New Release, Old School Effectiveness!
The closed guard is an old school position that is still totally relevant today, especially if you lack the flexibility to contort yourself into some of the new-school variations of guard.
Not only that, the closed guard is probably the single best form of guard with which to submit your opponent from the bottom.
Countless matches have been won from using the closed guard in both gi and no gi competition (including at the Mundials, the Pan Ams, and ADCC). And this is a trend that continues today.
To have a really effective closed guard though you can’t just learn a random collection of techniques. Instead you need to learn a system where you know exactly what to do to break your opponent’s posture, get your preferred grips, and then progress relentlessly through to the sweep or submission.
Introducing “The Closed Guard System”
The Closed Guard System is the most effective way to add a connected set of plug-and-play systems to your closed guard game. With these techniques, systems and strategies you’ll always know what to do next in order to stay safe, advance your position, and then sweep or submit your opponent.
Systems are much more powerful than individual techniques because they link techniques together so that you always have a response that works no matter what your opponent tries to do.
Renowned black belt instructor and competitor Jon Thomas will give you an approach that simplifies and streamlines your decision making process, allowing you to react faster and more appropriately to the complexities of BJJ.
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What Exactly Are You Getting in The Closed Guard System?
The Closed Guard System is a tight and concise 3 volume instructional that contains 7 different sections and a plethora of techniques to add to your game…
Here’s a quick overview and breakdown of the instructional…
Volume 1, Breaking Posture and the Overhook Attack Series
HOW TO BREAK POSTURE FROM CLOSED GUARD
First you’ll learn how to break your opponent’s posture, which is the single most important skill in closed guard. If he can’t make posture then he can’t pass your guard AND it will be much easier to attack him with the sweeps and submissions of your choice!
- Introduction to the Closed Guard
- Breaking Posture in Closed Guard
- Breaking Posture vs Frame on the Hips, Knee on Tailbone
- Breaking Posture vs One High, One Low Grip
- Breaking Posture vs 2 Grips High in Armpit
- Breaking Posture vs an Extreme Back Lean
THE OVERHOOK ATTACK SERIES
Next you’ll learn all the details of the fabled overhook attack series. Like many top competitors, you’ll soon be using the overhook grip to attack your opponent with a blizzard of submissions!
- Setting Up and Controlling the Overhook Grip
- Overhook Grip vs One High One Low
- Basic Triangle Choke Setup
- Triangling When Your Opponent Keeps His Arm Tight
- Triangle by Hooking His Far Arm with Your Leg
- Triangle Choke Finish Details
- The Omoplata Attack
- Sideways Break Down for the Omoplata
- Countering the Forward Roll in the Omoplata
- Countering Strong Posture vs Omoplata
Volume 2, Cross Collar, Arm Across Body, and Hip Bump Attack Series
CROSS COLLAR ATTACK SERIES
Knowing how to properly control and attack from the cross collar grip is a complete game changer. Once you get this killer grip you’ll only ever be one move away from tapping your opponent with a vicious choke or tight armlock!
- Setting Up & Controlling the Cross Collar Grip
- Actually Finishing the Collar Choke
- Triangle Choke from the Cross Collar Grip
- Knee Shield Triangle Choke
- Entering the High Guard
- Armbar from High Guard
- Breaking the Armbar Defense
- Armbar Followups
- Pendulum Sweep
ARM ACROSS BODY ATTACK SERIES
In this section you’ll learn the hidden details that make arm across body position such a powerful platform from which to launch your attacks. Never let your opponent escape this position unscathed again!
- Setting Up the Arm Across Body Position
- Arm Across Body Back Take
- Arm Across Pendulum Sweep
- Arm Across Armbar
- Cross Guard Omoplata
- Cross Guard Armbar
HIP BUMP SERIES
This short section gives you an important piece of the closed guard puzzle, namely how to attack an opponent who is attempting to disengage from you. Now if he tries to ‘take his ball and go home’ you’ll know exactly what to do!
- The Hip Bump Sweep
- Hip Bump to Triangle Choke
- Countering the Forward Drive
Volume 3, Double Sleeve Attack Series, and How to Get to Closed Guard
DOUBLE SLEEVES ATTACK SERIES
Many opponents will try to stand up in your closed guard, thinking that they’ll be safe there. If you master these techniques then they’ll find out that by standing up they’ve just jumped from the frying pan straight into the double sleeve grip fire!
- Double Sleeves Grip Concepts
- Quick Triangle Choke from Double Sleeves
- Double Sleeves Roleta Sweep
- Double Sleeves Muscle Sweep
- Transition to Cross Guard
- Transition to X Guard
- Transition to Double Sleeve Open Guard
- Transition to Collar Sleeve Guard
- Transition to de la Riva Guard
HOW TO GET INTO CLOSED GUARD
Once you get a great closed guard you’ll find that your opponents start doing everything they can to avoid this position. In this section you’ll learn exactly how to suck them into your closed guard regardless of how they try to counter you.
