Basics To Advanced: Open Guard Engagement by Aaron Benzrihem

• Open guard engagement can be very intimidating and MAKE OR BREAK a roll, Aaron simplifies it through a CONCEPTUAL approach
  
• Learn three methods of attack that you can CHAIN together against anyone of any level and any size
  
• Aaron break things down in an easy to digest manner so ANYONE can utilize the concepts
• On this instructional you will find a COMPLETE road map to starting from open guard against anyone - never be fearful of playing guard again
• Aaron is known for his teaching methodologies as a prominent BJJ competitor, instructor and Youtuber 
  

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Learn The Ins And Outs To Engaging From Open Guard Against ANYONE With Bernardo Faria Black Belt Aaron Benzrihem 

This is a unique instructional that is devoted to simple and effective systems and concepts. It is created with the sole intent of helping people start a roll while playing open guard pr butterfly. Often times people are scared to start in open guard because explosive or heavy passer will blast past or smash pass. Aaron is here to show you how to prevent this. 

Starting from the open guard can be scary and it can make or break a match. What that means is that if you don't hand fight and engage properly you could spend the rest of the roll making up for it and over exerting. For example, if your opponent immediately gets to an over under smash pass, now you are forced to defend this exhausting pass and they could end up passing and submitting. 

Maybe you don't engage properly and they immediately go after your legs, now y YOU ARE PLAYING CATCH UP. Aaron is here to help you stop playing catch up and dictate the pace. 

Aaron is going to break things down conceptually and systematically by explaining three simple types of engagement, side engagement attacks, over head engagement attacks, and simple attacks. The combination of these three engagement approaches will help get you to a stronger position and see how you can get to different guards like spider guard, closed guard, single leg x guard, and MANY MORE.  

Aaron is going to walk you through engaging against different types of opponents and stances with technical concepts. Learn to approach a standing opponent, kneeling opponent, and someone in combat base.

Aaron Benzrihem is a Marcelo Garcia Brown Belt and now Bernardo Faria's first black belt, he is and Instructor/avid competitor at The Bernardo Faria Academy in Bedford, MA.  With multiple IBJJF medals and Fight To Win victories as well as dozens of local tournament medals and open class medals where he frequently competes and wins as a Light Feather (137.0 lbs). 

He is also an up and comping YouTube instructor with thousands of subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views.  Aaron is growing because of his incredible way of breaking down a technique.  Many people consider him an incredible instructor. Here is what some people are saying about his teaching. 

• Introduction to series 


• Concepts vs technique 


• The importance of hand fighting


• The importance of a path 


• Focusing on one side of the body approach 


• Side engagements breakdown 


• Overhead engagements breakdown 


• Simple attacks breakdown

• Using the collar and sleeve (kick the knee - back, single x, closed, half, knee shield, etc) 0


• Using the 2 on 1 (same as above)


• Using the traditional drag (same as above)


• Double lapels


• Double unders 


• Simple attacks - Ankle picks, shove, cross collar to get up 

• Using collar and sleeve (dlr, spider, lasso, classic open, rdlr, collar sleeve)


• Using the 2 on 1 (same as above - add slx, X and leg entries) 


• Sitting up for takedowns and re-pulling guard (replicates overhead engagement)


• Simple attacks - dummy sweep, ankle picks


• Overview of application/outro(no gi)