Guard Retention - How To Never Get Your Guard Passed In Jiu Jitsu by Gordon Ryan

[@BernardoFariaBJJ]

Do you normally play on bottom or on top?

[@FlippinChasidish]

Bottom

[@MarcoH72]

You’re talking about Jiu-Jitsu right?

[@patrickrathwell2987]

Ayoooo

[@OnlyTrueProletariat]

I'm what they call a power bottom 🤪

[@ColinClarke-pb8ee]

ERMMMMMM?

[@mywholesomechannel]

Being in another country, thousands of miles away from Gordon Ryan, helps a lot. He is very unlikely to pass my guard.

[@Kodreanu23]

You have no concept of stickiness 😂😂

[@johannesandersson9477]

Geographic advantage confers tremendous guard retention ability

[@mywholesomechannel]

@@johannesandersson9477 John Danaher, is that you?! hehe

[@samkochel6990]

Weird he doesn't mention that in the video. I thought he was suppose to be good at this?

[@haydnburke9620]

I still think he would pass it if he wanted too 🤣

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I'm really proud of Bernardo, he found a way to both help the BJJ community and make a great living post competition.

[@timoahol]

Wait, are you a jiu-jitsu guy? Love your channel😄

[@napukapu]

Huge honor for me

[@jcrs3236]

Why do I see you everywhere. I see a comment you've made on like every video I watch it seems like

[@okbro1324]

Ur into jiu jitsu? Dude u helped my guitar playing so tremendously

[@robertturner2475]

And all while it's huge honor for him.

[@justindbond]

Every time I hear Ryan talk it becomes more and more clear that Danaher is doing some Get Out type voodoo and slowly uploading himself into Ryan's brain

[@limpehsmid40sbjjjourney25]

LOL!!!! FOR REAL!

[@stefanwolf8558]

Yeah man! He has so many of Danaher's nuances.

[@cbelsk8053]

@@stefanwolf8558 when I heard him say, "cranial shift" LOL

[@Choom89]

Racist ass movie, fuck k and piss.

[@winslowwong9719]

Once he’s fully uploaded, there’ll only be a rash guard left in a pile on the mats

[@dustog8217]

Create Initial Stickyness with opponent Don't let em get past the legs Don't let em control your head Always frame with your hands to create maximum space In North South Position don't let his shoulders be inside your knees If he doesn't control my head and shoulders he can never pass my guard

[@LeelosAdventure]

I did wrestling 13-17 Then didn't do any serious training again until i was 24. 24 started jiu jitsu and fell in love with it right as i was studying to get into grad school. now im in grad school and obssessed with this martial art. jiu jitsu is the coolest thing ever. its making my wrestling better too. teaching me a lot about life. I just turned 26. first jiu jitsu tournament is in a few weeks. I want to compete for at least 20 more years. this stuff is amazing and genuinely makes my life better

[@rykehuss3435]

how did you do in your first tourney?

[@Caneyhead123]

All these years and I never knew I had a J spot. This will change my life.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Good one =)

[@MikeVieira]

Hahaha

[@ciliakay]

Hilarious!

[@slayfocused]

🤣🤙

[@julianfonseca569]

I see gordon made you feel things you never have before

[@Guywithair2]

You ever just meet people and you know they are a pure soul? if there is a Heaven, they are for sure going type of person. That is how I feel about Bernardo. Dude is so wholesome I almost cry.

[@mitchellsmith1540]

That’s funny I was going to say the same thing about Gordon

[@Jupitertvv]

It’s finally happened. The nerds are teaching combat. ❤️

[@diabolic42090]

the concept of never letting them control (or even touch) your head is something I wish I understood as a white belt

[@pulsarlights2825]

There are belts in no gi?

[@swollacademy3103]

@@pulsarlights2825 yes. They just retained the belt system for ease. 10th Planet "belts" the traditional white, blue, purple, brown, black and are exclusively no gi.

[@diabolic42090]

@@pulsarlights2825 i train mostly with the gi

[@gnatboy2762]

@@pulsarlights2825 duh

[@CUNDUNDO]

This principle applies to Jiu Jitsu and to life in general never let them control your head!

