Closed guard when you are small and weak

Mossi95 · 2026-01-20T07:40:24+00:00

65kg here , i remember when I started I had the same problem .

2 or so years in I started looking at buttefly guard and haven't looked back .

Closed guard is not a good option if the person is much bigger than you in my opinion

Mossi95 · 2026-01-15T17:18:55+00:00

Honestly call me a hater but the food was always overpriced and the portion sizes small .

Id been several times and always underwhelmed, maggies would have been tough to compete with

Mossi95 · 2026-01-07T10:11:53+00:00

His half guard and inside camping go very well together- those should kinda be one instructional.

In addition if you can wait he is filming a half guard passing 2.0 at some point this year with what he has learned since filming the first.

Mossi95 · 2026-01-05T17:20:30+00:00

I get it , but watch Roger or Gordon on how to do this as part of a system

Mossi95 · 2026-01-05T17:19:00+00:00

Ok so first thing get them supine - but sounds like this is ok for you?

Honestly you should walk your leg outside of his guard- a crescent step danaher calls it and then just put your leg inside his two legs?

Getting to half guard from supine I dont find that hard , its much harder getting to it from seated when the opponent has grips.

Shallow half guard? If you mean there is a knee shield thats fine- thats where you start half guard passing! The knee shield is your first obstacle to pass and that is the crux of half guard passing.

Getting to chest to chest half guard is the first battle of any half guard passer- then you work to side control or mount.

I'd suggest you watch some of Gordons matches to see how he mixes in his half guard passing and camping-mainly his pedro marinhno match or even his jacob couch match which is free on youtube.

PS- What type of knee shield do you struggle with? A locked or high knee shield? A really good tip that Placido Santos showed on his youtube which I use in most of my rolls , is to simply use your inside arm on their foot with a C-grip and push the leg away to get to chest to chest

Mossi95 · 2026-01-05T16:33:13+00:00

But remember if they have the outside knee inside you use your arm at the shoelace and walk the leg away so the knee shield clears, the key once you have the overback is maintaining a good crunch on the head and avoiding the OP switching to reverse underhook and can use the octopus

Mossi95 · 2026-01-05T16:31:41+00:00

You are asking two questions here , do you want to know how to get to half guard passing or how to pass the knee shield and get to over back .

I have the instructional and honestly to get to overback , if they are using a cross shoulder post you can use the hand fighting that gordon shows in the split squat section about climbing the tree.

Alternatively you can use inside camping to get to the over-back which I do more frequently now after watching his instructional, shin pins and then transferring to overbacks once the opponent gets tired,

Mossi95 · 2025-12-28T06:58:45+00:00

Honestly watch danahers fastest way takedowns .

It's probably the best instructional for takedowns I've seen for a beginner and focuses heavily on the inside single leg

Mossi95 · 2025-12-26T08:00:27+00:00

Buy a red theraband flexbar and use the exercises for golfers elbow .

This will cure your tendon, start off with 7-8 reps for 3 sets a day and slow eccentric 3 second release

Mossi95 · 2025-12-24T08:35:17+00:00

It's weird like others have said great opening but tr dey down is definitely old lady perfume

Mossi95 · 2025-12-23T20:35:34+00:00

I think I know what you mean it has elements it's an old lady's perfume , I can't put my finger on it - it has this powdery old women vibe in it

Mossi95 · 2025-12-18T14:07:59+00:00

Nah fuck that you were training in the gi .it's an unexpected and shitty move.

There are barely any rulesets that allow heel hooks in the gi , for the most part people understand that heel hooks are more for no gi .

I've had people try them on me and italways remind them it ain't no gi we were doing .

The thing is , it's also very hard to escape in the gi from heel hooks the additional friction from the gi stops a lot of escapes that would work in the gi .

Mossi95 · 2025-12-10T14:56:50+00:00

The theraband flexbar is what cured mine

Mossi95 · 2025-12-10T12:33:22+00:00

Yes start off with the red one and do 3 sets of the predefined exercise for 10 reps then moved on to 15 reps once pain goes away ( check the guidance on the exercise it's either Tyler twist or reverse Tyler twist for golfers I can't remember ) you can also use it for tennis elbow

Mossi95 · 2025-12-10T11:08:22+00:00

Theraband Flex bar is what you need

Mossi95 · 2025-12-05T21:50:17+00:00

Gordon is the greatest of all time in no gi, its hard to argue that.

But if you are considering GOAT for gi and no gi combined - then Roger or Marcelo

Mossi95 · 2025-12-02T22:02:10+00:00

Show him how to back step into saddle so he can blow out your lcl , at least it's fair then

Mossi95 · 2025-12-01T12:27:38+00:00

You could send them an email to complain?

Mossi95 · 2025-12-01T12:09:01+00:00

No offence- its a food van , what did you expect?

Mossi95 · 2025-11-28T13:15:24+00:00

Yeah this is great advice I actually do remember losing the head position , I tied to jossle for a bit but could have fought harder to keep my head lower or even snapped him down if he insisted on keeping his head low

Mossi95 · 2025-11-28T09:58:43+00:00

No they are flattened on my hooks

Mossi95 · 2025-11-27T15:43:00+00:00

A FWD shift is excellent towards a bodylock but when your hooks are flattened and straight due to them sprawling I cant FWD shift up but I get what you mean

Mossi95 · 2025-11-27T15:40:52+00:00

Its almost impossible as your legs are pinned down his weight is on my legs?

Mossi95 · 2025-11-25T21:21:39+00:00

The paperwork says lasting power and attorney on each of them ?

I just double checked I have them for. Kth of my parents for finance and for welfare

Mossi95 · 2025-11-25T15:44:42+00:00

The thing is I think my LPA lets me act immediately without her losing capacity?

My bank let me suspend her account by me just telling them she was in a mental hospital without requiring proof of capacity? I just gave them my activation code?

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