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Four Solo Drills To Help Improve Your Guard

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One of your greatest weapons in developing a killer guard is flexibility. The more flexible you are, the easier you’ll be able to transition in and out of attacks, and the less your opponent will be able to force you into positions you aren’t comfortable in and exploit the gaps in your guard.

The nice thing about flexibility and mobility is you don’t need a training partner to develop it. You can develop your guard anytime, anywhere through a little solo drilling.

To help you get started here are four of my favourite solo drills to help improve your guard. These drills have been incredibly beneficial in my own training, hopefully, they can do the same for you.

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Filming Jiu Jitsu Videos Can Be Dangerous!

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You might not believe it, but filming a Jiu Jitsu instructional can be a dangerous business. I certainly didn’t believe it.

A few days ago, I was recording some additional content for the Lapel Guard Passing Course with one of my students Ash. During one of the demonstrations, I accidentally put Ash to sleep!

This was completely unexpected as I was demonstrating a pass, not a choke. Apparently, my shoulder pressure is just that powerful.

Ash completely recovered within a second or two of me realising the pressure, but as it’s pretty funny I thought I’d share the clip with you.

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2 Minute Jiu Jitsu Episode 57: Arm Bar From Side Control Escape

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Your first priority when you find yourself in a bad position should always be to get safe. If you don’t get safe, then any movement you make could mean you end up in a worse position or submission.

Once you have got yourself back to a safe position, your next goal should be to build a frame (sometimes this can be done simultaneously with getting safe). From your frame, you can then look to escape to a better position.

Sometimes that escape can put you in a position to attack with a submission. An example of this is the arm bar off a bridging side control escape. This technique is the subject of episode 57 of 2 Minute Jiu Jitsu.

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2 Minute Jiu Jitsu Ep56: Hip Bump Triangle

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Learning to transition in and out of submissions is an important skill to develop. If you can master these transitions, you’ll create an inescapable web of destruction and death for your opponents!!!

Maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but you will be able to catch more submissions.

There are numerous submission transitions in Jiu Jitsu, however, some of them can be used in more situations than others.

An example of this is the hip bump to triangle.

While this transition can be used as shown in the video below, the same movement is used to attack the triangle pretty much any time your opponent posts on the ground with you below them. So it’s used to triangle from half guard, if your opponent is escaping mount, if they defend a sweep, and a but of other ways.

Check out the video below, to learn this important submission transition, and start developing your web of destruction.

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Four Solo Drills To Improve Your Passing

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Let’s be honest, passing an opponents guard can be hard. That’s particularly true against those super bendy people who seem to have arms for legs.

On top of having good technique, you want rock-solid balance, strong posture, and excellent mobility. While these attributes will develop naturally over time, you can accelerate your balance, posture, and mobility development through a little solo drilling.

To help you get started, I just uploaded a video that covers four of my favourite solo passing drills. These drills have been incredibly beneficial in my own training, hopefully, they can do the same for you. Check them out now below:

You can do these drills as a warm-up, cool down, or anytime you have a few minutes spare. However you choose to practice them, they will help you passing.

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