I watched this as a white belt years ago. Now I’m a purple belt and the principle in this video is my go to for guard retention. Thank you so much for this
Hip escape + half roll. Nice and simple! As a white belt who is still figuring out how to incorporate the movements during warm-up into application on the mat, this video was really helpful. Love your channel Firas!
I've usually seen it without the hip escape. Just invert and swing your legs around. The detail to get the hip in first was really new to me, and makes a lot of sense.
this is coming from someone who has no formal education in Bjj... this makes sense. its super simple but it looks very effective. awesome stuff sir. will continue to watch and learn.
Firas, thanks for posting this video, the little details make the biggest difference! I was getting passed like this by the higher ranks because I wasn't making eye contact or getting my hip off the mat. Keep up the great work, it's videos like this that fire me up to train the next day! You're the man!
Hey Firas, thanks sooooooooo much for this technique!!!! You helpt me soooooooo much with it. The bigger guys allways crushed my guard before. Thanks to YOU now I have a very effectiv tool to stop that and integrate my hips in to my game. Best regards from Germany
What a great comparison between the ball and the rectangle... Having a good pass defense seems to be the number 1 problem for me. People pass me like I'm not there. This video will hopefully help a lot:
As a one-month white belt, I owe to Zahabi my first submission (armlock from side escape). Let's see if after studying this vid I'll finally be able to retain my guard for a few seconds :)
I must try this tonight! My guard pass prevention suucks so bad (but at least its improving my side/mount escapes). Thanks Firas for this great video as usual.
Great video, and amazing concept! I wish that you had shown more uninterrupted footage of the drills though. I love your breakdowns, but I wish that I could see the drills alone, to help promote mental absorption of the movements.
Thank you coach Firas! I do this a lot, so this video is perfect for me. However, I do tend to not look my opponents in the face when I do this, so that's a great tip for me. Will definitely be coming back to this video.
Guard passing has been my biggest issue after I'm starting to get the hang of positions and a few submissions. This video will surely help in guard retention! Thanks for the video!
very helpful concept with the ball and rectangle. But you must have a very strong lower back to roll like a ball with rounded spine and resisting some pressure in this position.
love this video Firas! I've been investing a lot of time on guard retention and pass prevention as of late. I remember Oliver Taza showing me this type of drill last year at Marcelo's...cheers my man much appreciated!
Your videos are very good, nothing but effective. Why don't you want to create an online website where people can learn as much as your students at your gym learn? That would be much appreciated by people like me who live too far away from your gym.
merci Firas pour cette video. I hope to solve some issues I have with my guard. I can't wait for a video on the swiss ball movements and how you find it very beneficial.
Thanks for the great content Firas. Will you be doing breakdowns for Dos Anjos vs Alvarez and Jędrzejczyk vs Gadelha? Those fights are a dream for fans of technique and contrasting styles!
Respectfully, my questions is: isn't that extended arm inviting for an arm bar?..... thank you very much for the video and thorough explanation..love the square vs ball analogy 👌
Great video Firas + Tristar. If I may ask/suggest something for future technique videos, It was great getting the weight/force lines on screen and that you drilled left and right variations - however I find it hard to conjure in my minds eye how this would look at mma speed. I appreciate the complicated and tactical nature of bjj, and that it must be broken down to fully understand, please don't mistake me! I would just love it if after you drill and explain some variations, you showed a variation of it at combat pace at the end (though not power of course!). Keep up the great work! ♥
So beneficial! Just yesterday I was having this challenge against someone who is really good at staying heavy after passing my legs. I am drilling this right away
Coach Zahabi, As impressive as your jiujitsu is I am far more impressed by your teaching. This video is fantastic. Very effective lesson on the more abstract meta-concepts of guard pass prevention that isn't obsessed with establishing a closed full-guard like every other video. Couldn't be more impressed by how you presented this. A quick question if you don't mind: I realize there are a lot of exaggerated movements for the purpose of demonstration but at 4:28, the position looks quite vulnerable. I loved the anti-G&P demo from awhile back but could you please give a video about G&P defensive meta-concepts like this video? I hope all is well, Nak
Your response made my week. It's been a rough one. I poorly phrased my question. What I mean to ask is how does the application of these concepts differ in a striking context? (if at all) Are certain things not available due to hand position to protect from strikes?
