Need help with my rubber guard

I am new to using rubber guard especially when I'm learning only from videos and the book, so I am finding some difficulties with me technique. When I get into mission control I find that most of my opponents/teammates crush/pressure my right leg and at times it gets caught in between there legs making it extremely difficult to move or adjust my position. Can any of you please help point me in the right direction as to what technique I should study for when this occurs? Most of my teammates I roll with are a lot heavier than me so I find it difficult to just pull my leg out from under or between them causing them to pass my guard. Any and all advice and criticism will be helpful.

Most common problem - you need to work your squeeze and ensure you are placing the foot on the hip.

Good video here on being like a 'garbage compactor':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Spce_6tn4g

Keep everything nice and tight.If they keep passing the leg, hit them with the Carni.

Is double-bagging a solution here (i.e. to avoid getting the leg stuffed down)?

Those are just the beginner struggles of learning rubberguard. Like others have said, you really need to work on the clinch and squeeze to stop that leg from getting stuffed. Keep the foot on the hip and keep squeezing with the knees and keeping the entire clinch tight.

When you do end up with your leg caught between your opponents', work on your options from new jersey like carni and meat hook.

To avoid getting passed I hide my leg around their back. If I need mobility, I'll go back to foot on hip, but as soon as I get my angle, I go back to putting my leg around their back or I just go to NY crack head.

Is that an acceptable strategy or a bad habit? So far I haven't had anyone pass me. Then again, I'm not a big guard player besides half guard so I don't have 100 rolls to go off of.

If I can catch them with their hand on the mat, I actually prefer having my foot "caught" between their legs so that I can transition into the meat hook game.

Start looking for ways to "cheat" the steps in the rubber guard. It'll make your life way easier. Flying Kung Fu, stealing an angle, free New York, etc...

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Originally Posted by David Rosado

To avoid getting passed I hide my leg around their back. If I need mobility, I'll go back to foot on hip, but as soon as I get my angle, I go back to putting my leg around their back or I just go to NY crack head.

Is that an acceptable strategy or a bad habit? So far I haven't had anyone pass me. Then again, I'm not a big guard player besides half guard so I don't have 100 rolls to go off of.

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Do you get stacked at all? I'm usually one of the smallest guys in the room, so I get stacked wicked bad if I don't use my foot on the hip to get some space to attack.

I also got used to having my leg trapped a lot and adapted to having good attacks from meat hook.

Honestly, I don't have too much rubber guard experience because I'm not a big guard player. But from the few rolls I have had where guys tried to stack while in my RG, guys could never effectively stack because I play rubber guard at a weird angle. I'm never squared up. I don't do it intentionally. I'm just not that flexible so I need an angle to get a strong NY. But from the few times that guys have tried to stack, since I'm off at an angle, they've stacked themselves into omoplata attacks and pyramid attacks. I haven't had too much experience in being stacked, though. I'm usually one of the heavier guys in the room. So maybe that's why. IDK. So in retrospect, my way is probably not the best way for most people.

Look into playing meat hook if you play standard shit in New Jersey anybody half decent will blast through and pass

porra you gonna do hubber guardch they gonna pass u guard. porra. u needch the gi

Thank you guys for all the information and I will look more into developing a strong RG. I'm one of the smaller guys in my gym so when someone gets in my guard I begin to break them down and when I begin to place my foot on their hip that's usually when they press down on my leg and crush it or trap it. My omoplata attacks are good when I need to switch to them, but I really haven't worked on the carni or my meathook. Again though all the advice means the world to me, so thank you for taking your time to help me.

Can you get to NY crackhead? Hard to stuff your leg when it's up on their shoulder.

Dont flair your knee out when you go to the hip. Move it up along their ribs under their elbow. Susan Summers that shit.

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Dont flair your knee out when you go to the hip. Move it up along their ribs under their elbow. Susan Summers that shit.

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Science! I spent 2 years getting it passed before learning how to correctly Susan Summers that shit.

