Helena Crevar is an up-and-coming Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion who has dominated in the world of competition and is here to show you the best attacks from open and closed guard
Having a good guard means you are able to successfully control your opponent, hunt and finish submissions, and prevent the pass. Protecting yourself is half the battle, but having a good submission finish rate is how you win matches. In this series, Helena Crevar details open and closed guard transitions and submissions she has used to gain her current 60 win streak competing at the highest of levels.
The first step to becoming successful in anything is understanding the fundamentals. Dive into the fundamentals of the closed guard and use these techniques to start finishing effective submissions such as the gogoplata, and cross grip armbar from the closed guard. Additionally, look at some great options for transitions that your opponent will never see coming such as shin on shin cross grip transition to the back to a rear naked choke.
As you understand that the top opponent’s objective is to first pass the guard, incorporate these defensive variations that lead straight into submissions such as a gable grip straight armbar from butterfly guard and double under guard pass defense to a triangle. As you flow through the techniques in this series, the philosophy and concepts of Jiu-Jitsu will start to become more clear and you will begin connecting dots which will ultimately lead you to success.
Over the past several years Helena has had 60 fights, all of which she won and 52 of them by submission. She is a four-time Pan Kids Champion and three-time Fight To Win Title Champion. When it comes to proving the effectiveness of your techniques, no one does it better than Helena. Incorporate these smooth transitions and submissions into your game and utilize the philosophy that Helena preaches and watch the success of your game explode. Check out her instructional now!