Easy Open Guard: Principles and Concepts

We're going really Deep into the Theory and Practice of the Seated Guard and various other Open Guards in this video. Buckle up and enjoy the ride as we Build a Gameplan for your Guard! Click CC for subtitles.
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[@imerected1]

I personally think this video is awesome. Too many on the internet teaching techniques etc etc but when it comes to foundation before techniques, rarely anyone explains or teaches it as many would think of conceptual videos as boring. But this is gold.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks a lot! This is going to be a part of your latest Patreon custom video I'm filming tonight too, it will help your guard a lot! Thanks as always for the support!

[@imerected1]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu nice. Your guidance has been a lot of help. My DLR has also improved ever since you pointed out the "standards" in playing DLR

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

@@imerected1 it's been a pleasure mate 😀

[@shaneproctor4021]

Awesome stuff again David. Open gaurd can be quite daunting as a beginner. This has helped to simplify it alot. Thank you 😊

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thank you Shane! Glad it's helped 😀

[@justaname935]

Nobody else has explained this - honestly this should have been like the first talk I ever heard. Great video! Now it makes sense

[@sistematico17]

Best video on the internet about this topic. thanks so much! piece of art

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@mrorbit2u]

Great video. Thanks. I'm doing everything wrong at this point.

[@HKBoba]

wow this is such a great explanation. I've been struggling so hard on playing open guard but this really puts things into perspective

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

@@HKBoba thanks a lot! 😃

[@alexbrooks6033]

Excellent viewing! I can't believe I have only just found this channel tonight...

[@Logan-br3jb]

Incredible video

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@grigelkotten]

Awesome! Conceptual videos are the best!

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

[@abramjones9616]

Love it

[@shaynegreen]

Excellent, sir. Thank you! I really like the concept/strategy based videos. Technique based tutorials are great too, but these concepts are the blue that ties everything together. Please make more. Cheers!

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks a lot Shayne! I'll definitely do more!

[@GAND3RSON]

Love shin to shin, was my answer to having no open guard game and working in slx/x, glad to see I'm not alone, really liked the set ups and the way you get him to switch stances, I'm def trying that

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks! I love shin on shin etc too 😊

[@waycom2054]

This is brilliant for beginner to intermediate level grapplers. Great stuff.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thankyou!

[@jcsteez24]

Definitely one of the best instructional videos i've seen in a while. Principles over techniques.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Chris!!!

[@howlinberry1645]

Phenomenal stuff. Thank you

[@hermixtonen]

Love the video

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thank you very much!

[@jedsanford7879]

Working on improving my shin on shin and situp guard right now. this was helpful. a bit about dummy sweeps would have been good too tho.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks! I have a whole vid on the stupid sweep you can check out :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH63Zneii9t8l7s

[@jedsanford7879]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu Awesome thanks! I like how you show technique, very informative and realistic. Most online tech is just bullshit lol

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

@@jedsanford7879 thanks a lot jed, I really appreciate that!!

[@toma3447]

Sweet video!

[@alvarocorral1576]

Thanks mate!

[@GregCartercargan]

Thank you … great insight

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks for watching, Greg 😊

[@jam7952]

Great video! Loved the details, thank you for sharing 🤙🏻😁

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks dude!

[@andregoncalves5873]

Very good video. Thanks for posting

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Andre!

[@bodiball]

Excellent tips. Thanks so much.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks!!

[@artimarzialiverona]

Nice and clear, great explanation, Thanks

[@dronedruid153]

Awesome video. This is how I learn.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks!

[@shanem8738]

I like the principle of being seated. However, I see the utility of sitting back or sitting in a combat base for close range when strikes are incorporated. Ah he did show the combat base option at about 4:30! Thanks for the great video!

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks dude! For sure strikes are going to change the grappling gameplan :)

[@aaronholland2771]

Excellent content in this video! Concepts and detailed explanations such as this are filling an important gap in Jiu Jitsu videos online. Everyone is obsessed with individual techniques. Those of us who are early in our journey can benefit tremendously from conceptual explanations, and I’d wager we’re the majority of viewers. One question... if your opponent is a few feet away, why not just stand up and go for a takedown? I don’t understand why I see so many people stay seated, even to the point of scooting on one’s bum to get closer to an opponent

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Aaron!! You're very correct and we actually discussed that at length during the class too, and how (especially in bjj) players forget they can stand from guard and how they're limiting their own effectiveness. I might make a video on this in the future

[@krunkfu7954]

Great vid. Thanks

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thankyou!

