Playing Open Guard is the nemesis of most beginners as progressing to full guard is often harder and often times a newbie will be taken by a maxim of what plainly looks cool.
Open Guard has many different variations. But some tips are invaluable regardless of it.
- Use all your limbs – If you’d like to play open guard that’s great but try to use your limbs to your advantage.
- You also don’t want to let your opponent control both your ankles. Ever.
- It will take you a bit to find your footing and points of control. Keep in mind you need to find a good way to break someone’s posture not to just have contact. Find a sweep that works for you.
- At least 3 points of contact are advisable.
3x ADCC champion here shows some game changing tips to maintain the open guard and the butterfly and make it a little harder for the opponent to pass.
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