Closed Guard Bottom

You are on your back with your legs locked around the opponent. Break posture, attack, sweep or take the back.

Switch to Closed Guard Top

• Control

  Posture Control and Grips

  Breaking the opponent's posture, controlling the head and arms, and stopping them from standing to pass.

  10 resources

• Submissions

  Submissions

  Armbar, triangle, kimura, cross collar choke, guillotine and omoplata - the classic closed guard attack chain.

  28 resources

• Sweeps

  Sweeps

  Hip bump, scissor, flower (pendulum), lumberjack and other ways to reverse a kneeling or standing opponent.

  19 resources

• Transitions

  Back Takes

  Arm drags and hip angles that get you around the opponent's arm and onto their back.

  7 resources

• Concepts

  Concepts and Combinations

  How to link attacks so each defence feeds the next, and how to choose between sweeps and submissions.

  5 resources