Turns out we didn't cover this amazing guard yet on the channel! Even though I went full in-depth on the K-guard (both from closed guard and standing) on our second instructional; Leglocks Unlocked part 2 on BJJ Fanatics, we never did film a good overview of the whole guard. Until today! Here you go gents (and the 2 girls watching our channel!). P.s. drop a like, comment or subscribe; for every subscriber I will heel hook Sandro ;)
@@TacticalMartialArts thank you brother! I truly do appreciate that! If you ever have any questions on something dm me on instagram and I'd be happy to help or send you a short video explaining. 🙏🏼
@@s-ash-a my pleasure! Check out my other k guard video for standing variations here on the channel or go full in depth with our instructional on BJJFanatics!
I love closed guard, and this is one of the best introductions to K guard I've seen. Very clear description of technique and the "what ifs" to be aware of. Thank you!
Thank you brother! Happy to hear that 🙏🏼🙌🏼 did you also play around with standing K guard before? I have recently uploaded a video on that too. If you want to go down the rabbithole check out my instructionals on BJJ fanatics! You will 100% love 'the Active guard'.
Thank you brother! Appreciate that 🙌🏼 you are our first ever superthanks on the channel! Dm me on instagram (tumenergia) for some free rolling/comp analysis 👊🏼
Mind blown... I've been in this position so many times and didn't know it was K-guard, I guess thats why I was able to hold the person for so long. I just used it to sweep but now this is a whole new path......
It’s an amazing position for so many options! There would be so much more to cover but I’ve put my favorites in this video, happy you enjoyed brother! Osú
Thank you! My pleasure. It’s normal and not a bad thing to focus on a specific game or part/ but it’s smart that you now realize you should switch it up and go back mixing it with upperbody attacks. Did you watch CJI? Levi does an amazing job at this too if you look carefully. Talking about his guard and transition from upper body to leglocks.
Agree! I’m a big fan of Lachlan and he is an inspiration to me. Even had the honor to have him on my channel. Did you see that video? Man I understand the struggle if it’s the opposite side haha 😂👌🏼
@@EnergiaMartialArts your videos have helped me heaps mate thank you. Come to Australia someday for a seminar please 😅 no I haven’t seen that video il definitely check that out! Thank you for the reply
This is truly impressive. We’ve been learning a knee bar entry from the K guard where you reap the leg over but grab under the shin on the other leg and roll back through for a knee bar. Thanks for this content, can’t wait to give it a go!
@@EnergiaMartialArts really cool to see attacks other than leglocks hehe i was currently only using it to go to sweep with the technical standup! will definitely try to pull of that traingle becuase that looks slick as heck! 😅
Thanks for this. I’ve only used kguard for attacking back. And I’ve got no leg lock game. So my options in k-guard are limited. would study this since I love the kguard (no same level passes me😂).
Nice! What's your favourite backflow from there? Yeah if you really want to go down the rabbithole with leglocks (from there and more) check out our dvd 'leglocks unlocked 2' on BJJ fanatics! Just check the trailer 😉👌🏼
This is absolutely excellent . Thank you for sharing this information . One question - with the leg that is doing the K guard (the leg with the knee inside but the foot on his hip ) it looks like maybe there could be some issues with pressure to the lateral part of your knee. Any tips for avoiding an injury there against a big person ?
Thank you! Perfect question! I actually did a seminar on the Kguard today and got the exact same question live! So I took the biggest guy there (and I also have torn my lcl in the past) and demonstrated that it's no problem at all! Even so, the more the top person pushes forward the more they load themselves on my guard (mainly the frame of my 2nd shin and arm) and it makes it so easy to either sweep them or reap for the backside 50/50. So short answer no worry (keep your knee on the mat), better yet; easy entry and flower sweep if they push forward. Osú hope that helps
@@HMALDANA my pleasure! Happy you enjoy! 🙏 if you ever want to check out way more, be sure to check our Patreon or look up my instructional on BJJ Fanatics 👊🏼
Nice! How do you like it so far? Stay tuned or subscribe; I plan on filming some standing shallow K-guard tomorrow and releasing it somewhere this month.
@@EnergiaMartialArts it makes alot of sense to me. My current favorite guard is butterfly. Ppl use closed guard wayy too much to iniate attack when it is a defensive guard.
@@DarkLight-Ascending Yeah I love butterfly too. It's an amazing way to enter for leglocks (which is my favorite game). Do you prefer to use it for sweeps? True, though a few years ago I started working on making the closed guard extremely offensive again (for myself). After a few years I developed a nice system and released my latest instructional on BJJ Fanatics (the Active Guard). That will 100% change your outlook on the closed guard.
