Lachlan Giles – No Gi Open Guard Volume 1: K Guard

Lachlan Giles is an ADCC Absolute bronze medalist, with one of the most legendary runs to the podium ever using the techniques he uses on this series. File Size: 7.21 GB
 

Lachlan Giles – No Gi Open Guard Volume 1: K Guard

 
Attack with leg locks, back attacks, and sweeps from your back with this systematic approach to the no-gi K guard from Lachlan Giles!

Lachlan Giles is an ADCC Absolute bronze medalist, with one of the most legendary runs to the podium ever using the techniques he uses on this series.
Use positions and game plans to understand and develop the K guard roll that can give you entries for some of grappling’s most devastating locks.
Secure submissions like the 50/50 inside heel hook from the K guard as Lachlan gives options for ending the fight with some of his signature leg locks.
Fight systematically from your back in no-gi, with options for attacking grapplers who are standing, kneeling, and even passing your guard.

What Will You Learn?
Start fighting off your back with these aggressive and technical systems for attack from Lachlan Giles as he teaches you his 8-part K Guard series designed to help you heel hook and leg lock opponents, even if they are way bigger and stronger than you.
With every detail covered, you’ll learn what makes K guard so strong, how to use it to begin attacking, and how to find this innovative game plan from a ton of different positions. The K guard helps you expose the legs to attacks, even when you aren’t in versions of X guard, making it an unexpected but effective place to work from.
K guard also helps you frame and keep pressure off, making it a helpful position for smaller grapplers to beat bigger ones. The K guard system and the inside heel hooking details you’ll learn here capture the same ways that Lachlan himself heel hooked three world class opponents at ADCC and won a medal in the absolute division.
Find out the strongest ways to enter K guard, using no-gi variations on the De La Riva, reverse De La Riva, closed guard and more. Lachlan breaks down everything you’ll ever need for K guard on this series, including strategies, troubleshooting, live rolling narration, and more.
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So, What Exactly Do You Get?
PART 1
OPEN GUARD OVERVIEW
INTRO AND OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION
NAVIGATING THE SERIES
HOW TO TRAIN THIS
OPEN GUARD POSITIONS
GI VS O GI OPEN GUARD
MOST COMPLICATED GUARD
FINDING THE RIGHT CONTENT
A CONGRUENT GAME
INSIDE POSITION: PROS AND CONS
1 IN 1 OUT: PROS AND CONS
OUTSIDE POSITION: PROS AND CONS
STICKING TO THIS STYLE

CONTEXT AND STRATEGY

POSITIONAL HIERARCHY
WHERE GUARD RETENTION FITS
LEG ACROSS BODY
KNEE LINE AND LEG LOCKS
CAREFUL ENTERING LEG LOCKS
IF YOU DONT WANT TO LEG LOCK

PART 2
BASIC GAME PLAN

INTRO TO BASIC GAME PLAN
GUARD RETENTION
OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING OPPONENT 1
OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING OPPONENT 2
OPEN GUARD VS STANDING 1
OPEN GUARD VS STANDING 2
REVISION

POSITIONAL OPTIONS

INTRO TO POSITIONAL OPTIONS
K GUARD
DE LA RIVA
REVERSE DE LA RIVA
WAITER
SINGLE X AND X GUARD
70/30 AND 50/50
END STAGE POSITIONS

PREPARING TO INVERT

FLEXIBILITY
SOLO DRILL

PART 3
K GUARD
OVERVIEW

INTRO AND OVERVIEW
WHY K GUARD
K GUARD AND POSITIONAL HIERARCHY
OPPONENTS OPTIONS

ENTRIES: CONCEPTS, CONTROLS, POSITIONING

GENERAL ENTRIES SEQUENCE
BOTTOM LEG POSITION
IMPORTANCE OF THE TOP LEG
SPACE BETWEEN KNEE AND SHOULDERS
CONTROLLING ARMPITS AND RETREAT
GETTING AN ANGLE
HIPS AWAY FOR INVERSION
2 VS 1 HAND ON LEG
PUMMEL FOR TOP LEG POSITION
PREVENTING AND DEALING WITH THE CROSSFACE

ENTRIES: CLOSED GUARD

INTRO TO SPECIFIC ENTRIES
CLOSED GUARD TO K GUARD
PRONE ARMBAR VS CROSSFACE

PART 4
ENTRIES – OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING

PRIMARY ENTRY: 2 ON 1 ENTRY
VS KEEPING THEIR ARMS BACK
K GUARD VS SITTING HEAVY
DLR VS SITTING HEAVY
VS SPRAWL (CHANGING SIDES)
INVERT VS LEG WEAVE
VS BLOCK FAR LEG: ARMBAR
SUMMARY
NARRATION

PART 5
ENTRIES VS COMBAT BASE

OPTIONS
CONTROLS AND POSITIONING
K GUARD VS COMBAT BASE
RDLR VS COMBAT BASE
DLR VS COMBAT BASE
SUMMARY
ADDITIONAL: JEDI MIND TRICK

ENTRIES VS STANDING

K GUARD VS STANDING
SHALLOW K GUARD
RDLR TO K GUARD
SUMMARY

NARRATION STANDING AND COMBAT BASE

NARRATION

PART 6
ENTRIES FROM RETENTION

K GUARD FROM RETENTION
NORTH SOUTH TO K GUARD
UNDER LEGS TO K GUARD
LEG DRAG TO K GUARD
NARRATION

ENTRIES SUMMARY

SUMMARY

K GUARD OFFENSE: STRATEGY, CONTROL AND POSITIONING

OFFENSE OVERVIEW
GETTING KNEE TO STOMACH
PUMMELLING LEGS IN POSITION
PUMMELLING: RETRACT ONE EXTEND THE OTHER
CHOOSING ATTACK: KNEE TURNED IN OR OUT
GRIPPING THE LEG
GRIPPING TO ALLOW BACKSIDE 50/50
POSITIONING YOUR NON – K GUARD LEG
POSITIONING YOUR K GUARD LEG
OPPONENTS OPTIONS

PART 7
K GUARD OFFENSE PATHWAYS

PRIMARY ATTACK: K GUARD TO BACKSIDE
50/50 HEEL HOOK
BACKSIDE 50/50 WHEN KNEE IS FREE
BACKSIDE VS BACKSTEP
BACKSIDE SPIN TO 70/30
K GUARD TO X GUARD
K GUARD TO 70/30
SUMMARY
SUMMARY UPPER BODY ATTACKS
ALTERNATIVE ATTACK: TO LATERAL CLOSED GUARD

SHALLOW K GUARD OFFENSE

SHALLOW K GUARD OFFENSE

PART 8
TROUBLESHOOTING

CONTROLLING THE FAR LEG
FEET TOGETHER
THEY PUSH BOTH LEGS
THEY CLEAR THE K GUARD LEG
THEY FLEE
YOU LOSE THE LEG … BOLO
UNDER THE LEGS PASSING
LEG DRAG
UNDERHOOK YOUR NON K GUARD LEG
DEFENDING FOOTLOCKS
DEFENDING CRAB RIDE ENTRIES

DRILLS AND NARRATION

DRILLS
NARRATION OFFENSE
LIVE CLIPS