HOW TO ESCAPE THE MOST COMMON JIUJITSU ATTACK - The closed guard escape. KEENANONLINE.COM 

The quickest way out of guard that I know of is to have one arm in and one arm out.

It worked! I've pulled this off several times against different people in our gym in the same day. What I love about this is that its not too complex, and as a white belt it's easy and effective.

“100% I will armbar you for each of those questions... trust me I’ve been doing this a long time”. Lol awesome. Great stuff Keenan!

I was taught this by Dan Strauss, but with some important details that have been missed here. When you pop to your feet make sure one foot is staggered back like you're surfing and also hump your hips forward this makes a double ankle sweep very difficult. You can also just pin at biceps or wrists for your posts to pop up. Enjoy

I have recently been focusing on guard defense and passing. I came across this video today for the first time, about an hour before I rolled tonight. I used this technique successfully right out of the gates, on 2 different advanced belts. I combined it with a slight personal tweak on passing, which proved to be an awesome combo. Way easier and more energy efficient than standing up in closed guard as we are formally taught in fundamentals. Thanks Keenan for the awesome tip on opening the guard from the standing position.

You could just stomp the groin then restomp the groin.

The lack of ability to keep a straight face makes this the best guard pass lesson ever.

Whenever I try to do this, they immediately grab my ankles or invert :(

4:00 breaking closed guard

I like how the entire instructional was not edited, especially the bloopers. Thumbs up.

Ok, I don't know about you guys, but since I started using the escape it works wonders for me. There is no sweep if you open your legs wide apart and you put pressure down against the opponent's hip. Remember that you are also pinning the guy arms by the armpit. Press down and foward, your head under the opponent's chin, forcing him to look sideways. It is a move to be applied fast e furious. It works!

Bro you are such a good teacher. Thank you for sharing these tips. I was taught that ineffective technique for escaping closed guard on my first lesson recently. I hope my instructor doesn't get offended when I ditch it for this one

I always use that guard break, especially when I'm facing bigger and stronger opponents. One thing I noticed is that when I would stand straight up they would grab my ankles for the up feet sweep. So instead I started pointing my knees inwards when I stood up to counter that up feet sweep, works for me. :)

The opponent can still double ankle sweep you though after you let go and stand up.

Great sense of humor Kenan. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 😀

Another great video, again, thank you! Information was very clear. Usable visuals and vocals.

Thank you Keenan! I'm a beginner and always get caught in closed guard. I tried a few others but does not work. I will practice this escape from now on. Thanks again.

putting your feet closer together to break the guard, what stops him from grabbing your feet and bumping you backwards? I've always enjoyed keeping 1 foot back so at least if anything goes wrong, I have some balance to defend myself with.

god damn keenan ! well done. love your content. thanks for everything youre putting out here on youtube.

Good, our class is doing something very similar to what you're teaching here. Gives me even more confidence :D

THANK YOU! white belt at gracie barra jiu jitsu and my instructor taught me how to escape the guard the same way. With the leg under his butt and other leg popping out. I hate that technique so much because I get my ass kicked against the other white belts who have a few stripes. I always try standing up but they always grab my ankle and make me fall. So excited to try out this new technique. Wish you where my instructor

Used this today on 2 rolls worked both times thank you!!!!

Thanks, this is the first technique I really understand and remember after I shown. I'll try it in class when I recover from covid. I subscribed after this. Also, for some reason the enclosed space you use makes it less distracting visually.

Thank you so much for finally putting the lie to that initial guard opening technique. I learned that initial “guard opening from the knees” technique in a Robson Moura video about eight years ago. For years I kept trying to make it work and it never would. I assumed that it was just my fault and I couldn’t get it to work. I wasted so much time trying to get that useless technique to work for me.

Having great success with this. Thanks

You are a saint for this. I've been trying to use the knee in but escape for years and it never works unless I'm going against a complete scrub. I will never try it again.

If anyone did this to me, I would immediately grab both of their ankles while they stand, release the closed guard, and push into them with my knees, while pulling on their ankles. It's one of my highest percentage sweeps. My instructor teaches us to use wrist control to prevent this sweep. You control their wrist before standing instead of pinning them at the shoulders, then when you stand, you step backward with one leg, and push down to break their guard (while maintaining wrist control with the opposite side hand)

My first rolling session I was hanging alright with the blue belts went with a purple and couldn't even pass his gard so many levels I love this sport !

