Here’s how to take back from closed guard; this works for BJJ white belts and for black belt world champions like Roger Gracie. From https://www.grapplearts.com/closedguard, the amazing Grapplearts instructional featuring renowned jiu-jitsu instructor Jon Thomas.

If you have difficulty with maintaining your base and posture when in closed guard, this sequence of exercises can be really helpful in improving your position.

Even if you can’t sit back to your heels very well due to knee or muscle tightness, making this modification can be helpful!

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Tightness and stiffness in the ankles can be a significant limitation in your squatting mechanics and specifically squatting depth, it can effect your ability to sit back and maintain proper posture when in your opponent’s closed-guard, and also be a factor in how well you can use your feet as “hooks” to control your opponent during training.

Having a thorough and complete approach will check the boxes to ensure that you address the tight muscles, improve joint mobility in the ankle, and also begin the process of maintaining your new ankle mobility by activating the muscles and strengthening in your newly obtained range of motion.

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If you’ve been caught by this “overhook arm trap” before, you know how dangerous and annoying this position is.

One little mistake and will be getting submitted by armbars, triangles, omoplatas, wrist locks, and collar chokes.

But there is a simple way to shut down all of those closed guard attacks and eventually regain your posture back up, or even pass straight to side control.

Take a look at these fundamental concepts that every BJJ white belt should know.

– Professor Gustavo Gasperin

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