2:20 Ok but the problem with that is that when you're in a room full of leg lockers leaving your foot high up in somebody's armpit like that is wayyy too risky. In my opinion, playing the shield low with your shin going across the persons belly is a better option, because it not only protects you from leg locks but also baits your opponent into pressuring forward, making them vulnerable to upper body attacks, and once they pull away from the upper body attacks the legs are right there for you to take
I disagree. I am a huge leglock fan (actually have two very popular leglock instructionals on bjj fanatics) and am never scared of any counter leglocks. Due to the configuration of the K-guard they don’t have many good leglock entanglements to get into. So yes, they can grab your ankle but above blue belt level there’s not much scary stuff there. Unless you completely screw up and they get a deep estima. Though I do play the low k shield sometimes I prefer the high one for two reasons; 1) I’m pretty light and it gives me better control of their upper body and weight and prevents them from smashing my K guard. 2) as explained in the video, to chain back into upper body attacks smoothly.
Amen! On our latest instructional 'the active guard' we went full in depth on a closed guard game and also chaining it into lower body entries et cetera. We got a lot of positive reactions on that showing that the gap was very much real for a lot of people. Osú!
@@EnergiaMartialArts Very good. I look forward to seeing your ideas. I am a three strip black belt with a strong matrix. I am building out my options and upper body attacks are now on the menu.
@@EnergiaMartialArts thanks! I was an instructor at Bernardo’s before I moved to TN. I actually put your video up in the screen with my class and we went through the sequences so thank you. We worked kuzushi to build our frames before trying to invert so that game is really useful. I am not on Instagram but would love to share ideas. My business partner is Joe Watson and he is on the ADCC circuit.
@@danielmccarthy9065 awesome! Man that's amazing to hear. Thank you. Feel free to send me an email (info@energia-martialarts.com) and I'll give you my number. Osú
brilliant instruction master, awesome job guys show regular series techniques on this UKE 🥋🥋 bow and arrow choke, back GI chokes, inverted triangle, gogoplata from mount, guard pretty please thank you have fun! 💪💪🔥🔥
Yeah good question. I did a seminar on the Kguard last week and got this exact question. I then asked the student to knee cut me and made him feel the presure of the guard. Its hard to explain here but if you have tight control its so hard for them to knee cut. Besides that, the kguard in itself is not a fixed position. As with many guards (like we also explain in our reverse de la riva videos etc) you should be constantly offbalancing your opponent etc. Finaly; as they knee cut they compromise their base and it gives you an easier time getting some entries going. I hope that helps to explain it. If not dm me on instagram and ill shoot you a short clip 👊🏼
Thank you for this great video. I have played with K guard as a leglock entry, but I am new to upper body submissions from this guard. I have been playing with them based on this video, but I'm finding that if my opponent does not commit their weight forward, but stays heavy on their legs, they can eventually start bringing in their non-trapped leg (back leg) and start knee cutting through the position. Any recommendations for this situation? I haven't seen anyone talking about this knee slide either on youtube or in the instructionals I own. Oss!
Hmm good question! I hope I can answer like this, otherwise feel free to DM me on instagram and I'll try to film something. So first off I'd do a wrestle up or hip bump sweep if my opponent sits up and heavy on their legs. I love the K-guard but if they're not giving me the entry I'm just as easily switching to something else. About the knee cut, I'd have to play around with that. I think in reality I'm moving away my hips and focus on reaping my second leg over. This connect my hips to their primary leg and therefore takes away any ability to knee cut. If they're still heavy on the legs I can outwards rotate their lower leg to force the turn. At last I would work on my entry and offbalancing them with a form of upperbody grip like a 2 on 1 or burrito grip on their arm. Hope that makes some sense! 🙌🏼🙏🏼
@@EnergiaMartialArts Thank you for the response. I don't have Instagram unfortunately. You are correct that if I am aggressively looking for the leg entry, the knee slide is not much of a problem. It's also possible to transition to false reap if they are too quick with the knee slide. But the main reason I ask is because I would like to get better at upper body subs from K guard, and if I try to maintain there, more experienced opponents will start using this knee slide, and shut down my game. It makes me feel like K guard is not a "real" guard but a transition point for leg attacks or back takes 😞
@@yurimataev2518 hmm I 100% agree. It is a more transitional guard. Using it for upperbody submissions is harder. Have you tried playing around with William's or Rat guard?
@@EnergiaMartialArts Closed guard and variations are my weakest link. I think because I have shorter legs, I tend to play in the half guard / butterfly / X guard solar system. In fact, K guard entry from closed guard is one of my favorite moves precisely because I don't like hanging out in closed guard. Oss!
