Guarded Battleground

The guard position comes up pretty regularly in grappling.  As far as advantage goes, the top player has gravity while the bottom player has the power of their legs.  After all the pluses and minuses are added up, it’s kind of a wash – from the guard it could be anyone’s game.

With that “up in the air” idea in mind, today we went through two sequences.  One was for the player with the guard, the other for the player in the guard.  We drilled technique, offered resistance and tried to figure out how to make both pieces work.

After half an hour of drilling, we went to free grappling, starting from the guard.  Hopefully this came as no surprise to anyone – it was time to test out what we had just learned and see if we could fit it into the larger picture of grappling.

Check the whiteboard for the lesson plan and student feedback.