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Build A Complete Lower Body Guard System With World-Class Instructor Ariel Tabak and His 6-Part Masterclass Instructional!
- Ariel is an accomplished international competitor with a keen eye for details that can lead to drastic improvements in your game!
- Master some of the most effective guards in Jiu-Jitsu with Ariel’s in depth guides on X-Guard, K-Guard, 50/50, and variations of each!
- Force opponents into hard-to-defend territory with relentless crab ride attacks that can be used to take the back and pass the guard.
- Troubleshoot common reactions and develop offensive sequences that will drastically improve your ability to sweep opponents.
- Watch real-time examples of X-Guard mastery with Ariel’s rolling breakdown to get an idea into the mindset of a high-level guard player!
- Consistently weave your way underneath opponents with a variety of entries into advantageous positions that make your sweeps or back takes INEVITABLE!
- Threaten opponents like never before with leg locks that blend seamlessly with you other offensive options!
Course Content
Volume 01
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Open Guard Compendium: Lower Body Guards. Introduction | 0 |
Outside De La Riva (DLR) Guard | 1:35 |
Components of the DLR Guard | 1:59 |
Common uses | 6:00 |
Frames | 7:32 |
Off balancing | 10:32 |
Specific goals of the DLR hook | 15:53 |
How ankle to hip distance affects the grip we make on the DLR leg | 21:08 |
Significance of opponent's ankle positioning relative to your hips | 22:44 |
Knee positioning with the outside DLR hook | 24:18 |
Microbattles | 27:10 |
DLR Guard Microbattles. Hip hinge with tricep extension | 29:25 |
DLR Guard. Microbattles of non-DLR leg | 30:35 |
DLR Guard Microbattles.Hip hinge with collar and pant | 35:25 |
DLR: Troubleshooting Microbattles. Troubleshoot clearing hook | 37:30 |
Troubleshoot clearing foot off hip | 38:14 |
Troubleshoot to clearing hook by off balancing to far side | 38:54 |
Troubleshoot hanging off pants with hip hinge | 40:24 |
Troubleshooting opening knee | 44:17 |
Troubleshoot for opening knee via attacking far leg with K guard/scoop | 46:17 |
Troubleshooting late stage shin fold over DLR leg | 47:39 |
Troubleshooting shinfold with X guard entry too far side off balance | 51:13 |
Free foot pommelling vs opponent trying to attack/trap free foot | 59:37 |
Volume 02
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
DLR Guard. Identifying when to bail in the DLR | 0 |
The Headquarters position / “R” Guard. Introduction and microbattles | 4:03 |
Early stage prevention/retention of HQ | 5:38 |
Mid/late stage HQ retention | 11:33 |
Being offensive from the HQ/R guard | 21:39 |
Common trends in top tier guard players | 22:36 |
Overview off common off balance methods | 24:21 |
Goals for off balancing | 25:53 |
Microbattles | 27:03 |
Grip break troubleshoot | 28:28 |
Troubleshooting the folding/smash pass | 30:03 |
Smash pass vs HQ. Knee positioning of DLR leg for retention and off balancing/offense | 33:18 |
Retaining vs the smash with high pummel and straight collar frame | 35:37 |
Positioning &orientation of trapped knee in HQ guard | 38:22 |
Knowing when to bail to outside leg position | 40:08 |
Early stage shin on shin pummel to enter the legs | 40:44 |
HQ/R Guard. Off balancing from the HQ/R guard | 43:20 |
Attacking with the HQ/R Guard | 47:35 |
HQ/R Guard Attacks. Transitioning to a leg entanglement (X guard variant) from the off balance | 49:42 |
How to swim the feet to the inside to transition to an X guard variant | 51:38 |
Static transitions to the legs without off balancing | 56:45 |
Volume 03
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
HQ/R Guard Attacks. The Seagull Sweep | 0 |
The importance of getting far knee to the floor for seagull sweep | 1:38 |
Mechanics of the get up | 5:21 |
Finishing the unfair single leg (collar + pant grips) | 10:12 |
Additional sequences to add to the unfair single leg finish | 14:42 |
Inside + Outside leg trip options for opponent’s who maintain a very upright posture in the single leg | 16:16 |
Why we face our hips to the near side as opposed to the far side | 17:48 |
Getting up against a standing opponent (far knee is off the floor) | 22:46 |
