Three Simple Tricks To Massively Improve Guard Retention

This video I overview three simple details people often miss with their guard retention.
1. Hip Angling to keep your feet in alignment with the direction your opponent is trying to pass.
2. Keeping Shoulder Blades Off The Mat
3. Proper use of feet on hips or upper body depending on opponents posture.

[joshpoi]

Exactly what I need as a beginner. Really struggling getting my guard immediately passed. Will try these tips out

[artnos]

Man now im pissed no one told me this early. Thank you so much this is a life saver.

[gfernandez]

You have the gift of teaching, not all instructors have it, great job.

[kyleflannery]

Killer video… the more concise the video, the better the knowledge of the creator.

[bzepedar]

Great vid! Been a blue belt for about a year now and this will definitely help my open guard game!

[rafaelcuriel]

Finally found what i was looking for, !! as a white belt i´m always struggling trying to retain my guard with strong and no strong opponents and thats what i´ve been focusing on this last months and im actually improving, but this is GOOOLLDDD!! Thank you Jon!

[rc]

Thank you!
Everyone has been passing my guard...practicing tonight.

[Honeyybjj]

Blue belt here. Never heard of the 1st hip tip. Will try it. Big thank you!!

[samcourtney]

Finally someone with my own build, instant follow! Thank you for this prophecy 🙏🏼

[Jgamsung]

Really great video teaching me trivial but missed point. thanks Thomas. Respect.

[robertmcclean]

Attend Jon’s seminar yesterday. Outstanding instruction very basic key concepts that will elevate anyones game. Thanks for making the trip Jon please travel safe.

[rvestner]

Great tips, i just recently got my blue belt and this is gonna help my open guard alot! Your videos are amazing!

[singledadmetalhead]

Great advice I’m gonna drill this to make it second nature thank you so much

[lucasmesquita]

Great vid ! thank you for all the tips, i'm improving so much watching your techniques ! Greatings from Brazil !

[Dwnwthvwls]

3 stripe white belt here. Love your content. Your focus on conceptual understanding really drives this stuff home. I get smashed all day by dudes in my gym but bit by bit and with your help, I’m getting a little harder to smash. Baby steps. Thanks man

[TheOneBadAssGamer]

So far my guard has been pretty good as it's my main focus at this level. Personally trying to build an excellent defense. And once I have that my ill start to work on being more offensive. This was very good information

[marcusv.matossouza]

Great video as always!
Thanks for the amazing content

[thebig_steel]

This is very interesting, it looks like you'd be able to use your feet and hips this way to really frustrate the bullfighter pass

[m-m-p]

Thank you for this video. I probably should’ve already known this as a 4 stripe purple belt haha

[peterklopperphotography]

Great video! I can’t wait to try “flicking my hips” tonight and putting my feet on the biceps to retain my guard better. Many thanks 🙌