Rubber Guard: Trouble With Breakdown

[Brent Alvarez]

There are so many way to break a person down, and for sure people know most of this attempts. Here is a sneaky little trick I use in the absolute brackets against much heavier opponents. It works well on little guys too, and it doesn't require hardly any flexibility. I start in closed guard with wrist control or triceps control ( much stronger if you can hold the back of his head with one or two hands, some people don't have the arm length if they can't break them down. So head control won't always work) and from there allow my left leg to fall of his back and trap his right calf on the floor. You use this leg trap to go under his right shine and extend his leg. Put a wrestlers grapevine on his leg basically. As you extend your left leg ( just straighten it) it will force his posture to become chest to chest. From there, right foot goes to the hip and pushes him down. Left leg lets go of the grapevine and swings up into mission control. If needed I can provide a video. May your future rolls be filled with joy

[JHouse]

Damn Brent, that was a legit tip right therrre. Props to Zog, too.

[bobby rivers]

This is also an option but PERSONALLY I don't like to open my guard. Diverting their attention is a great way to open attacks though. You probably wont start doing that for awhile though. As you progress youll combine attacks and diverting will really help you open up attacks.

I promise you would have no problem with this one homie. But! If you can break them down without opening, yeah, that's def first option.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

There are so many way to break a person down, and for sure people know most of this attempts. Here is a sneaky little trick I use in the absolute brackets against much heavier opponents. It works well on little guys too, and it doesn't require hardly any flexibility. I start in closed guard with wrist control or triceps control ( much stronger if you can hold the back of his head with one or two hands, some people don't have the arm length if they can't break them down. So head control won't always work) and from there allow my left leg to fall of his back and trap his right calf on the floor. You use this leg trap to go under his right shine and extend his leg. Put a wrestlers grapevine on his leg basically. As you extend your left leg ( just straighten it) it will force his posture to become chest to chest. From there, right foot goes to the hip and pushes him down. Left leg lets go of the grapevine and swings up into mission control. If needed I can provide a video. May your future rolls be filled with joy

nice to see a brown belt out of the Northwest making a comment, post more.

[GMathewsMMA]

There are so many way to break a person down, and for sure people know most of this attempts. Here is a sneaky little trick I use in the absolute brackets against much heavier opponents. It works well on little guys too, and it doesn't require hardly any flexibility. I start in closed guard with wrist control or triceps control ( much stronger if you can hold the back of his head with one or two hands, some people don't have the arm length if they can't break them down. So head control won't always work) and from there allow my left leg to fall of his back and trap his right calf on the floor. You use this leg trap to go under his right shine and extend his leg. Put a wrestlers grapevine on his leg basically. As you extend your left leg ( just straighten it) it will force his posture to become chest to chest. From there, right foot goes to the hip and pushes him down. Left leg lets go of the grapevine and swings up into mission control. If needed I can provide a video. May your future rolls be filled with joy

Brent, is this a quick kick when you extend the leg, or do you ever have to fight for it? Also, how do people respond to this once you've caught them with it a few times? This is a great tip! Thanks for sharing it!

[Tom Carbone]

There are so many way to break a person down, and for sure people know most of this attempts. Here is a sneaky little trick I use in the absolute brackets against much heavier opponents. It works well on little guys too, and it doesn't require hardly any flexibility. I start in closed guard with wrist control or triceps control ( much stronger if you can hold the back of his head with one or two hands, some people don't have the arm length if they can't break them down. So head control won't always work) and from there allow my left leg to fall of his back and trap his right calf on the floor. You use this leg trap to go under his right shine and extend his leg. Put a wrestlers grapevine on his leg basically. As you extend your left leg ( just straighten it) it will force his posture to become chest to chest. From there, right foot goes to the hip and pushes him down. Left leg lets go of the grapevine and swings up into mission control. If needed I can provide a video. May your future rolls be filled with joy

Im having a little trouble visualizing it. A video would be cool if you get the chance

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Sam Davis, one of our Purple Belts, does that (the tech Brent Alvarez is describing) to get from closed guard to butterfly guard. It hurts and it's very annoying. Very effective. I think he got it out of a Marcelo Garcia book?

[bobby rivers]

Sam Davis, one of our Purple Belts, does that (the tech Brent Alvarez is describing) to get from closed guard to butterfly guard. It hurts and it's very annoying. Very effective. I think he got it out of a Marcelo Garcia book?

Very effective.