In regards to bottom leg being passed, I've found my notes and here you go:

Firstly, watch MTS 77: GOGO CLINCH. Although it is about the GOGO Clinch, during the technique sections Eddie covers No Jersey extensively - commenting multiple times on the need to meat hook and c-grip the bicep should you find yourself there. He shows a number of options including triangles and transitions.

Once you've watched that read this:

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Today’s seminar worked on grappling for MMA. We started from the butterfly guard with the over-under control of your partner’s arms (Cocoon). You could simply butterfly sweep but instead. break your opponent’s posture and pull them with you to the mat, free the foot hook on the overhook side and bring this calf up across your opponents shoulders. Your underhook hand grabs your ankle on the lateral side of your leg, palm facing you (Jersey because it’s close to New York the same position from the closed guard). Attempt to bring your knee and heel together. Free your overhook and grab his contralateral axilla, bringing your forearm superiorly to your shin. Release your grip on your shin and place a C-collar with this free hand in their cubital fossa (Meathook).

From the Meathook you could replace your C-collar with wrist control and free the leg underneath your opponent to set up the triangle, by sliding this leg inferiorly to your leg across their shoulders, and then cinching it behind this knee as it transitions back to parallel with your opponent’s body.

If they attempt to control your leg with their free hand, i.e. preventing the C-collar control, instead place your free hand on their pectoral, free your Meathook and grab your foot. Lift it over their head allowing it to land on the shelf formed by your forearm. Release your foot and S-grip behind their head, your former Meathook hand superior to your shin and your shelf hand inferiorly. Figure four your legs a lá an “air triangle” to finish the Gogoclinch.

If you can get “deeper” either due to the size of your opponent or latent flexibility, consider a Gable grip, including your knee inside the circumference of your arms, or even applying a D’arce choke including your own leg
If your opponent disrupts or prevents your leg figure four, simply go for gogoplata by grabbing your foot with the same side hand, scissoring their neck between your forearm/wrist and shin.
If they defend the gogoplata by grabbing your foot, peel it off with your free hand and reapply or use this to set-up your Gogoclinch but now with your foot hooked into their axilla on this side (Hazelett). Now take the hand that would have been applying the gogoplata and grab the wrist of their free hand, abduct your knee of your bent leg to flatten them, preventing them from rolling. You can do a one handed kimura by attempting to push this hand to back of their head.
If they post up on their leg, you can hook the free foot of your Gogoclinch in their popliteal fossa and then rather than grabbing their wrist grab their ankle on this side (Hazelip). You can again apply the one handed kimura as above.
If you end up in the Gogoclinch and your free leg is superior to their shoulders drop your calf across their posterior neck, grab this ankle and pull down to submit (Double Bag).
If your opponent defends the Gogoclinch position and gogoplata by dropping their head to the mat, prop yourself on your elbow and place your gogoplata foot flat on the floor next to their head. Grab their chin with your free hand. Now transition up to your other knee, pushing into your opponent and rolling them laterally. If they post, switch the angle and push over their shoulder and head. They will roll to their back and you will be seated perpendicularly to them. You can control their far wrist and reapply the gogoplata with your other hand.

You can apply a shoulder separator by creating a loose triangle, putting your free foot in his axilla and extend as you grab his free wrist and pull.
If this is unsuccessful, free your foot from the axilla and lift it over his head and arm. Now lift his straight arm against the popliteal fossa to arm bar.
Lastly you can return to the loose seated triangle and attack his trapped arm by hooking the elbow with your forearm and locking it out (Monoplata).

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Now that you are up to scratch with the modern day system, go back and watch the classic New Jersey Game:
MTS 32, MTS 59 and MTS 60.

It might seem a strange order, but personally I found Eddie's explanation and the understanding that there was more to this than just the triangle to help me see the position's options. Then, once I was aware of how many options there were, I could go back and see it broken down and really begin studying it.

Enjoy!

You will see that Eddie explains importance of:

1. Blocking the guy from passing. This is vital, if you don't get that meathook and block that bicep he will be gone.

2. Being fast. You can't hang out in New Jersey or this blocking position either. You have to choose a path ASAP (ep 59 focus).