This escape really depends on body types. A taller or longer armed person could pull this off hwr if you a short person in the guard of a tall long legged person trying this escape you are in trouble

Won a gold medal after escaping a close guard from this video. Used the escape to go for a side control and finish it with a kimura

Thank you for the great advice!

Love the humor man!

I have used the school taught technique effectively. I think you are leaving some details out, but i also like your version

I've learned a similair escape, where you end up with the person that's trying to hold you in their guard haning by their ankles, but I found that if your opponent is a lot shorter than you they just float in the air and it doesn't work quite as well

Going into my pass game #Legit close guard escape amigo! Thanks Keenan 🥋🤙🏻

It's Kennan saying it, so it obviously works, but If an opponent stands up in my guard without holding one of my sleeves, I'll sweep him so fast it's not even funny.

I was literally taught this escape HAHA ah well, thanks for showing something better!

Awesome!! Makes total sense thanks!!

Awesome! Thanks 🙂 gonna use this

I kind of realised this but your video helps me believe it, I sat down with knee in butt from standing, also was taught to hunch when doing first technique with dropping all weight on rigid arm on knee but struggled to get it to work in rollling

I always get double ankle sweeped when I'm standing up like that

True that on the guard pass that every school teaches, yet not very effective. Now this one i will try it!

just started. White belt here. thanks for the video!

This is going to get me some kind of lashback when doing it to the female grapplers.. That 'rip their gi open' thing is going to be weird. I'lll try not to grunt while doing it..

Thanks Keenan! Regards from Perú.

"That's what jiujitsu's all about" lol I enjoyed this

thanks man truly appreciate it

Hes totally right. We were taught this and also another technique while standing. Always stand to exit closed guard

Thanks. The method you showed is the primary was I escape closed guard. But for a defense scenario (especially against someone who doesn't really know jiu jitsu but wants to fight) wouldn't the "wrong" method work just as well? After all, it seems easier to avoid an up-kick from the dangerous legs that way.

thanks for the cool breakdown.

I never heard of the knee in the butt thing but the armpit move was awesome. I will be testing that for sure.

lock both arms into the arm pit... not worried about being arm barred? Excellent advice!

I need to find a tournament where he did this escape.

Nice,Thank you.

This AJJ is amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thanks a lot

please make an video when you are dressed like an old chinese master and hit the other guy with a stick when he does anything thats not 100% perfect, im pretty sure i can remember it better that way

This works Thank you Keenan

There are principles and details that will need to be explored for this type of position to be effective. It is important to be open to new inputs and go back to understand how you were taught this position originally, the details you picked up over the years and new insights from Rickson Gracie.

Great tutorial

Never laughed that much watching an instructionnal. Thanks Keenan! Like all the techniques there is a counter. the counter is easy, grab both sleeves and pull outside when guard passer leans over you. Now choose which side you want to do the armbar. Rolleta used to do this... What's old is the new new I guess. Edit:I forgot to add, your shit works wonders to open the guard .

started doing this, have had WAAAAAY more success opening guards and then working my passes

I like this guard break but also like the 2 on1 with their arm across their diaphragm, especially in NoGi.

Thank you so much for this. Finally, no more worrying about what my opponent is going to think if I keep trying to knee them in the butt.

Great video and appreciate the content, question though (newbie question so be gentle) LOL in doing so aren't you opening yourself up for a dummy sweep and to being mounted? He grabs your ankles, opens his guard, uses his feet to push on your hips and down you go with him ending up in mount?

Yeah the wrong was my escape taught, did stall out my matches with someone with a full close guard game, that from now trying your way, all while keeping to mind of carefully void the arm, hip, to leg sweeps... thanks Keenan

High class....good stuff.

Yeah, I think a follow up on how to prevent them from grabbing your ankles is in order.

At 5:42 your ankles are getting grabbed and you are getting swept. You need to keep your legs further back to end that sequence effectively.

I do this in sparring, I get armbarred. My problem is my opponent has grips on my sleeves. When I pop up to my feet, he is breaking his guard and threating sweep. When I post to defend he has the arm. Can this work on a higher level opponent? Thoughts?

for me, someone who also does powerlifting, i don't tend to find it difficult to stand up with my entire opponent, as long as they weigh 100 or less i can stand up with them, even when they have me in a tri choke

Keenan ,I did not know youre scientist too, and you talk about science ,then Iam in... thank you Doc, say hello para Andre, Iam using it...

I use this and it works very well, but there's a specific wrist lock that sometimes forces me to give up that grip.

I’ve learned this several times, but how do you respond to the leg under hooks?