Common mistakes with the standing seagull variation | 30:00 |
Dealing with the hip switch/back step from the standing seagull variation | 33:35 |
Re-cap of Seagull get up mechanics | 36:20 |
HQ/R Guard Attacks. Entering the legs when our opponent counters the initial off balance | 40:05 |
Differentiating between HQ off balance and Waiter off balance in terms of where our opponent lands | 44:44 |
Comparing the foot pummeling from each type of off balance (R guard vs Waiter off balance) | 45:58 |
Waiter guard from HQ microbattles | 50:24 |
Volume 04
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
HQ/R Guard Attacks. Near side HQ/R Guard attacks | 0 |
HQ/R Guard Near side Attacks. Entering the X guard from attacking to the DLR side (near side to far side off balance) | 4:56 |
Dealing with an opponent who does not take their weight to the far side (maintains their weight on the DLR side) | 7:17 |
Inside Sankaku transition | 7:52 |
Foot work for inside sankaku transition | 16:14 |
When to triangle the legs for the inside sankaku entry | 17:33 |
Using a backstep/backwards roll to transition to the inside sankaku when your opponent brings their DLR | 20:48 |
Common mistakes with the inside sankaku transition + reverse X guard troubleshoot | 25:54 |
Coming up to take top position with or without the inside sankaku | 37:33 |
Attacking from the forwards off balance / hips to the mat balance | 42:42 |
Common mistakes (hips towards mat sequence) | 51:24 |
Basic modified X guard transition from scooping the far leg | 54:46 |
Volume 05
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Attacking to the DLR Side. Outside berimbolo series | 0 |
Attacking to the DLR side. How to initiate the outside berimbolo | 1:12 |
Controlling the far leg | 11:18 |
Basic baby bolo back take | 20:31 |
Finishing mechanics of baby bolo | 25:23 |
Hip height concept: pushing hips between your legs | 26:28 |
Common mistakes with the basic baby bolo | 28:35 |
Concepts of taking the back: #1 Intension of “seeing” the back | 32:03 |
#2 Cross body / diagonal control concept | 32:56 |
#3 Preventing trunk (torso) rotation | 34:48 |
#4 Creating inside knee pressure: preventing the knee from turning towards you | 35:57 |
Microbattles: Basic baby bolo sequence | 37:26 |
Crab ride baby bolo variation (vs opponent clearing the top foot) | 37:51 |
Details for finishing crab ride baby bolo | 42:42 |
Leg drag baby bolo sequence (vs opponent clearing DLR hook) | 49:51 |
Attacking to DLR side. Basic baby bolo vs wide base | 1:00:47 |
Basic baby bolo vs wide base + straight collar grip frame | 1:09:22 |
Wide base + straight collar grip frame: Duck under variation | 1:17:46 |
Basic baby bolo vs hips to the mat (hiding back exposure) | 1:19:40 |
Slingshot Berimbolo (Basic berimbolo) | 1:21:19 |
Common mistakes with the Slingshot berimbolo | 1:28:09 |
Outside berimbolo vs wide base + hips to the mat | 1:35:25 |
Importance of elevating your hips if you lose a frame | 1:54:54 |
Introduction to leg weave | 1:57:37 |
Leg weave. Smashing the legs to one side to threaten back exposure | 2:02:28 |
Ways to improve control whilst inverted | 2:06:04 |
How to take top position | 2:11:41 |
Passing from the leg weave. Taking back from the leg weave | 2:17:37 |
Passing to the mount from the leg weave / top bolo position | 2:24:48 |
Diagonal control back take from the leg weave | 2:34:40 |
Volume 06
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Leg weave. Common mistakes with the diagonal control | 0 |
Diagonal control back take finish from leg weave | 2:44 |
Introduction to the stacked berimbolo | 4:52 |
Stacked Berimbolo. Leg positioning | 10:20 |
Stack drill | 13:34 |
Goals to achieve during the stack | 15:33 |
Finishing the back take from the stack | 18:42 |
Twister hook back take | 23:42 |
Different ways of stacking from the berimbolo | 37:17 |
Dealing with the stiff arm frame when stacking | 43:33 |
Dealing with the Re-bolo | 55:45 |
Volume 07
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Attacking to DLR side. What to do when we lose the knee line during a Berimbolo | 0 |
Shin behind knee position. Importance of controlling top leg | 3:19 |
Importance of pinning legs to one side (single siding) | 5:09 |
How to control top leg | 5:52 |
