The Lazy Closed Guard by Rodrigo Artilheiro

• 38 Year Old Rodrigo Artilheiro Is Unstoppable In The Closed Guard & He Can Show You How To Be As Well
• The closed guard is the forgotten art
• You can use the closed guard until you are 80 years old, why not master it now
• This is a complete and easy to use system
• You could be one of the few left to learn the intricacies

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What Will You Learn?

The Closed Guard is a dying art. That being said, you could be one of the few left to learn the intricacies. The Closed Guard is one of the BEST guards when used correctly, Rodrigo Artilheiro has one of the best closed guards in the entire world.

Do you know what position the best grapplers hate being in most? The Closed Guard? Why, there are zero attacks from inside of it and the guy who holds Closed Guard controls you. His legs are wrapped around you like an Anaconda and if he is trained correctly, you are all done. So you want to be the guy who puts people in closed guard. For whatever reason, the Closed Guard is out of style as people use new flashy moves like the Worm Guard & Berimbolo variations but the Closed Guard is still as strong as ever.

So Who is Rodrigo Artilheiro?

Rorigo is a former Coach of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil with Vitor Belfort and has trained and coached many notable UFC fighter including Brian Stann, Randy Couture, Forrest Griffin, Mirko Cro Cop, Lyoto Machida, and current UFC contenders – Vitor Belfort, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and Raphael Assuncao, to name a few.

Rodrigo is an extremely well-rounded martial arts and is a world class Jiu Jiteiro, Wrestler and Judoka. Rodrigo has an incredible list of accolades, here are just some of his major accomplishments to name a few:


-2015 ADCC Submission Fighting Championship

- São Paulo, Brazil

-2014 IBJJF No Gi World Champion

-2014 ADCC Superfight winner vs Jeff Monson

-2013 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu No Gi Championship Silver Medalist

-2011 ADCC Submission Fighting Championship - Nottingham, UK

-The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil Coach - Team Belfort Jiu Jitsu

-National Bronze Medalist

-7 times Brazilian Wrestling National Champion

-Judo National Champion

-Pan American Greco-Roman wrestling Bronze medalist

-Degree in Exercise & Sports Science from Bennett University in Brazil

So, What's On The Series?

Part 1
Counter from hands on arm bar
Omoplata variation
Wrist lock from bottom closed guard 1
Wrist lock from bottom closed guard 2
Wrist lock from sleeve grip from bottom closed guard
Back take from closed guard using the sleeve grip
Trapping the arm from the Bump Sweep
Arm bar and sweep from leg scooping
Flower sweep
Venus fly trap
Sweep when the guy stands up
Variation sweep when the guy stands up
Ankle picking sweep when the guy stands up
Intro to Sweep when the guy stands up
Intro to Variation Sweep when the guy stands up
Intro to Ankle picking sweep when the guy stands up
Counter for Ankle picking sweep when the guy stands up

Part 2
Cross choke from closed guard
Choke using a grip on the back
Choke starting with double grip on the collar
Detail to finish better the arm bar from the closed guard
Arm bar from closed guard pulling the opposite leg to sweep
Scissors sweep details
Scissors sweep with collar bone grip
Bump sweep and variation
Countering the forearm smash from closed guard with back take and submission
Sucuri grip on the arm and finish with triangle and omoplata

Part 3
Arm bar from scissors sweep
Scissors sweep kicking the knee
Sneak arm bar when the guy stiffens the arm
Closed guard killer
Rubber guard
Shield and sword guard variations with subs and back take
Back take from Sleeve and pants guard

Part 4
Wrist lock from kesa gatame
Wrist lock from kesa gatame variation
Arm bar from S mounting coming from the kesa gatame
Francesa from kesa gatame
Wrist lock on the under hook hand when in kesa gatame
Catch a sword wrist lock sub
Triple submission attack coming from kesa gatame
Arm bar from kesa gatame stepping over the head
Wrist lock from mounting when defending the cross choke
Reverse arm bar from S mount
Kimura from under side mount (1 minute and something)
Another angle of Kimura from under side mount
The gator lock