Effortless Guard Retention & Pin Escapes by Octavio Couto
Effortlessly Get Back To Guard And Escape Pins With Octavio Cuoto’s Battle Tested Techniques!
- Reserve your energy with precise maneuvers that counter guard passers of all shapes and sizes.
- Understand the differences between early stage and late stage guard retention.
- Don’t just survive the guard pass, counter and reverse them with unique back takes, sweeps, and more!
- Octavio breaks down his favorite methods of getting out of tight pins in order to recover a more defensible position.
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Introduction | 0 - 5:05 |
Phase 1 Early Stage Guard Retention - Inverted Arm Drag vs Toreando | 5:05 - 10:04 |
Butterfly Sweep/ Trap Triangle Counter vs Over Under | 10:04 - 19:59 |
Inverted Arm Drag vs Leg Drag | 19:59 - 25:39 |
The Concept of Seated Baby Posture & Countering the Smash Pass | 25:39 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Cross Ankle Pick vs Step Over Pass | 0 - 4:48 |
Back Take vs Back Step Pass | 4:48 - 10:46 |
Countering the Knee Slice with a Claw Grip | 10:46 - 17:19 |
The Jogger Counter vs Collar Sleeve Knee Slice | 17:19 - 25:26 |
Chaplin Counter vs Smash Pass | 25:26 - 32:48 |
Pummeling Against a Double Under Pass | 32:48 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Phase 2 Late Stage Guard Retention - Important Postural Concepts for Late Stage Guard Retention: Sapiens Posture | 0 - 5:07 |
Late Stage Retention: Zone 2 | 5:07 - 10:17 |
Backhand Shield | 10:17 |
Volume 4
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
Phase 3 Pin Recovery - HH recovery (hip to hip) | 0 - 5:31 |
Back door recovery | 5:31 - 9:43 |
Back Door Recovery 2 | 9:43 - 12:49 |
Recovery against Sit Through Pin | 12:49 - 17:51 |
Solo drills - Essential Solo Movements | 17:51 |
Essential Movement 2 | 22:07 |