All BJJ school appears to make the guy on the insane open guard that you hardly can not pass.
When you sparring these person you are always combating his legs, entirely it appears like he has 8 of them. No matter which way you pass, there are his feet over again, hooking you, driving you and pulling you.
When you sparring these person you are always combating his legs, entirely it appears like he has 8 of them. No matter which way you pass, there are his feet over again, hooking you, driving you and pulling you.
Being in his guard looks more like leaping underwater to battle a devilfish: There are arms approaching at you from all direction and a feeling of despair that you are running down of time.
Toughest of all, even once you are 99% crack his guard he always deals to rip your arm with the very tip of his great toe and you are back in his guard (but now you are a bit more burnt-out and a little more frustrated than you were when you began).
But there's hope!
Here's the thing: almost every open guard stances rely on hooking on the feet.
The task of his hooks is to offbalance you, frame-up sweeps and cause your spirit suffering. And they execute that by pushing, pulling and otherwise controlling you.
One of the safest thing you can arrange whenever you are stuck to somebody open guard is to bump off OR knock off HIS HOOKS.A lot of people ask "how do I go through this kinda guard," only that's arranging the cart before the horse. Alternatively they had better first ask "how do I neutralise these type of hook," then begin worrying about the guard pass.
The three basic points to place hooks are:
a) feet on biceps,
b) feet on hips, or
c) insteps behind knees.
So whenever a certain 'hook' is establishing your troubles - let's say it's the foot on bicep position - then take some time to work out how to remove that hook. Ask your instructor. Watch some videos. Brainstorm with a friend. Get feedback from classmates. I hope you that there's an answer to your trouble!
Remember this: Before you attempt to pass the open guard your default strategy should be to take out and neutralise your opponent's hooks!
Take out his control points and you will begin feeling better straightaway.
