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Spider guard

A Gi open guard with grips on both sleeves and your feet on their biceps. Pushing with your feet while you pull the sleeves keeps their arms stretched and their posture off balance.

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Key steps

  1. Take a grip on each of their sleeves near the wrist, pulling the slack out.
  2. Place the soles of your feet on their biceps, just above the elbow.
  3. Push with your feet while you pull on the sleeves to stretch their arms out.
  4. Shift your hips side to side to keep them off balance and set up attacks.

Key details

  • Pushing and pulling together keeps the arms stretched; doing only one lets them bend the elbows.
  • Facing them square makes you easier to stack, so keep your hips moving off center.
  • A stripped sleeve grip lets that arm drive in, so regrip before you attack.