[@TheCommonS3Nse]

This is pretty damn close to the philosophy which I found really helped my BJJ game. The idea of being sticky in one direction, but slippery in another direction. You stick to people and make it very hard for them to pass your guard, but you give them a certain direction in which they can move. Once they move that direction, you transition to a more offensive position because you are ready for them to pass and you use that to your advantage.

[@peteyoxonmusic]

Love this idea

[@paulpaul4681]

​@@peteyoxonmusic do you?

[@hiyouseemcool]

@@paulpaul4681yeah I think they do

[@lockermcdonald6704]

“If they’re in mount I can just kip out and go into an ankle lock” This is why he is the GOAT.

[@mikesmototravels]

That’s a common mount escape transition: bump hips, knees in, single leg X.

[@ethanbirch7033]

Gordon has never passed my guard

[@bradbettis9210]

LOL

[@vinhit2nguyenitbjj]

Mine neither :)

[@lowlowseesee]

he will never pass mine lol

[@bluntbeagle797]

Francis Ngannu hasn't knocked me out

[@limpehsmid40sbjjjourney25]

LOL! Not mine too then hahahaha

[@michaelmelton3644]

The way Gordon or Danaher talk about the theory is priceless. Narrowing all the escapes and variations that are possible down to a simple concept that anyone can understand shows a level of excellence beyond great into truly mastering your craft. I'm grateful for getting to watch, and listen to the strategy implemented by the greatest Jiu Jitsu practitioner and coach of this generation. Thank you!

[@ryguyiskindofaflyguy]

Agreed , gotta understand the concept before learning the technique

[@davidvincent3959]

Huge honor for me to watch this!

[@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA]

Huge honor for me to confirm this.

[@JMGC_78]

@@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA huge honor for me to read this.

[@alexneville8168]

Huge honor for Gordon to get your money.

[@horsefucker1866]

Hi everybody! I like horses.

[@MegaSavag]

Huge honour for me to scroll through this.

[@MrDet807]

Gordon looks like he is constantly irritated that he has to talk to anyone...lol

[@theenviproject8272]

I imagine he’s dealing with his stomach issues during this video too.

[@jonmcmann6811]

i thinks hes one of those rare people with ridiculously high IQ

[@Poopmouth-fy5go]

Gordon has stomach issues that cause him intense chronic pain, he probably is just nauseous and in pain...

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Ginning up interest in a match against a rando when you are the best is hard =/

[@errcoche]

@@jonmcmann6811 I think he thinks he is one of those people, they are less rare.

[@willybingusthealien]

Teaching philosophy is always better than teaching individual combos or moves. As a boxing coach I always taught using that method. Too many coaches get caught up in repetition. I'm not saying it's not important as well. But it is so valuable to teach someone why something works. It will help them in application.

[@garretmarks888]

Agreed!! Personally I can only truly pull off a move if I know what makes it tick

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

This is what most (almost all) traditional chinese martial arts do. If only they had more sparring and that sort of stuff...

[@ironsurvival7011]

Theses aren’t new concepts. Rickson has been teaching this for years. Instead of stickiness he talks about connections, and instead of a move for every scenario and thinking about basic themes, like G. Ryan talked about, Rickson talks about Conceptual Jiu Jitsu. It’s basic connection and concepts. This is why G. Ryan is one of the GOATs

[@I.GGjinn]

This guy is so good because of how fast he processes information.look at how much he blinks

[@LeelosAdventure]

Thank God for jiu jitsu. Seriously can't put it into words how much it helps me in all areas of life.

[@dionysusiii]

Uuge honor for me!

[@hashcr2]

i never ever expected Gordon Ryan to be such a good teacher.. GOATs are not usually good at teaching.. this is one of the best explanations ive seen about anything tbh.. i know CJ makes fun of GR all the time, but i think he is actually pretty smart.

[@Owl-of-Minerva]

Gordon is very technical. What a dangerous combination. Size, strength and elite technique.

[@NinjaofApathy]

These high level type of conceptual descriptions are good advertising for instructionals.

