Closed Guard
The guard held by a leg lock around the torso, where connection is structural rather than grip-dependent.
Reading connected to this area
Journal
- The armbar from closed guard
The leg swinging over the head is the part everybody watches and the part that decides least; by then the arm has either been taken or it has not.
- The triangle, and why the angle matters more than the squeeze
A triangle that will not finish is almost never a triangle that needs more effort; it is a triangle applied along the wrong line.
Influential Figures
- Kyra Gracie
She competed at the top of women's jiu-jitsu against the stated wishes of the family whose name is on the art, at a point when the women's divisions were small enough that visibility and survival were the same problem.