Any clue How to avoid sweeps using ancle grips..by the opponent ?

"you've got a man's legs wrapped around you. I know its weird, but thats what jiu jitsu's all about." *flamboyantly giggles* man, if that ain't the most accurate fucking thing i've ever seen about the closed guard; let alone jits...

You will get lumberjack sweep every time you do the stand up technique if you have your legs close to your opponent like that You can do the first technique instead grind your elbow on your opponents quad and they will open their guard after that swim both hands under as soon as they open the guard so you can go for a double under pass Hope this makes sense

Can you do a video on all these armbars you mention.. (humble white belt asking)... I've had a blue belt do 2 stiff arms to my armpit, and 2 knees on my groin, and Im not sure how to stop it

You are so right

If you stand up without having a sleeve grip, what stops him just grabbing both your ankles and sweeping you?

Bruh this professor has a great sense of humor

Keenan, when you stand up like that at 6:55, what's preventing him from grabbing your ankles with his hands, pulling on them, while lowering his hips and pushing his knees into your stomach, and executing the double leg sweep from the guard?

You're a funny guy, but I take you serious. I've seen your competitions. I'm a white belt and I really loved the hip-bump sweep. I just started rolling so I will try and remember all of this.

With the knee in the butt escape, what if you stiff arm the hips and then do the knee to the butt. Wouldn't controlling the hips have the same effect as the open collar and armpit technique to control their?

Learned this but then got swept all the time because they grabbed my ankles and bump me down or set a delaviva or something else.. So I stuck with the traditional one but now I use it as a bite because they will for sure come for the triangle or arm bar most of the time (sometimes sweeps as well) . As a 3 years White-belt (yap, there are still those). Now I know how to use it pretty well for my advantage. What I'm trying to say is, eventually you get used to it and then you learn how to use it in your advantage. Now about this guard scape, my question would be: Because the other guy doing the guard will surely go for your ankles and bump you down or even set up a delariva... Why not, when you jump from kneeling and before standing up fully, let go of the armpit holds and grab his pants waist and push then down while posturing up (full stand up)? I see myself doing it that way, If I have training today I'll try it for sure. I think this way even if he tries to reach your ankles or push back up he can't because you're actually controlling his waist and pushing his pants down pressuring him. You are controlling his center of movement and gravity is also in your favor. (Just a thought, I'm curious actually) .. BTW, I enjoy your videos, like the style and the tips have helped me out a lot. keep it up ^^

i struggle to escape closed guard, when are you coming to London to do a seminar please?

OMG lol I love me some Keenan instructional videos. Save yourself some time SKIP to 4:00 thats when the actual technique is explained... 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Forgive me if this is a dumb question as I am only a no striper white belt and the first sweep I learned is what I am about to describe...On this breaking the guard, wouldn't the guard position be able to do an ankle sweep by opening his guard, grabbing your ankles simultaneously dropping to his butt when you stand up and pinching his knees together. This would be grabbing you with his feet while he is already holding your ankles so you cant step back and then pivoting you to the left or right to the ground, with him rolling into mount?

Thanks

I wish i'd watched this before my first BJJ session. As an MMA fighter, i went into their guard and thought "oh this is a good place to be". However, then i realised that without the ability to punch them in the face, nothing works

Brah, the sweep you just tossed gets you baby swept every time.

When you lean forward to post up what if he grabs both your labels.. How are you going to stand?

This is great

Omgosh u god how did u know they showed me to do that thank you for this 🙌

What about the double ankle sweep, since you do not control a sleeve while standing?

when in closed guard I hug his head and ezekiel. Am I just rolling with people with too little experience? I have been arm bared before from the guard but only when I keep a non- committed posture. If I dive deep and force both of my arms over his shoulders I'm generally safe.

I've found this pass can be pretty risky against a really strong opponent because it strands your arms deep in their guard. Also, when you bring your torso vertical (5:28-5:33) it's easy for them to faceplant you or switch for an armbar if they can get a collar grip. JT Torres has a similar setup for his logsplitter pass (on youtube somewhere) but it seems to pose the same risks. I'm all ears if someone's got a good workaround or some general tips.

when you stand up , how do you stop them from grabbing your ankles and tipping you over then mounting you?

Hey Keenan is it possible for the guy in the close guard to go for a ezekiel choke. Will the guy still get armbared? @Keenan Cornelius

This vid was a huge help!!I roll mostly with my wife who got me into BJJ.She has an incredibly difficult to escape closed guard game.This technique has actually gotten me out a few times already!!