Comment on the match, please. Your views on what constitutes a defensive/offensive guard are entirely wrong. 90% of attacks from the guard happen from an open guard. Closed guard is a controlling position, not an offensive one. Thought experiment to test the theory: if you're in a street fight and want to defend yourself from an attacker in your guard, which do you use, open or closed? I venture most would say closed. So, is closed guard not the defensive one? Now picture yourself actually launching your favorite attack from the guard. Are you legs crossed or not?
@@SoulJiuJitsu I was going to say, sweeps included as well. I personally don't believe in going for subs off of your back in a street fight. I think sweeping is much more viable in a self defense situation but I digress. Very few tools you have from a closed guard but once your legs open, it's an open guard from there on out. Though in his defense, for some reason, people tend to think of open guard as one person standing and the other person on the ground.
Comment on the match, please. Your views on what constitutes a defensive/offensive guard are entirely wrong.
90% of attacks from the guard happen from an open guard. Closed guard is a controlling position, not an offensive one.
Thought experiment to test the theory: if you're in a street fight and want to defend yourself from an attacker in your guard, which do you use, open or closed? I venture most would say closed. So, is closed guard not the defensive one?
Now picture yourself actually launching your favorite attack from the guard. Are you legs crossed or not?
who is the guy going on about closed guard in the background? too funny!
...and so very wrong.
@@SoulJiuJitsu I was going to say, sweeps included as well. I personally don't believe in going for subs off of your back in a street fight. I think sweeping is much more viable in a self defense situation but I digress. Very few tools you have from a closed guard but once your legs open, it's an open guard from there on out. Though in his defense, for some reason, people tend to think of open guard as one person standing and the other person on the ground.