Dudeeee this guard is awesome. I am not a fan of playing half guard because I am small & skinny. Everytime I play half guard, I get smashed. But during a free roll tonight, I tried this & I have never felt so much comfort & control over my partner by playing deep underneath his body. This guard allowed me to keep my body on an angle & keep my partner off his base. I did not get a submission but I did survive a roll without being submitted by my much higher rank partner.
This is interesting because one of my training partners has been doing this before we knew what mantis guard was. And yes it's impossible to pass for me!
Seems like he is vulnerable to a cross collar from that guard position...neck is wide open. Go for the choke to force him to abandon the mantis guard IMO
Is Keenan actually inveting these attacks. or where they something that throughout the years have come and gone in some academies in Brazil. Why i say come and gone is because after testing it for a while it was deemed unpractical to the true heart and soul of bjj, which is street defense. But perhaps that the heart and soul is moving towards straight sport without no consequences of getting brutalized by strikes or at least even the thought of a possible strike, now maybe these kinds of moves are considered innovative for the sport of bjj (not the sd style of bjj)
You just need to practice it in whatever environment you are going to use it in. If you're afraid of getting hit, train the position with somebody trying to touch your head and see if you can do it without gettin hit. I have used mantis in combat jj and with just a few modifications it works wonderfully. Thanks Keenan. As far as the collar chokes go, I wouldn't know, I don't fight in my pajamas.
How has nobody else commented on the fantastic photoshopped title slide?
love the Cover illustrations. Great channel
Dudeeee this guard is awesome. I am not a fan of playing half guard because I am small & skinny. Everytime I play half guard, I get smashed.
But during a free roll tonight, I tried this & I have never felt so much comfort & control over my partner by playing deep underneath his body.
This guard allowed me to keep my body on an angle & keep my partner off his base.
I did not get a submission but I did survive a roll without being submitted by my much higher rank partner.
Thanks
Cada vez me gusta más tu estilo keenan.. saludos desde argentina!!
Why does everybody hate on him. He is a savage there's no denying the grind
Thanks for posting free videos :)
Anyone here after Ep 6 of the matburn podcast?
This is interesting because one of my training partners has been doing this before we knew what mantis guard was. And yes it's impossible to pass for me!
Keenan 5 years ago. Now everyone is playing this.
so thats dominique bell in purple?
great instruction
Vou treinar essa sequência!
Nice Keenan. You have any updates on this mantis guard?
cool, i'm trying to apply this to my guard game. very ofensive, but gotta be wary to collar chokes or baseball chokes for example. i guess.
Many thanks!!
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I pull mantis guard in mma fights
how well does mantis guard work in mma fights?
@@jamiegaudet6008 100% of the time
Dont you expose yourself to strikes?
@@christofferkristensen6419 yes but strikes are futile in the face of MANTIS GUARD
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Brilliant 👍
como se llama la inversion que uso?
Mantis guard? wow now that's new for me.
A while back you posted a video where you were messing with what I would call an outside or reverse Z guard. Where is that video?
This way of mantis guard is diferent that the first one because now is with gi? Or is just another variation?
Awesomeee! gonna try this
Is this legal at white belt ? It seems to be putting lot of pressure onto one leg of your opponent. Could someone help me ? Thx
It's not reaping if that's what you're asking.
뿔테안경쓰신 분 성기라 선수인가??
Seems like he is vulnerable to a cross collar from that guard position...neck is wide open. Go for the choke to force him to abandon the mantis guard IMO
Does this put your knee in a compromising position? Almost looks like a calf slicer on yourself.
dope ass move.
Respect
Is Keenan actually inveting these attacks. or where they something that throughout the years have come and gone in some academies in Brazil. Why i say come and gone is because after testing it for a while it was deemed unpractical to the true heart and soul of bjj, which is street defense. But perhaps that the heart and soul is moving towards straight sport without no consequences of getting brutalized by strikes or at least even the thought of a possible strike, now maybe these kinds of moves are considered innovative for the sport of bjj (not the sd style of bjj)
You just need to practice it in whatever environment you are going to use it in. If you're afraid of getting hit, train the position with somebody trying to touch your head and see if you can do it without gettin hit. I have used mantis in combat jj and with just a few modifications it works wonderfully. Thanks Keenan. As far as the collar chokes go, I wouldn't know, I don't fight in my pajamas.
Legal!
é uma blz mesmo huahuaaa
So it's more like a Deep-Half entry rather than a unique guard system.
Ilegal guard
why?
Narciso
Because is very strong
Valim Brasil It is not illegal.