[@EBHS230DE]

Gordon always sounds like he’s arguing with me, but I’m literally just holding my phone with my mouth open lol

[@darraghwilliamson3689]

That's because he sounds like Ben Shapiro 😂

[@HyperintelligentViralSpider]

Yes thats exactly what it is haha

[@BlueTS777]

@@darraghwilliamson3689 noooo I can't unhear it 😭

[@coreydagod9317]

🤣🤣

[@ryang9973]

@@darraghwilliamson3689 bruuuhhh why did you have to make me hear that

[@dannyfeeney7780]

Watched this Monday helped me so much rolling today especially when they get to north south was able to keep space I was very happy as only a 5 month white belt thank you

[@chickasawmike1319]

I have watched this several times, I think I will watch it again before every class for a few months.

[@user-nk3re4dj5h]

This video completely changed my game for the better.

[@phillspearsfish]

You are such a legend, and a legend again for creating this learning platform. Thank you so much Bernado for what you have done for the sport, and for noobs like me who get smashed at the gym ,but then provide the learning resource for after training to understand why. BJJ hall of famer for sure!

[@QVloco123]

Thanks to this video, today I was tapped only once... (I am at my second week in the BJJ academy hihi). Jiu-jitsu is an awesome sport !

[@magcitrate]

I used this last night. My guard used to be crap. I was surprised how strong my guard became just by watching this vid.

[@johnmedina5399]

Nice thing is all the top guys are doing videos for us to learn and sharing the knowledge. People will come up with ways to counter these attacks eventually thus bringing the bjj up another level.

[@DaveDemo3]

Gordon Ryan will never pass my guard again after watching this

[@steveokeinath2]

It wasn't a slap on Galvao. It was a cranial shift.

[@jerryspraggins3749]

LOL I see what you did there! hahaha

[@felix200601]

that happened too

[@ericheagan3624]

I like how Gordon referenced his loss to better explain the idea.

[@jdw6580]

6:08 - 6:23 The main reason why I can't convince any of my friends to take up Jiu Jitsu.

[@yonesahmed8448]

I laughed way to hard by this comment

[@frankabo9341]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

Why my wife always asks if there are women in the class (that and triangles).

[@jefffinlay3546]

Went right to 6:00, hahaha!!!

[@HyperintelligentViralSpider]

It's too sexy?

[@joejr9653]

Gordon is very good at explaining things.

[@marwanshamsia]

He is literally like a mini John Danaher without the accent

[@LIONTAMER3D]

If all else fails, he'll apply the Pimp Slap of "Bish Now You Understand" technique

[@joshtuncdoruk9845]

@@LIONTAMER3D only if you call him a pushy

[@Wayniesgirl]

Boy, this made so many things click for me!! EXCELLENT explanation and teaching. Thank you!

[@thiagobraga3667]

Xande Ribeiro já trabalha este conceito de guarda diamante faz muitos anos, sem nunca ter sua guarda passada.

[@ridzigaudie1]

Gordons details are the finest jiu jitsu skills that i had seen in long time.Congrats what a JJ.

[@jiujitsustudent604]

Thanks Guardon!

[@martialmusicman]

Guardon gave me a hardon

[@horsefucker1866]

Me too sir!

[@zaferozveren1244]

Watching this is a huge honor for me

[@douglasfernandes930]

This video is absolutely priceless!

[@Loopedtime]

My first bjj class starts in an hour and a half. Super excited and glad I found this video. I went once two years ago no gi but today I’ll wear a gi for the first Time I can’t wait and loved it last time. I’m in great shape so I know my biggest mistake was using my strength the entire time cause I was nervous. This time I’ll be relaxed and just going to learn as a student and maintain my breathing. My focus is to learn one thing at a time and go 4x a week. Thanks for your video.

[@theurbanfox-k4f]

how did it go?

[@Loopedtime]

@@theurbanfox-k4f it’s been going great. Heading to my 15th class it seems tonight. Been a fan of the sport a long time so naturally I’m able to roll the last hour understand positions. But I still am not afraid to tap out and get right back into it. I’m able to roll with higher belts and not make them feel like it’s a waste of time and they been saying iv been getting better. Need to do better with my grips. Hard to learn when to let go and where to grab.