I watched this as a white belt years ago. Now I’m a purple belt and the principle in this video is my go to for guard retention. Thank you so much for this
This video is gold. 11 minutes worth hours of training. Explanation / examples / alternatives. All in 11 minutes. Gold. Pure gold.
Hip escape + half roll. Nice and simple! As a white belt who is still figuring out how to incorporate the movements during warm-up into application on the mat, this video was really helpful. Love your channel Firas!
I've usually seen it without the hip escape. Just invert and swing your legs around. The detail to get the hip in first was really new to me, and makes a lot of sense.
its called inverting, yeah most beginners don't understand this part of jitz
im white belt too , what he does is disturbing , not easy .. i try tmr !!
Love the “ball vs box” explanation was really well put. Great for us analytical people in understanding the intuitive physics of jiu jitsu.
Literally just went this evening and learned this exact concept in the beginner class. Great stuff!
coach,you are an artist!
i won a no gi competition last week,and i can say proudly that you contributed a lot in my victory
thanks coach!
thanks awesome news, congratulations and thank you for making part of your win!
The arrows and instructions are priceless, good stuff!
I’ve watched almost all the bjj instruction videos including John Donahers but Firas i have to say is one of the most easy to understand
this is coming from someone who has no formal education in Bjj... this makes sense. its super simple but it looks very effective. awesome stuff sir. will continue to watch and learn.
Firas, thanks for posting this video, the little details make the biggest difference! I was getting passed like this by the higher ranks because I wasn't making eye contact or getting my hip off the mat. Keep up the great work, it's videos like this that fire me up to train the next day! You're the man!
I needed this, I get so tired on bottom. This is a complete eye opener.
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate and explain the techniques. Your teaching inspires me, thanks!
Hey Firas, thanks sooooooooo much for this technique!!!! You helpt me soooooooo much with it. The bigger guys allways crushed my guard before. Thanks to YOU now I have a very effectiv tool to stop that and integrate my hips in to my game. Best regards from Germany
Ramadan mubarak brother. Thank you for the valuable knowledge
And to you as well brother. Happy to share!
Awesome piece. Need this. Got a novice tournament this coming Saturday. Hopefully I win, InshAllah.
Firas is such a great teacher
escaping from the side control, great, very useful. Starting to fall in love with BJJ more and more. Thank you, Firas
Best coach on TH-cam!
Prof. Firas, your videos are all phenomenal. Thank you very much! From one of your online students, in Maryland.
Next no-gi I will give it a try. Thank you for being a teacher.
Hands down the best guard retention instruction i have ever seen. Thanks
Very good video with nice narration
Excellent instructional works effortlessly even when they know its coming
What a great comparison between the ball and the rectangle...
Having a good pass defense seems to be the number 1 problem for me. People pass me like I'm not there. This video will hopefully help a lot:
practice the details and variations and it will ; )
Very good video. You really are a very good instructor.
I tried this move and it worked great for me !! Most people do not expect this trickery lol
As a one-month white belt, I owe to Zahabi my first submission (armlock from side escape). Let's see if after studying this vid I'll finally be able to retain my guard for a few seconds :)
This is brilliant! Like all your videos. Masha Allah!
Please keep em coming they are so beneficial.
Kind regards
From England
big thank you for posting these vids. I'd love to see one on how to escape from back control. keep up the good work
Awesome video
I must try this tonight! My guard pass prevention suucks so bad (but at least its improving my side/mount escapes). Thanks Firas for this great video as usual.
Ma sha Allah best coach in the world. Any chance of coming over to UK seminars?
that would be great!!
I think this might be a game changer for me
Great stuff
Awesome, will be trying this next practice
beautiful. One day I'll make the trip to Tristar, I promised myself that.
Great video, and amazing concept!
I wish that you had shown more uninterrupted footage of the drills though. I love your breakdowns, but I wish that I could see the drills alone, to help promote mental absorption of the movements.
Thanks coach. Much appreciate you making this grand effort to share and teach us all.
Excellent explanation.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Splendid video
This video is amazing
awesome video!
Tried the double hooks guard retention technique today with a brown belt and it worked a charm. - white belt, Australia.
Thank you coach Firas! I do this a lot, so this video is perfect for me. However, I do tend to not look my opponents in the face when I do this, so that's a great tip for me. Will definitely be coming back to this video.
Guard passing has been my biggest issue after I'm starting to get the hang of positions and a few submissions. This video will surely help in guard retention! Thanks for the video!