[@hamishthedenizen]

Thanks so much for this - so helpful. Keep up the good work!

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks a lot Dan!

[@admiralsuperior3]

Lol Simpson. I think you do against Craig Jones. I believe in you.

[@SashaLenskyj]

Great vid!! Much appreciated!

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Sasha!

[@JSMinstantcoaching]

Great stuff

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

thank you!

[@ethofig7479]

As always great content

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks!!

[@sorearm]

Awesome video

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks!

[@badhur777]

Awesome vid

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thankyou¡

[@obviousgiant4568]

Thanks David for the detail tutorial. I've started to work on my leg lock game and the concepts and approach you presented make alot of sense. Alot of the leg moves I do work on same level or less experience practioners. Higher level grapples tend to stop my entry game. I will definitely put alot of this theory into practice. I'm 6'4" and have long legs and arms so leg locks, Darce chokes and flying Kimuras are my go to's. I'm curious to see your approach on taking the back from a shin guard seated position on a standing opponent? Thank you for the knowledge.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Jeff! I actually have a video coming on taking the back from a deep half guard with a hook which is actually incredibly similar to taking the back from shin on shin!

[@obviousgiant4568]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu Looking forward to it. Oss

[@keithowen5222]

This is a good video.

[@throwzilla]

Good info.. like the concepts over techniques; it answered a lot of my questions.. but one. .how would you attack your partner if he was seated with his legs folded as yours were and you were standing ?

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Awesome thedore! If he was hiding his feet well I'd look to hand fight to get at his head and neck, or potentially look to step outside his leg with him still seated

[@mrafifediewijaya1249]

Thanks Batman

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Cheers dude!

[@patricksantos9017]

GREAT! OSS

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

❤️

[@leadteks]

very good explained! maybe there will be a second part about guard retention from open guard :) my guard gets always passed with a torreando pass while im sitting. the opponent puts one hand on my stomach and pushes with his other hand my legs away..

[@erukun3055]

Check out firas zahabi's powerful guard retention video, or buy his instructional, changed my game

[@ezra420420]

Nice logos

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Ezra

[@BlueishBb]

Thank you, really good stuff! How do you deal with people entering with the lead leg from the "bad" side? I usually go shin on shin with my left against their right, but recently people have begun to step in with the left leg. As I'm not as good on that side, it completely messes up my game. Do you have any means of forcing your opponent to switch lead leg?

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

You can try to hook the leg and make them escape by stepping back, for example, but often you're just stuck with that leg

[@Algebrodadio]

I love it. Great knowledge bombs were falling that day.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

❤️❤️❤️

[@thefootballpunnedit]

Just started no gi and I love seated guard, but the mma savages slice into half guard way too easily... thanks for the study material...

[@geoffmeakin5200]

Awesome video. I struggle with really tight hips. Any advice?

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

I'm the same, if you're extremely tight play your guard sat up on one side with your arm behind you for base :)

[@ajbrhmn]

Looks like Lando Norris

[@kevinmcgivern1320]

Excellent! Thank you. Small question, did I understand you correctly you don't like DLR for no-gi?

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks!! No, not as much as in the gi, because of the lack of grips

[@kevinmcgivern1320]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu what other guard besides shin-on-shin would you recommend against a standing opponent for no-gi . Thanks

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

@@kevinmcgivern1320 reverse de la Riva and X guard variations usually

[@Ideologia-cs7mv]

Great video. If you can improve the sound of the video that would be great.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks Pedro. Without a boom operator or covering the walls with sound deadening this is about the best it will get. Hope you continue to watch anyway :)

[@Ideologia-cs7mv]

@@InvisibleJiuJitsu off course I sub. Great stuff. I continue seeing your videos. It's all about the concept not the technique that makes your channel interesting.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

@@Ideologia-cs7mv Thanks a Lot Pedro! More concept videos to come soon :D

[@motomotoman121]

I like your concepts. But how do they go when someone wraps up your neck with a front headlock

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

Thanks! You have to stop that with the hand fight part at the beginning. If they grab your neck everything becomes more difficult

[@legrandfromage9682]

Thanks for this I fucking suck at open guard

[@aliwashere81]

This is good. Goes over BJJ philosophy/theory like John Danaher without the douchey pretentiousness.

[@anonymouse7095]

In reality, you should start standing or stand up if your partner comes at you on his feet.

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

yep, but it's not always possible :)

[@hasanc1526]

Where's your academy

[@InvisibleJiuJitsu]

www.invisiblejiujitsu.co.uk

[@아룡이-c7y]

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