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https://howtheyplay.com/individual-sports/How-to-Break-Posture-in-Closed-Guard
Closed guard has long been understood to be a strong position in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, both from a sport and from a self defense point of view. However, what really makes or breaks your effectiveness from the closed guard is often whether or not you can control your partner's posture. This represents at least 90% of your submission attack game when you're on the bottom. Here are three distinctly different, but effective ways to break your partner's posture when they're being frustratingly tall in your guard.
Closed guard has long been understood to be a strong position in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, both from a sport and from a self defense point of view. However, what really makes or breaks your effectiveness from the closed guard is often whether or not you can control your partner's posture. This represents at least 90% of your submission attack game when you're on the bottom. Here are three distinctly different, but effective ways to break your partner's posture when they're being frustratingly tall in your guard.
