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The Body Lock Pass is a modern pressure-based guard pass where the passer secures a body lock (arms locked around the opponent's waist/hips) and uses heavy forward drive to pass the guard — the techni...
The Reclined Butterfly Guard subfamily covers the butterfly guard variation where the guard player leans back at an angle rather than sitting fully upright, changing the leverage dynamics of the hooks...
The Inverted Guard is an advanced guard position where the bottom player inverts (goes upside down on their shoulders/upper back) to create angles for guard retention, sweeps, and back takes — a high-...
The Stack Pass is a pressure-based guard pass where the passer drives the opponent's legs over their head by walking forward with chest pressure, compressing the guard player's spine until their hips ...
The Standard Worm Guard subfamily covers the basic worm guard configuration where the guard player extracts the opponent's lapel, threads it between the opponent's legs, and grips it from the other si...
The Open Guard Sweep family covers all sweeps from open guard positions — guard variations where the guard player's legs are not closed around the opponent and instead use feet on hips, hooks, or slee...
The Pressure Pass family covers guard passing techniques that use heavy bodyweight, chest-to-chest compression, and methodical forward drive to flatten the guard player, immobilise their hips, and slo...
The Underhook Half Guard positions the guard player with a deep underhook on the opponent's far arm while maintaining half guard leg control, creating the most offensively oriented half guard configur...
The arm drag from seated guard applies a wrist flexion lock while the bottom player uses an arm drag to off-balance the top player from the guard position. [1,2] The guard player grips the opponent's ...
The Standard Deep Half establishes the deep half guard with the guard player fully underneath the opponent, one arm hugging the controlled leg, head positioned under the opponent's hip, with the body ...
The Deep Half Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the deep half guard, an advanced half guard variation where the guard player dives deep underneath the opponent, positioning their body entirely beneat...
The Guard Top group covers all positions, techniques, and strategies for the fighter on top when the opponent is playing guard — the offensive counterpart to the guard player's sweeps and submissions....
The Sit-Up Guard subfamily covers the open guard position where the guard player sits up with one foot on the opponent's hip and the other leg positioned for sweeps or transitions, with hands controll...
The rat guard is a closed guard system where the guard player breaks the opponent's posture, secures a necktie and tricep grip, then swings an arm to threaten a guillotine, causing the opponent to pre...
The Cartwheel Pass is a dynamic, acrobatic guard pass where the passer cartwheels over the guard player's legs, landing in side control on the other side — a surprise technique that bypasses the guard...
Calf slicers from guard are applied when the bottom player catches the opponent's leg during guard passing attempts, threading a shin behind the knee and folding the calf. [1,2] Common entries include...
The Cross-Grip Closed Guard establishes the closed guard with a cross-body collar grip — the guard player grips the opponent's opposite-side collar, pulling across the centre line to break posture and...
The Single Leg X-Guard subfamily covers the guard variation where the guard player hooks both legs on the outside of one of the opponent's legs — one foot on the hip and one behind the knee — controll...
The tornado guard is an inverted guard position played from half guard where the practitioner rolls underneath the opponent using a twisting inversion to create sweeps and submission entries. [1] Whil...
The guillotine choke from top half-guard is applied when the top player wraps the bottom player's neck in a guillotine grip while the bottom player retains a half-guard. [1,2] The top player typically...
The Collar-Sleeve Guard subfamily covers the open guard position where the guard player controls one collar and one sleeve while using the feet to manage distance and create attacking angles. [1] The ...
The Guard Top family within the Guard Group covers the techniques and strategies for the top player when trapped inside an opponent's guard — maintaining posture, controlling grips, and working to bre...
The Seated Butterfly Guard subfamily covers the standard butterfly guard position where the guard player sits upright with both butterfly hooks inside the opponent's thighs, using the seated posture f...
The Mission Control subfamily covers the fundamental rubber guard position where the guard player pulls the shin over the opponent's shoulder and holds it in place with the opposite hand, controlling ...
