Guard Position

To the inexperienced, the guard position doesn’t look like a good place for the bottom player to be – after all, they’ve got someone on top of them.

However, with the briefest of introductions, students can be made to understand that having someone inside of the guard is not a bad thing at all and in fact, if they know what they’re doing, the position affords a substantial amount of control over the top player.  Why is this so?  Because the top player is doing nothing with their legs except holding themselves up.  This means the benefits of gravity (being on top) are largely negated and the wisest thing to do upon finding yourself inside someone else’s guard is to get out.

Click the image above or here to see a brief video introduction to the guard position.