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Guard Retention

Also called leg pummel, retention framework

Frames, inversions, and hip escapes that put a leg back between you and the passer: the skill that makes every guard playable.

Guard Retention · Randori

OfficialBernardo Faria — BJJ Fanatics — The Top 5 Jiu Jitsu Guard Retention Mistakes by Lachlan Giles And Ariel Tabak

Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu — How To NOT Get Your Guard Passed | Gi & Nogi BJJ
Lachlan Giles — Absolute MMA — Analysis of guard retention at the highest level of BJJ competition
Stephan Kesting — Simple Counters and Defenses for the Hip Smash / Leg Weave Half Guard Pass

Situations, solved

gi · 15 clips, transcript-checked Retaining guard against the knee cut in the gi Knee above the arm, frame both shoulders, foot over your own arm to his shoulder, push, leg out and up; he cannot knee cut. gi · 29 clips, transcript-checked Escaping side control in the gi Near knee up, two forearm frames, hip escape sideways, knee through to block the hip, hips out again, closed guard.

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Framework: Ribeiro & Howell, Jiu-Jitsu University · the shipped learn-graph