From Guard

We often talk at the end of grappling classes about how to build a game. This discussion almost always begins with the idea that you have to find a home base position. This should be a dominant position that you feel most comfortable operating from.

For many beginners, that home base position is going to be bottom guard. It is often the place that people begin to feel comfortable looking for submissions.

Whatever your home base position, build slowly. Don’t get too excited about all the fancy reversals and submissions out there – get the basics first.

In that vein, today we went over the hip heist, Kimura, how to hold mount top and an Americana. These are tools every BJJ player should know, regardless of their home base position.