Competition Closed Guard by Jake Mackenzie

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What Will You Learn?

Turn any closed guard into a competition-ready specialty with this new 3-volume instructional series from one of the best black belts in Rio De Janeiro, Jake Mackenzie. Jake shows you all the strongest attacks and positions that he uses to win from the closed guard, one of the strongest positions in all of BJJ. With innovative grips and combinations that you’ve never seen before, learn all of these effective moves that will leave your opponents trapped, swept, and tapping out. Jake is one of the most creative instructors on the planet, and every volume on this series is packed with concepts and attacks that will supercharge your guard.

Jake is one of our favorite instructors here at BJJ Fanatics, for his depth of knowledge and his ability to break things down to their base concepts and fundamentals. Jake himself is a fierce competitor, as a Brazilian National Champion, Masters World Champion, and a multiple time world medalist.

He wasn’t always the BJJ champion he is today though! Once he was just a skinny, young Canadian kid in Brazil, forced to sink or swim on the mats. Over the years, with an intense focus on using technique to overcome size and strength, Jake has developed into one of the most precise black belts in all of Brazil, and is one of the most sought-after instructors in Rio.

Now Jake is back to show what he has learned from one of the most important positions in grappling; the closed guard. Jake takes the basics of the position and goes further, explaining how you can make little adjustments so that you can hit these moves on anyone.

Each attack is part of a series, building and working together to give yourself options from everywhere. Included on these three volumes are moves you won’t learn anywhere else, so don’t hesitate!

Learn some of the best ways to actually win from the closed guard, every time. With so many options for you, and so few for your opponent, the closed guard can be your ace in the hole with the right technique.

Now you can have some of the most effective and cutting edge attacks on the mat, with Jake Mackenzie’s three volume series. With new kinds of grips, submissions, and back takes, this is a must for anyone who wants to be competition ready off their back.

Learn the right way to do an arm drag on anyone, even people much bigger and stronger than you, and what you can do from there next (including a sneaky wrist lock that is as effective as it is hidden). See how you can use an overhook to trap and control, before using it to submit and sweep with some ninja technique. You can even get the little details behind why a cross choke works, and what you can do to turn it into a tap every time you get the cross grip.

One of Jake’s best concepts from bottom is his use of the lapel, which he wraps and grips in innovative ways to control an opponent and set up huge submissions and sweeps. With movements that anyone can do, get the technique behind the best way to brabo choke, or wrap the arm for unstoppable armbars and sweeps. Combine that with Jake’s use of the belt to supercharge some of the most common sweeps in BJJ and you can be a gi grip wizard in no time. Combine that with sweeps and back takes from those same lapel grips, and you can be attacking in ways you didn’t realize were right there all along.

Finish the fight off your back with some of Jake’s best submissions. Jake has more than the most traditional armbars and triangle chokes, he gives himself an edge by being different and attacking with unique wrist locks, arm triangles, gi chokes, and his signature pretzel-tine. See what makes each of these moves tick, and how you can add them into your game and surprise your next opponent with a submission he never saw coming.

So, What's On The Series?

Part 1
Closed Guard Arm Drag
Wrist Lock & Arm Drag Combo from Closed Guard Arm Drag
Combining Arm Drag with Wrist Lock
Overhook Concepts & Attacks
Cross Choke Over and Under Grip Variations

Part 2
Bravo Choke from Closed Guard
Armbar Grip Variations
Lapel Sweep off Armbar Setup
Corkscrew
Windmill Sweep Concepts from Closed Guard

Part 3
Elbow Lock
Belt Grip
Closed Guard Wrist Lock
Reverse Grip Shuck By to Head and Arm Choke
Pretzel-tine from Closed Guard