[@warior5pink]

Good luck bro! Hope you’re sticking to it. I just started again to

[@mrfox457]

How are doing brother ? Still at it?

[@YoutubeWatts]

@@Loopedtimehow’s your progress now?

[@nuckythompson8041]

Cranial shift....sounds like a Danaher term lol

[@LIONTAMER3D]

They talk about spinal alignment a lot, as well.

[@justinchoy1980]

Unnecessary complicated term. Why not just say ‘control the head’?

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@justinchoy1980 cranium control sounds way cooler, though

[@joatanpereira4272]

Cranial shift sounds like the shift of cranial bones

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@joatanpereira4272 it is =)

[@tokinabo]

the stickiness of this video will trigger several cranian shifts though out my life. awesome!

[@ajgrant94]

Thank you for taking the time to share this.

[@LECityLECLEC]

thanks guys Gordon and Danaher really have clear and powerful teaching skills thank you and God bless u both ^^.

[@HardyBoyzEx4Ever]

Trying BBJ for a month now. For now, it is just surviving and learning. I don’t need to tap someone out right now, I just want to learn how we can roll and train and get beter.

[@aplacetobewithmythoughts7428]

I really like these conceptual aspects of BJJ much better than the “use this technique” - which is similar to “grab my wrist. My other wrist. With your other hand.” There’s endless grips and stances and positions and having general rules is very helpful. Gordon is the king 👑

[@MrNll004]

This video definitely hit my J spot

[@orlandorymer2507]

🤣😂🤣 That’s hilarious

[@greenwave2450]

Good stuff. Little things like this are so key. I’m going to focus on this more. No ones arm comes behind my head

[@PauloBerni699]

Underlying concepts succinctly explained.

[@josesoto3594]

He feels the stickiness running through his leg and hip. Are we still talking about jiu jitsu?

[@BlockheadJiujitsu]

Depends if it hit your J point

[@TheJudokaGrappler]

It really is great to learn the concepts of what is needed during a situation. technique is important but like he said there are an infinate amount of grips/variations of techniques one can do. knowing now the goals during advancenents puts jiujitsu in persepctive for someone like me... white belt 1 stripe stay sticky! dont let him pass my hips. if he passes dont let him control the head if he gets passed my body to NS maintain my elbows in knees in and reguard if i can being sticky keeps uke in kuzushi. this was an awesome video. thank you for sharing.

[@fastrivers812]

I have Gordon's Thou Shalt Not Pass videos. The problem I have is the amount of pressure a larger guy puts on me pins me down preventing me to move to face him. Our mats are a "vinyl" and makes us somewhat sticky. Not making excuses, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but this doesn't happen to me with the lighter guys.

[@barbaraoconnor7038]

This is brilliant!! I train with alit of guys who are taller, stronger and heavier(I am a woman). I get my gaurd passed a good bit. This video is very helpful 🙏🙏🙏

[@mytwo5169]

This guy is amazing

[@codylefevre937]

5 minutes in and already mindblown

[@ptrainingbytim]

What great teaching. Thank you and blessings from California.

[@sethamador7866]

5 beers deep and that kazushi really sets in

[@paleojiujitsu2219]

Such a smart dedicated young man.

[@Fazik_Vlogs]

Very good Gordon Jon proud of you

[@iykyk000]

This is superb instructions. The concepts and WHY something works is the real gem.

[@WillyWebsterMusic]

his knowledge at such a young age is insane.

[@codinginflow]

Initial stickiness - great concept

[@dakotafrancis7662]

Love this bro in honest opinion its hard to pass the guard its the best defence cha ching

[@Allthebest1010]

Loved every bit of this and I’m not even in BJJ thx

[@panchoverde5078]

oh Gordon, the KING of non combatants. I usually think of non combatants as women and children, but any civilian, I guess, can be the leader of that.

