The Modern Defensive Guard by Ryan Hall

Learn The Open Guard Secrets Of ADCC Medalist & UFC Submission Savant Ryan Hall As He Shows You How Grapplers Of All Levels Can Improve Their Offense & Defense From Off Their Back

Use some of Ryan Hall’s most effective countering tactics on this 8-volume series from the UFC & ADCC veteran and build the strongest defensive guard possible.

Master fundamental principles like alignment, posture, kuzushi, and more with Ryan’s detailed advice.

Learn the shelling and framing tactics that can help you improve your defense and stop giving away good positions from guard.

Get your body working right with fundamental movements like the bridge, granby, shrimp, and more that every guard player needs to attack effectively.

Sweep and counter with omoplatas, shaolin sweeps, roleta sweeps, and more that can turn the tables and get you back on the attack fast

Ryan Hall is an accomplished black belt, winner of The Ultimate. Fighter 22, and 2009 ADCC medalist - with years of teaching experience to help break down these concepts and principles.

Get UFC Veteran & ADCC Medalist Ryan Hall’s help with your open guard, as he shows you all of the best ways to improve your defense from the bottom position so you can stay on offense and stop giving up easy guard passes. Over 8 volumes, Ryan shows all of the concepts, principles, body movements, and more that every grappler must have to build the most effective and efficient guard possible - in a way that students with any experience level can benefit from.

Follow along as Ryan breaks down the guard conceptually, explaining the principles that will make your guard stronger like posture control, kuzushi, pressure, and more. Use lessons on fundamental body positioning and movements to start creating the most structurally powerful open guards possible, with coaching on levels of the guard, how you should really be hip escaping, granby rolling, the power of the edge, and more.

Create a guard that can be used for defensive excellence with Ryan’s breakdowns of shells and frames, important body mechanics that you can use to replace the guard and fight against good guard passes. Ryan shows all of the frames you will need, including when you will need them and how each is best employed. With these frames, shells, and defenses in place, see sweeps and counters you can use to begin creating attacks off your back.

SO, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GET?

PART 1

INTRODUCTION

THE MYTH OF "DISTANCE CONTROL"

PURPOSE OF THE GUARD

CASTLE STRATEGY

OPENING GAME VS MID GAME VS ENDGAME

PART 2

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

ALIGNMENT PRINCIPLE

POSTURE PRINCIPLE

CENTERLINE PRINCIPLE

PRESSURE PRINCIPLE

TRAP DOOR PRINCIPLE

KUZUSHI

PUSHING AND PULLING

PART 3

FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONING

HOW YOUR BODY FOLDS

HOW YOUR BODY ROTATES

ELBOW FRAMES

PROTECTING YOUR CENTER (HEAD POSITION OR EDGE)

LEVELS OF THE GUARD

SEATED VS SUPINE

CONCAVE VS CONVEX

EDGE VS SQUARE

DEMONSTRATION OF THE POWER OF THE EDGE - STANDING ON THEIR EDGE AND SQUARE

PART 4

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENTS

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 1 - BUILD BASE

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 2 - THE SHRIMP

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 3 - REVERSE SHRIMP

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 4 - BRIDGE

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 5 - SNAKE HIP ESCAPE

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 6 - GRANBY

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 7 - BELLY OUT GRANBY

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT 8 - BACK ROLL

COMBINING FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENTS

PROBLEMS WITH THE SHRIMP

HOW THE HIP ESCAPE IS MEANT TO WORK

PART 5

SHELLS AND FRAMES

FRAMES AND SHELLS PRIMER

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SINGLE VS MULTIPLE POINT FRAMES

SINGLE FOOT FRAME

TWO FOOT FRAME

THIGH FRAME

SHIN FRAME

LONG HAND FRAME

TWO HANDS FRAME

HEAD FRAME

BUTT FRAME

TURTLE SHELL FRAME

RIB FRAME

LAT FRAME

SHOULDER FRAME

UNDERHOOK FRAME

OVERHOOK FRAME

COLLAR TIE FRAME

INVERTED COLLAR TIE FRAME

JET FRAME

SWITCH FRAME

INVERTED FRAME

SHELL FRAME

FRAME TRANSITION DRILL 1 - FREE FLOW

FRAME TRANSITION DRILL 2 - EDGE TO SQUARE

PART 6

THE SHELL

EXPLANATION - CORE OF YOUR DEFENSIVE GUARD

EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION

THE MANY POINTS OF CONTROL

SHELL POINTS OF CONTROL FROM STANDARD SHELL

REPLACEMENT SYSTEM HAND FIGHTING

SOLVING THE UNDERHOOK (HIP ESCAPE RESET)

SOLVING THE KNEE STUFF (FRAME AND HIP ESCAPE)

SOLVING THE CROSSFACE

CHECKING HEAD POSITION

GRIP BREAKING

TESTING YOUR SHELL - CRASHING DRILL

PART 7

COUNTERING AND ATTACKING INSIDE THE SHELL

ATTACKING METHODS AND METHODOLOGY

CAT PLAYING WITH BALL OF YARN

LEFT TO RIGHT DEFENSIVE DRILLING FLOW

CORE ATTACK 1 - DUCK UNDER

CORE ATTACK 2 - CROSS SWIM DUCK

CORE ATTACK 3 - HOOK SWEEP

CORE ATTACK 4 - TWIST SWEEP

CORE ATTACK 5 - OMOPLATA

CORE ATTACK 6 - SHAOLIN SWEEP

CORE ATTACK 7 - ROLETA

CORE ATTACK 8 - HIPPOPLATAMUS

CORE ATTACK 9 - SNAKE SWIPE

CORE ATTACK 10 - INSIDE SPIN

CORE ATTACK 11 - SLIDING FOOTLOCK

COMBINATIONS 1 - TWISTS

COMBINATIONS 2 - HOOK SWEEP

COMBINATIONS 3 - ROLETA

COMBINATIONS 4 - SNAKE SWIPE

PART 8

CLOSING

DEVELOPING SENSITIVITY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CLOSING