- Concepts for Closed Guard Entries
- Closed Guard Entry from Double Sleeve vs Kneeling
- Closed Guard Entry from Double Sleeve vs Standing
- Closed Guard Entry from the de la Riva
- Closed Guard Entry from Collar Sleeve
- Closed Guard Entry from Standing
- Closed Guard Entry from Sitting Guard
The Promise: If you ever train with the gi you’ll come away with a TON of details, strategies, tweaks and techniques that’ll immediately improve your game. If I had had this instructional in my first decade of training BJJ it would have saved me so much grief and made me unstoppable from the guard.
The Discount: To celebrate the launch of this instructional I’m offering it at more than 50% off. This discount won’t last, so please take advantage of it now.
The Guarantee: If you don’t find it useful or dislike the material for any reason whatsoever – then you’re covered by my unconditional 365 day money back guarantee. This takes the risk is taken off of you and puts it back onto me, which is how it should be.
The Bonus: Jon Thomas is a very cerebral and analytical black belt, and so it pairs very well with another classic Grapplearts instructional. If you grab The Closed Guard Formula today then I’ll also give you instant online access to The Submission Defense instructional as a free bonus, which is a $97 value.
Limited Time Bonus Offer!
If you grab the Closed Guard System today you’ll also get instant online access to my Grapplearts Submission Defense training, completely for free!
This is in depth training to escape, defend and counter the most dangerous submissions in BJJ.
Having strong defences and escapes for submissions is a critical skill if you want to improve in BJJ. After all, you can’t win a match if you get tapped out!
Grapplearts Submission Defense includes:
- 36 Submission defenses and escapes, broken down into easy-to-follow steps. Become 300% harder to tap by learning the 3 levels at which every submission can be countered.
- 24 additional ‘Key Points’ videos, taking you through the advanced aspects of the submission defenses to make them truly effective.
- The principles and concepts behind the techniques that make them much easier to learn, to implement, and to turn the tables on your opponent even when you’re caught in the most powerful submissions.
This bonus won’t last forever, so please move quickly if you want to get this additional training for free.
100% Money Back Guarantee.
I’m so confident that you’ll be completely satisfied with The Closed Guard System that I’ll back it up with a 100%, no wiggle-room, zero hassle money back guarantee.
My return policy on this is really simple: if you don’t like the material, if you don’t find the format useful – anything – then you have 365 days to let me know and I’ll give you a complete refund.
This is not about ‘tricking’ you into buying something that isn’t useful and isn’t what you needed.
It’s about being able to check this product out with confidence that it’s going to work for you, or all your money back.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What formats is The Closed Guard System available in?
A: You can get it as a 3 DVD set and as an instantly available streaming format on Grapplearts.com. As part of the initial launch we’re offering an option of getting both the DVDs and the online version for the price of just the DVDs.
Q: Is this an app, or will a series of apps with this material become available in the future?
Firstly, the on-demand streaming version plays very well on smartphones and tablets anywhere that you have data or a wifi connection.
But if you prefer the information in app form then go and grab The Grapplearts BJJ Master App for Android and iOS for free right now. The Closed Guard System is available as a module in that app right now.
Q: What makes this instructional different?
A: Many instructionals simply show a whole bunch of independent techniques. If you learn them this way then you’ll be a ‘one and done’ kind of grappler: you’ll try your move; if it works, great, but if it doesn’t you’re suddenly on the defensive.
By having a mental flowchart – if my opponent does this then I do that, if he does this other thing then I respond by doing this’ it simplifies and streamlines your decision making process. You’ll react faster and with more confidence, which will allow you to dominate your opponent more easily.
Q: Is this a gi or a no gi instructional?
A: Given that collar and sleeve grips are so prevalent in The Closed Guard System it’s fair to say that this is a gi-based instructional. That being said, if you train these techniques with the gi then you’ll hugely improve your leg dexterity and your strategic thinking for when the gi comes off.
Grab the Closed Guard System Here
Instantly access the entire Closed Guard System online on your computer, smartphone or tablet.
ON SALE $97 (Regular $147)
Get the entire Closed Guard System on 3 physical DVDs, shipped to you for free anywhere in the world.
ON SALE $127 (Regular $177)
Best value: get instant access online AND the physical DVDs with free shipping anywhere in the world.
ON SALE $127 (Regular $324)
Get The Closed Guard System in App Form Instead
If you prefer you can now get entire Closed Guard System instructional in app form at roughly the same price as the discounted streaming online version!
All 3 modules of this instructional can be found within the Grapplearts BJJ Master App, which is free to download for both Apple and Android phones or tablets.
Click here for more information about the Grapplearts BJJ Master App, or click here to download it for free for your iPhone/iPad, or click here to download it for free for your Android device.
The Bottom line: If you study this instructional you’ll come away with techniques and combinations, but more importantly you’ll have a much better sense of the big picture and how to connect your techniques and systems together in the closed guard.
Grab this if you want to to sweep, submit and dominate your opponents more easily.
Take care,
Stephan