[@donquijotereina9404]

Huge honor for me❗

[@DonaldMurf]

thanks for teaching

[@MohammedAli-xv6es]

May God bless you guys, and of course Danaher.

[@brassvulcher8207]

Could you please do an MMA one too, this is great for no gi sport, thanks!

[@adapoy88]

Cranial Shift is such a weird term to use in this context. Go for Upper Head control & Lower "Head" control.... got it

[@aplus1080]

Yeah if he doesn't mention the specific bones of the skull he's faking it. Occipital shift. Temporal shift.

[@foreverofthestars01]

This channel is gold!

[@hagallar]

It's like watching Danaher without the philosophical talk, almost. Eitherway, Ryan is probably tbe best to ever do it.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Can we get an open-hand palm strike to the beard instructional, you know, for combat jiu-jitsu...PLEASE?!

[@mackenzyphilippe7508]

🏆 Best comment on here

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@mackenzyphilippe7508 he can use one of those B.O.B. dummies, demonstrate where to hit, hand striking position, palm strengthening exercises, and more; could be 5 mins long.

[@KNOCKOUTBLOG]

Todd Wentworth has already done that. It's called a combat slap, and you can knock people out with it.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@KNOCKOUTBLOG how many women does Todd have on street corners? Gordon's got Andre...

[@nonyabizness2550]

Gordan Ryan has never passed my guard!

[@cristianoteixeira3868]

Muito bom, Bernardo e Gordon.

[@Consumer156]

2:58 when your brazilian friend starts speaking that brazenglish and you just have to "yeah, ok." them.

[@lenaodo7644]

I think his english was pretty clear there

[@timr8456]

lmaoooo. Thanks I needed that laugh that was great

[@hashcr2]

incredible that the bold guy is a world champ as well...

[@Mylittledistraktions]

Just started and I’m probably going to be watching all your videos. Thanks for the awesome collection!!

[@nicolasrosario6600]

I really appreciate your teachings so much! Thanks a lot!👍👍

[@benhartland4708]

"we have to understand"- danaher's disciple

[@Hypnotica144]

Since watching this video I’ve taken on the BJJ champions and they have never been able to pass my guard because of what I learned in this video even though I have no other skills.

[@swolegrind1947]

Lessons from the goat.✊🏽

[@chewythetruth7959]

As a three month white belt this stuff is easier said than done.

[@joserobles4875]

Keep at it bro!

[@chewythetruth7959]

@@joserobles4875 Thanks for the encouragement bro.I train a small school in Northfield Minnesota called Pearson Brazilian jujitsu Academy. Our instructor is super humble and loves what he does. So I feel like I’m in the right place to learn.🤙🏽

[@funkyflights]

Brilliant, love it

[@kallepikku4991]

Gordon has amazing grappling. Wish his wrestling would be up to par, he could a force in MMA like his teammate Tonan.

[@brendon2462]

He's young he should stay in jiu jitsu. See how much better he can become. How much more he can achieve. If he left jiu jitsu it would be boring.

[@darrendeedman4497]

I can hear a great deal of John Danaher in Gordon. Brilliant people.

[@DjghostyMusic]

I like how he explained "basically stay little" when he is over you.

[@ZZZX369]

Gold for us white belts 🙏🏼

[@TheSlikstik]

Thanx for the lesson!

[@zaidkhalid5263]

excellent instructional! Respect, both Masters

[@thomasdemicco5575]

Brilliant tutorial. Thank u

[@martinmyggestik292]

Great stuff! A single good principle is worth more than a bag of good techniques.

[@jackreacher9168]

Sweet. Great explanation and detail👍

[@pulsarlights2825]

Very similar to the Xande Ribeiro diamond system

[@nansiboyzzzzz]

It’s all advanced basics. Very common it seems for competitors whose teachers or grand teachers were from the Gracie fam. Renzo-Danaher-Gordon, Helio-Royler-Xande.

[@MozartificeR]

Information overload.

[@obliqueapplications8881]

I love how in the first second and a half of the video it looks like they're about to murder you but then it cuts into HEY GUYS WHATS UP HUGE HONOR FOR ME