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The Guard Position group encompasses all positions where the bottom fighter uses the legs to control, manage distance, attack, and defend against the top fighter. [1] The guard is BJJ's most revolutio...
The Standard Standing Guard Position establishes the fundamental standing-versus-seated dynamic with one fighter standing and the other seated or on their back, using feet on hips, hooks, or grip-and-...
The Guard Position Standing family covers the standing guard positions used in grappling, where one fighter controls the standing opponent's posture or distance while seated or positioned on the groun...
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 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...
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 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 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 Sweep — Guard Reversal group encompasses all techniques for reversing position from a bottom guard position to a top position, constituting the offensive component of the Escape and Reversal class...
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 HEMA Guard family encompasses the named sword guard positions (Huten or Leger) of the German and Italian longsword traditions. [1] Guards are specific positions in which the sword is held relative...
Zombie is an advanced rubber guard control position within the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system where the attacker maintains an overhook on the opponent's arm while threading one leg across the opponent's...
The clamp guard is a closed guard sub-position where the guard player controls the inside space between the opponent's arms with their legs, lying on their hip (not flat) with the inside knee blocking...
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 New York subfamily covers the advanced rubber guard position where the guard player has progressed past Chill Dog to establish a deeper, more controlling configuration that directly threatens subm...
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 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 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 Guard Pull From Turtle family covers techniques for transitioning from the turtle position directly into a guard position, typically half guard or full guard. [1] Rather than standing up or rollin...
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...
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 Military Sabre Guard subfamily covers the defensive positions and parrying stances used with the military sabre, typically numbering between three and seven guards depending on the national tradit...
The Chill Dog subfamily covers the rubber guard position where the guard player has advanced past Mission Control by threading the arm through and securing a deeper leg position, creating set-ups for ...
The Closed Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter wraps the legs around the opponent's waist with ankles crossed behind the back, creating a locked-leg control that keeps the ...
Guard chokes are choking submissions executed from bottom guard positions — closed guard, open guard, half guard, and various guard variations. [1] These techniques exploit the guard player's ability ...
The Sit Guard Pull subfamily covers guard pulling techniques where the practitioner sits directly to the ground from standing, establishing a seated guard position. [1] The sit guard pull avoids the r...
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 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 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 Dogfight Position is the neutral/advantageous position reached when the half guard bottom player comes to their knees with an underhook — both fighters are on their knees in a wrestling-like clinc...
The Stoner Control Arm Triangle applies an arm triangle choke (kata gatame / head-and-arm choke) from the Stoner Control rubber guard position, using the unique leg positioning of the rubber guard to ...
Kneebars from guard are applied when the bottom player catches the opponent's leg during passing attempts and transitions to a kneebar position, controlling the thigh and applying hip pressure to hype...
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 One-Sleeve Spider Guard uses the spider guard on one side only — one foot on the bicep with sleeve control — while the other leg is positioned differently (on the hip, in DLR, or on the mat). [1] ...
The Butterfly Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter sits with both feet hooked inside the opponent's thighs, using the hooks as levers for sweeping, off-balancing, and transi...
The Standard Z-Guard establishes the Z-guard with the top knee angled across the opponent's midsection and the bottom leg controlling the opponent's leg in half guard, with hands controlling the colla...
The Standard Spider Guard establishes the full spider guard with both hands gripping the opponent's sleeves, both feet placed on the biceps, and the legs extended to create maximum distance and contro...
The Half Guard Sweep family covers all sweeping (reversal) techniques executed from the half guard position — where the bottom player controls one of the opponent's legs between their own legs and use...
The Friendship Position is a guard top posture where both fighters have mutual grips on each other's biceps, creating a temporary neutral position. [1] BJ Penn uses this position as a control point be...
The Z-Guard subfamily covers the half guard variation that combines the knee shield across the opponent's body with half guard leg control, creating a 'Z' shape with the legs. [1] Z-guard is essential...
The Attacking Closed Guard subfamily covers closed guard configurations specifically set up for offensive attacks — sweeps, submissions, and transitions — rather than passive control. [1] Attacking cl...
The Standard Closed Guard subfamily covers the basic closed guard configurations focused on maintaining the position, controlling distance, and managing the opponent's posture before setting up attack...
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...
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 Standard X-Guard subfamily covers the classic X-guard position with both legs inserted between the opponent's legs, one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a strong X-configuration t...
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 Standard Chill Dog establishes the intermediate rubber guard position with the shin pulled over the opponent's shoulder, the arm threaded through the leg triangle, and the guard player controlling...
The Reverse De La Riva positions the guard player with the DLR hook wrapped around the opponent's lead leg from the inside rather than the outside, with the foot hooking behind the knee from the oppos...
The Standard Seated Butterfly establishes the fundamental butterfly guard with the guard player sitting upright, both hooks inserted inside the opponent's thighs, hands controlling the upper body via ...
The 10th Planet Guard family covers guard positions developed within Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system, designed exclusively for no-gi grappling and characterised by flexibility-based leg con...