guard (top).

Free lessons on YouTube

  1. 3 Ways to Break the Closed Guard · Stephan Kesting · Beginner
  2. 4 Formas Eficazes de Abrir a Guarda Fechada no Jiu-Jítsu · Manual do Jiu-Jitsu · Beginner · Portuguese
  3. Beginner BJJ Fundamentals - Opening Closed Guard from Knees Concepts - Jason Scully · The Grapplers Guide by Jason Scully · Beginner
  4. BJJ For Beginners: How To Break Someone's Closed Guard · Alliance Jiu Jitsu | Knoxville TN · Beginner
  5. Cómo abrir la guardia cerrada de jiu jitsu · Daniel Niño de Rivera · Beginner · Spanish
  6. How to ESCAPE CLOSED GUARD · BJJ Fanatics · Beginner
  7. HOW TO ESCAPE THE MOST COMMON JIUJITSU ATTACK - The closed guard escape. KEENANONLINE.COM · Keenan Cornelius · Beginner
  8. Manual do Faixa Branca: Como Abrir a Guarda Fechada no Jiu-jítsu · Manual do Jiu-Jitsu · Beginner · Portuguese
  9. 4 Best Closed Guard Breaks · Jedi Does Jiujitsu · All levels
  10. Opening the Closed Guard - My Favorite Method for No Gi BJJ (with Shintaro Higashi) · Brian Glick · All levels
  11. Technique Of The Week: How To Open The Guard In No Gi · Matt Arroyo Jiu Jitsu · All levels
  12. 3 formas de abrir GUARDA FECHADA no JIU-JITSU SEM KIMONO (NOGI) - (Aula Jiu-Jitsu) · Rani Yahya Jiu-Jitsu - Técnicas e Análises · Intermediate · Portuguese
  13. Detalles para abrir guardia cerrada y berimbolo trampa · MAXBJJ4LIFE · Intermediate · Spanish
  14. Effective Way to Open the Closed Guard by Andre Galvao · Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ | World's Best BJJ Academy - Home Page · Intermediate
  15. Killing Closed Guard pt 4: No Gi Guard Break · Escapology BJJ · Intermediate
  16. The NoGi Minute: Closed guard break against stronger/longer opponent · Patrick Donabedian BJJ · Intermediate

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