The Godfather Sweep is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique executed from The Stomp Position — a specific guard configuration entered when the opponent achieves double underhooks from inside the practiti...
The Collar-Sleeve Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the collar-sleeve guard, where the guard player controls one collar and one sleeve while using the feet to manage distance and off-balance the oppo...
The Toreando (bullfighter) Pass family covers the classic standing guard pass where the passer grips both of the opponent's pant legs (gi) or knees (no-gi) and throws them to one side while stepping a...
The Closed Guard Sweep family covers all sweeps executed from the closed guard position, where the guard player wraps the legs around the opponent's waist with ankles crossed. [1] Closed guard sweeps ...
The X-Pass is a quick standing guard pass where the passer steps one leg over the opponent's shin/ankle area while driving through to side control — named for the crossing leg motion that navigates pa...
Closed guard is the most fundamental guard position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where the bottom player wraps their legs around the opponent's torso and locks their ankles behind the opponent's back, crea...
The High Closed Guard positions the guard player's legs high on the opponent's back, with the ankles crossed near the shoulder blades rather than around the waist. [1] The high guard breaks the oppone...
The Waiter Sweep is a deep half guard sweep where the guard player hooks the opponent's far leg with the foot (holding it like a waiter holding a tray), then elevates and sweeps the opponent over by e...
The Backstep Pass is a guard passing technique where the passer steps backward and away from the guard player's legs, pivoting to pass from the back angle rather than driving forward through the guard...
The Guantanamo Escape is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique for recovering half guard from the mounted position, using a specific hip movement combined with knee insertion that differs from the standar...
The X-Guard family covers the guard position where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configuration, with one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a pow...
The Open Guard family covers all guard positions where the guard player's legs are not closed around the opponent, instead using feet on hips, hooks, or grip-and-foot combinations to maintain guard co...
The Knee Shield Half Guard positions the guard player's top knee across the opponent's chest or midsection as a frame while maintaining half guard leg control on the bottom. [1] The knee shield create...
The Standard Shin-On-Shin places the guard player's shin horizontally across the opponent's lead shin, with hands controlling the collar/sleeve or wrists, creating a connection point for guard entries...
The Waiter Deep Half positions the guard player in deep half guard with the free leg extended upward to hook the opponent's far leg — holding it like a waiter holding a tray — creating a sweeping plat...
The Standard Reclined Butterfly positions the guard player leaning back at approximately 45 degrees with both butterfly hooks in the opponent's thighs, using the angle to create pulling leverage on th...
The Shin-On-Shin Guard subfamily covers the guard position where the guard player places the shin across the opponent's shin, using the bone-on-bone contact as a frame and lever for sweeps and transit...
Guard passing encompasses all techniques used by the top player to navigate past the bottom player's legs and achieve a dominant position — it is the yin to the guard's yang and arguably the most comp...
Spider guard is a gi-dependent open guard where the bottom player grips both of the opponent's sleeves and places their feet on the opponent's biceps, creating a web of control that manages distance, ...
The Esgrima Pass is a half guard passing technique where the passer uses a fencing-like leg threading motion — sliding the shin forward and through the opponent's half guard like a sword being drawn f...
The Full X-Guard establishes the complete X-guard with both hooks fully inserted — one behind the opponent's knee and one on the hip — with the guard player's body directly underneath the opponent's c...
The can opener from closed guard top is applied by the top player who clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and drives the head forward toward the chest, flexing the cervical spine under intens...
Open guard encompasses all guard positions where the bottom player's legs are NOT locked around the opponent, instead using feet on hips, hooks on legs, grips on sleeves/collars, and dynamic hip movem...
The X-Guard Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the X-guard position, a highly effective butterfly guard derivative where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configura...
The Spider Guard Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the spider guard, where the guard player controls both of the opponent's sleeves and places the feet on the biceps, using the extended legs and slee...
The guard is a ground grappling position where the bottom fighter uses their legs to control, defend, and attack the top player — widely considered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu's most revolutionary contributio...