Sunday, August 12, 2012

Open Guard: The Box

The box is a position that you get into when someone is trying to pass your guard. I bring my shin across B's stomach and my other leg comes over their head so that my calf is resting on the back of their head.

The grips differ, but if my left shin is across the stomach, my left hand will usually grab the same side leg. My right hand can grip the cross sleeve or the same side sleeve.

The move we did was off B trying to smash pass around the guard. If they bring their left arm around my top leg and grab my lapel, my right hand grips the sleeve. I then bring my right leg around B's head so that my hamstrings come across B's arm. I force my leg downwards to break B's grip on my lapel. From this position I create space and place my right foot on B's hip and bring my shin across the inside of B's arm. I bring my right knee outward to off balance B as I left with my left hand, sweeping them over.

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