@@yurimataev2518 Okay now hear me out. If you have shorter legs I might assume you have/rely more on upper body strength. Do you play more gi or no-gi? Have you tried playing overhook guard and/or williams guard (shoulder pin)? It's an amazing way to start falling in love with the closed guard.
Great instructions.. .ooos Question...are you ever in danger of an ankle or toe lock from k guard. I'm learning like many and curious about this...have you ever been caught with ankle lock. Great day..
Hey brother thank you and good question! So for the bottom leg not really. The top leg (depending of the position) could be at risk for a counter toehold or an estima lock. I never really had the problem myself though. What helps a lot is the immediate disbalance when entering for the K. Pushing your opponent off-centre.
Good question. I don't fear the toehold that much because they have no control over the rest of my leg (no leg configuration of their own), so I can either frame and kick out or spin out of it. I might do a shorts/quick fix on that someday!
@EnergiaMartialArts I'll check it out... with really good leglockers I don't do Kguard last time I got into a ///reverse triangle toehold situation/// got the toehold gotme into double dilemma reverse triangle... let go the triangle to adjust to finish the toehold...
So I will answer your question in two parts: Early on as soon as he leans back, his leg becomes light (as the weight shifts) so it's very easy for me to continue my entry. I actually love it when they lean back a bit way more then when they lean in to me. Second when he goes for double under pass we have a video fully focussed in countering that pass! I would have to look it up but if you are interested it's on our Patreon! Hope that helps. Osú
@@EnergiaMartialArts bro my Professor is pretty crafty… I did this exact move when he was leaning back but when I was securing the leg he extended it over me then grabbed my heel that was on the hip to attempt to get me in the bear trap … obviously I couldn’t go up into him because he would’ve calf sliced me but it kind of turned into a leg entanglement scramble.
Pretty good actually! There's a bit more fiction obviously and the backside 5050 position is not as valuable because there are usually no heelhooks allowed. But the upper body attacks and switching back to outside ashi (and then sweep or go for a straight ankle lock) is all legit. A possible downside though could be the fact that the top player has a bit more control over you due to the gi. But try it out and let me know!
@@EnergiaMartialArts Germany Close to Saarbrücken 😊 Abel has his gym there Casa de Luta, maybe you know him I just found your videos. You have a great talent to articulate and summarize different guards, moves etc. in BJJ 😊💪👍
@@jonathanc.9247 yes but you would have to extract the bottom leg. Check out our zguard video and Zguard leg attacks for other maybe better leglock options from knee shield half guard 🙌🏼
This has been proved, used and applied at the highest level of grappling matches. As with all of jiujitsu there is always an answer. My best advice is to mix it with upperbody control and entries as shown in the video. On the kimura; give it a try in rolling and let me know ;) also, the top player is still caught in bottom players guard, so they should also pass the legs for like a rolling kimura (should be nearly impossible). I hope that's all clear, otherwise let me know 👊🏼
The answer as always is 'it depends'. It has been used in some matches already. One of the great things about K-guard is that it takes your head out of the centre line (and therefore away from strikes). Though, as with most guards in MMA, it should be used more as a last resort (gaining top position should always be a priority). But in a tight spot I believe it is a great guard. Another thing that pops to mind is that it might be easier accessible in MMA as opposed to BJJ. In MMA the top fighter might posture up more (in order to throw strikes), this makes it easier to enter the K-guard. In my personal experience when I find myself in bottom guard in MMA sparring I usually try to tie them up with a form of active guard (a system I use in one of my instructional) to focus on controlling their posture and then try and sweep them. If they pop out I at times use the K-guard myself.
Some ghetto dude sucker punched me the other day while because i said something whenever they tried to cut in line at a fast food place, long story short im 20-25 seconds later i choked him unconscious and i had someone tell me that i was a “b word” for wrestling 😂😂😂 found out that a sucker punch is honorable but knowing jits from 10+ years on the mats is a “b word” way of fighting. Either way, his punch slid off didnt even leave a mark and his girlfriend had to come to his rescue, he must have had to piss really bad too because yea he pissed the restaurants floor and his designer pants. Anyway i just wanted to vent about this situation, its hard being labeled someone who fights with no honeo
It’s more of a “Transitional point” then a type of (Guard) However, cool techniques anyway. For MMA or street this isn’t smart for you expose your face the moment you go to grab the leg.
😂 lol, yes it is a nogi grappling instructional designed for sport jiujitsu. There's a huge difference between grappling and MMA/self defence. Nowhere do we state this specific technique is designed for mma. Besides that I do teach MMA classes for many years now and I can assure you even the Kguard has a place in MMA (though obviously adjusted accordingly). But.. thank you for your contribution to this comment section 😂
