Here are some helpful concepts and technical considerations to preventing the guard pass and developing guard retention, specifically for no gi. If these are helpful, let me know, like and subscribe! Thanks!
Eli Knight your videos are amazing! They’ve helped me out so much in my first year of doing jiu jitsu and you’re a big part of the reason my grappling is at the level it is today.
Really nice to see some different material than what I usually find. Guard retention is an every day work in progress for me. Thank you very much for the video and the specific details. I will be using some of this tomorrow.
Thanks for your videos...great info. I've been trying to work on guard pass prevention as a weak point in my game. One thing I saw at about the 5:47 mark, you were talking about placing the ball of the foot on the hip flexor. I did this to a standing training partner at the start of a gi roll in class. It was a little hot and muggy that day, and I immediately wanted to change the direction because I felt it was placed wrong, but before I could do so, he started to lose his balance. The result was that his hip effectively heel hooked my foot very severely. I'm surprised the ligaments in my knee didn't pop from the tremendous pain I felt. I immediately rolled over, let out a yelp and tapped on the mat hard. I know we're in combat sports and accidents happen, but I'm extremely paranoid now about proper foot placement on the hips in various scenarios and positions. I am finding training has become much more hazardous on my knees since i've been trying to bring my guard up. I surprised more tweaked knees don't occur given the degree to which the feet are placed on and around the hips. One foot placed in a slightly wrong angle compressed and twisted by a hip is all it takes...as i found out.
Over the years, I have heard it called toreana, toreada, toreando and matador. I've all but given up and call it Bullfighter pass most the time now. Haha