Firas you are the man. Thank you so much
Outstanding! Thanks coach! Cant play guard without retention, will be drilling this till I am dizzy!
great coaching!
Wow, that was a great video. I'm so thankful for this gift. can't wait to to try it out and add it to my game!
Very well explained Mate thankyou
very helpful concept with the ball and rectangle. But you must have a very strong lower back to roll like a ball with rounded spine and resisting some pressure in this position.
love this video Firas!
I've been investing a lot of time on guard retention and pass prevention as of late.
I remember Oliver Taza showing me this type of drill last year at Marcelo's...cheers my man much appreciated!
Your videos are very good, nothing but effective. Why don't you want to create an online website where people can learn as much as your students at your gym learn? That would be much appreciated by people like me who live too far away from your gym.
i love the ball dummy metaphor
this is much more important that it looks!
Merci beaucoup Professeur Firas ca fait bien de sens, hate de pratiquer et adapter ce concept.🙂👍👍👍
I love Firas Zahabi.
right back at you!
Great video keep up with this your channel is awesome
merci Firas pour cette video. I hope to solve some issues I have with my guard. I can't wait for a video on the swiss ball movements and how you find it very beneficial.
thank you and yes will try to make that video for you guys in the fall.
this is beautiful, thanks for this video. It's literally, just what I needed.
Thankyou Firas!
Thanks for the great content Firas. Will you be doing breakdowns for Dos Anjos vs Alvarez and Jędrzejczyk vs Gadelha? Those fights are a dream for fans of technique and contrasting styles!
Great suggestion. Thank u
Thank you professor
I watched this so many times.... this is probably the game I want for the bottom but it really takes a lot of practice to do
I like how this is different than the half-gramby roll. Here the motion is more of a shrimp.
Love it
top notch video dude!
Thank you for posting. This is excellent.
Amazing videos!
that's so cool I really am not good at jiu-jitsu and this will help
Love it! Thanks for the lesson Firas!
wow.. seeing the move at first felt "strange", "unnatural", amazed it works :)
That's what she said.....
Respectfully, my questions is: isn't that extended arm inviting for an arm bar?..... thank you very much for the video and thorough explanation..love the square vs ball analogy 👌
the best vídeo in the planet
You are a genius.
Great video Firas + Tristar. If I may ask/suggest something for future technique videos, It was great getting the weight/force lines on screen and that you drilled left and right variations - however I find it hard to conjure in my minds eye how this would look at mma speed. I appreciate the complicated and tactical nature of bjj, and that it must be broken down to fully understand, please don't mistake me! I would just love it if after you drill and explain some variations, you showed a variation of it at combat pace at the end (though not power of course!).
Keep up the great work! ♥
I need to practice this skill more
Thanks for that awesome video, love it!
Thanks! Please give us more tutorial classes! Jazakallahu khairan
So beneficial! Just yesterday I was having this challenge against someone who is really good at staying heavy after passing my legs. I am drilling this right away
really really helpful thank you brother
love the vids coach firas! great explanation
Thankyou!
Keep coming back to this man, any chance you could go deeper into this? This shit's mad juicy.
Fantastic, Thank you !!!
Thanks coach!
This great content, thanks so much!!!
Awesome, thank you!!
great stuff!
okay - that was beautiful.
Coach Zahabi,
As impressive as your jiujitsu is I am far more impressed by your teaching. This video is fantastic. Very effective lesson on the more abstract meta-concepts of guard pass prevention that isn't obsessed with establishing a closed full-guard like every other video. Couldn't be more impressed by how you presented this. A quick question if you don't mind: I realize there are a lot of exaggerated movements for the purpose of demonstration but at 4:28, the position looks quite vulnerable. I loved the anti-G&P demo from awhile back but could you please give a video about G&P defensive meta-concepts like this video?
I hope all is well,
Nak
thanks you! very happy you are enjoying the content. At 4:28 Im showing you why turning in can be a problem.
Your response made my week. It's been a rough one. I poorly phrased my question. What I mean to ask is how does the application of these concepts differ in a striking context? (if at all) Are certain things not available due to hand position to protect from strikes?
Thank you!
The don't become a rectangle bit actually made me laugh so hard.
Thanks a lot for the video I was looking to improve my guard pass prevention and I definitely gonna use this advices!!
I love your videos
Thank You!! You're great!!
Excellent
Thank U very much for posting
Fight analysis for Wonderboy and Rory!!
Thanks great option !
Thank you.
Very nice