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Guard is the primary place of the art of gentleness, and without a thorough knowledge of it, you can't be considered a skilled Jiu Jitsu. Here are some tips I've learned over the years that have benefited my game greatly. If you can absorb their knowledge of them, they will also help boost your defence.
8. Live Hips
While your grips and upper-body muscles play an essential role in the game of the bottom, your lower body drives your defence. When you perform most sweeps and submissions, the power is created and applied via your legs and hips.
Sit with a trainer in your guarded position, and then ask him to put both hands around his neck. Do the same for yourself. Then try flipping his body using a simple scissor sweep. If you aren't able to flip the guy over with precision, then you're not effectively using the force through your hips.
Learn how to move your hips in as many different planes as possible, and practice them doing exercises. Two of the most basic examples are the shrimp and bridge. There are many others to choose from.
7. Learn to identify and utilize Angles
Like other forms of functional martial art, Jiu-Jitsu is one of the most functional martial arts. You generally require angles to create leverage. It is not where this is more apparent than in the guarding position.
There are many different ways that these angles can be utilized for a variety of reasons, including the angles of your hips relative to the flooring (see above) also, the hip angle and the hips of your opponent, as well as the pitch of your body is towards the torso of your opponent.
A lot of the time, I'm searching for 90-degree angles. However, lately, I've discovered an angle of 45 degrees works as well.
6. Use the Hand Trap, Wrist and Elbow
If you're planning to sweep someone laterally, you must ensure that his hand, wrist and elbow are to the side you're going to clean to get them out of the equation. I've taught, trained, and observed thousands of hours of jiuJitsu. Not doing this will result in more unsuccessful sweeps than any other thing.
Consider this: when you slip or fall, you first put your hand in the air to hold yourself. The same is true for the sweep. The arm and hand are the most elegant area of your opponent's anatomy and are the first tools to keep him from falling. The great thing about practising gi gloves is that they make it much simpler to tie his arm to stop him from doing it and increase your odds of completing your sweep.
5. Make sure that your opponent's posture is not broken.
A skilled opponent will always strive to maintain a good posture before passing the guard. This is because he knows that initiating his passing (by standing or another method) in a non-possible manner will result in the opponent being pushed into the air, swept away, or even beaten.
You'll never be a step behind by refusing to allow your partner to establish his position and posture. This means you will be able to be proactive when it comes to your attack (especially by trapping and binding spells such as rubber guards) instead of first having to put out the flames of his attempts at passage.
4. Please do not allow him to grip you.
A high-level opponent will never be able to move without setting their grasp, especially when they are on guard. Why? Because if he doesn't hold his grips, he cannot keep a good posture and also cannot manage your hips or torso. Similar to the previous point, if you do not allow him to grasp (and, more importantly, make powerful grips of your own) and put him on the side, you will be more likely to force your will through an attempt at submission or sweep.
3. Incorrect interpretation
This trick was initially taught to me by my first judo teacher. Who taught me the technique when I was eight years old. It is a sleight of hand in BJJ. Particularly the guard. If you are looking for the opponent to go in one direction, then begin to balance him out by balancing him in your opposite direction. This can lead to the weight of your opponent being displaced to the order you wish to make him tip over, making the next sweep much more effortless.
2. Use the concept of the centre-line
Imagine a line running through your competitor's head from the top until the ground, dividing his body into the right and left half. This is called the "centre line.".
If you are being a guard and can reach one of your opponent's arms across the centre line, he is susceptible to the back-take and various sweeps and armbars. There are many ways of getting the arm across, but the majority require a) making use of both arms against his and) moving your hips over to the opposite side of the component you're trying to move across.
1. "Topple the Head"
Our previous article discussed the importance of disrupting your opponent's posture. The concept is similar in that it can result in the loss of his posture. However, it's more focused on wrecking his balance. Imagine your opponent standing upright in your security with an ideal posture.
Imagine his head being a ball floating over the top of the spout that is filled with water. Your goal should be to take the ball off the tap. If you can do this, you'll disrupt his balance, preparing the opponent for submission or sweep. There are various ways to achieve this, be it pressing into his neck using your forearm or wrist, reaping the behind of his armpit by using the side of your knee, or pulling him forward with an arm grip. Any way you can get his head off this "central pillar" will make his life harder and make yours more comfortable.
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