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A Cool X Guard Drill and Sweep

In recent years the X Guard has become one of the bread and butter positions in the open guard repertoire. It’s an in...

My Favorite One-Two Sweeping Combo from X Guard

Today I’m going to share two of my favourite (and very powerful) X guard sweeps with you. Plus I’ll show you how put ...

What is the X Guard?

Depending on how you look at it, the X Guard can be be classified as either a form of Open Guard or a form of Half Gu...

Ronda Rousey and the Power of Gameplans

In case you were hiding under a rock, Ronda Rousey fought Liz Carmouche last night at UFC 157. She both validated her...

Stop Falling for the X-Guard Sweep

One of the most important parts of Jiu-Jitsu is posture, especially when you’re on top and your opponent’s a savvy sw...

Fifty Ways to Improve Your Grappling Almost Immediately

Sometimes the best way to get better is simply to stop doing things wrong. Over the years I’ve shot quite a few gueri...

How About a Miyao Brothers Position to Use at the Europeans?

At the invitation of Professor Rodrigo Barbi, the brown belt João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao and his burly brother Paulo...

How to Salvage a Failed Butterfly Guard Sweep

The ‘basic’ butterfly guard sweep is one of the most strongest sweeps in grappling. That’s why it shows up again and ...

How to Set Up the X Guard

I love the X Guard.  It’s such a high-percentage position. First of all, it can be applied from a huge number of open...

The Single Leg X Guard – A Surprising Way to Pull Guard…

Should you pull guard in competition?  And if you decide to pull guard, then how do you do it correctly? In a certain...

Sharpen up your X-guard sweep with No-Gi Pan ace

The No-Gi Pan will be going down in New York this Saturday, September 29, and a number of big stars of gi-clad combat...

Jiu-Jitsu video: after winning SP Open, Diogo Almeida teaches X-guard sweep

GRACIEMAG.com is always pointing out which up-and-coming Jiu-Jitsu talent will rise to the top, and most of the time ...
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