Keenan's New Mantis Guard

Sweet! Still a variation of spiral, though

Originally Posted by sean applegate

Sweet! Still a variation of spiral, though

That's my gripe with what Keenan replied. I'm sure it actually does end up being more like a deep half thing like he says. But if you put up videos of just the very first in a long set of videos, and you call it Mantis guard and then get annoyed when people think it's basically spiral because "you haven't shown everyone the full thing yet" then either show people the full thing or don't call the first part the mantis guard.

Actually I would say it isn't really reverse de la riva or spiral at all

The key to RDLR is the RDLR hook, there is no RDLR hook so it can't really be reverse DLR

Just a thought

Originally Posted by Liquidrob

Actually I would say it isn't really reverse de la riva or spiral at all

The key to RDLR is the RDLR hook, there is no RDLR hook so it can't really be reverse DLR

Just a thought

Hmm. I watched again and yeah I don't see a RDLR hook.

These are the types of things that dont really matter in jiu jitsu. Id still like to hear his philosophy on the position.

What qualifies as a RDLR hook? It's kind of like saying Ramey guard isn't half guard.

Looks more quarter guard to me

More on the Mantis Guard

Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

More on the Mantis Guard

Awesome stuff!

Nice addition. Good find jack