Exposing the space between the calf and hamstring | 7:11 |
The leg drag | 9:33 |
Hook placement for shutting down the bottom leg using the leg drag | 11:45 |
Common mistakes with the leg drag | 14:36 |
Head positioning for the leg drag | 18:18 |
Re-capturing the knee line and attacking the berimbolo | 20:19 |
Stacking with the shin behind knee | 22:24 |
Finishing the back take from the shin behind knee stack | 26:20 |
Purpose of each drawstring grip in the shin behind knee stack | 28:01 |
X’ing the body back take (inspired by Lee Ting and Tomoyuki Hashimoto) | 31:26 |
Volume 08
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Countering the counters (Berimbolo). Mermaid mount | 0 |
Stepping on torso introduction | 8:36 |
Countering the step on torso from the stack | 12:28 |
Using the shoulder lift to bypass stepping on the torso | 14:15 |
Countering the counters (Shin behind knee). Stepping on torso | 14:55 |
How to follow up your attacks after you address your opponent's counter | 27:02 |
Countering the counters. Spinning through to the near side X guard or shin behind knee when you can’t attach non-DLR leg to far hip | 29:16 |
Dealing with the same side stiff arm when trying to connect the non-DLR foot to the far hip | 35:39 |
Attacking the crab ride baby bolo from the near side X/shin behind knee entry when you can’t connect your non-DLR foot to the far hip | 39:04 |
Attacking to DLR side. Using the Berimbolo to sweep | 41:42 |
Volume 09
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Attacking to DLR side. DLR foot lock | 0 |
DLR foot lock finishing mechanics | 7:53 |
Changing to a different leg configuration if DLR leg positioning is lost | 10:43 |
Berimbolo from DLR foot lock | 12:53 |
Countering the scoop vs the DLR foot lock | 14:20 |
DLR: Attacking to the Far Side. Waiter Guard variants | 16:19 |
Attacking to Far Side. Overhook / hugging DLR | 17:51 |
Transitioning to the waiter from the deep overhook | 19:48 |
Overhook Waiter Guard. Using the waiter guard to enter a berimbolo sequence | 28:20 |
Applying our waiter berimbolo to our standard berimbolo attacks | 38:30 |
Waiter Berimbolo vs far knee to the floor (lowered base) | 40:00 |
Switching to the underhook waiter + sweep/back take combination to troubleshoot the hips to mat response | 44:42 |
Connecting foot to hip (high waiter guard) variation + different ways of rolling to expose the back | 52:09 |
Transitioning to a leg entanglement to troubleshoot the hips all the way to the mat response | 58:56 |
Entering a leg entanglements to counter your opponent’s scoop on your DLR leg | 1:00:22 |
Volume 10
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Attacking to Far Side. Underhook DLR Introduction | 0 |
Underhook DLR. Off balancing to the far side | 5:45 |
Re-cap of far side off balance sequence | 12:47 |
Attacking the near side to further expose the far side off balance or the back take | 14:31 |
Attacking to Far Side. Dark DLR off balancing to the far side | 16:27 |
Exposing the back if the knee points towards the floor | 19:54 |
Forcing the somersault from excessive inside knee pressure | 21:20 |
Basic far side DLR attacks | 22:20 |
Advantages of using outside leg position to off balance to the far side (as opposed to inside leg position) | 24:08 |
Transitioning to a leg entanglement from the fas side off balance | 26:26 |
Using the far side off balance to re-expose the angle for the basic baby bolo sequence | 28:17 |
Common mistakes with the far side off balance to re-exposing the basic baby bolo | 32:34 |
Transitioning to the seated guard | 34:15 |
Transitioning to the deep DLR guard to expose the back | 35:56 |
Volume 11
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Reverse (Inside) De La Riva Guard. Introduction | 0 |
RDLR/Inside DLR. Off balancing | 3:53 |
Context of the RDLR (when to use this guard) | 7:14 |
Fundamental retention to outside leg position | 10:20 |
RDLR to K guard (near side) | 13:06 |
Using the shin-on-shin hook to bring the knee to the mat or enter a leg entanglement | 15:31 |
Modified X guard attack from the initial off balance | 17:20 |
Wrestling up from the RDLR | 20:42 |
Transitioning to a seated guard | 23:04 |
Inside berimbolo / “Kiss of the Dragon” | 24:22 |
Basic inside to outside berimbolo sequence | 27:53 |