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The Pillars: Open Guard Mastery System by Stephen Whittier
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The Pillars: Open Guard Mastery System by Stephen Whittier

by Stephen Whittier

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Master The Open Guard With Clear-Cut Controls, Sweeps, Submissions, Back Takes, And More From Stephen Whittier!

Course content · 6 volumes · 82 chapters

1 Volume 1
  1. 1. Overview: the most important & overlooked guard skill
  2. 2. 1. Both feet on the outside. How & when to create connection from your back
  3. 3. Feet vs. hands pummeling
  4. 4. Retracting when opponents breaks connection
  5. 5. Breaking grips low on the pants
  6. 6. Breaking no gi grips on the feet
  7. 7. Breaking grips on the knees
  8. 8. Transferring weight & repummeling your legs
  9. 9. Repummeling vs leg drag
  10. 10. Adding the hand check
  11. 11. Recovering guard when oppt drives legs to one side
2 Volume 2
  1. 1. Countering the hip-in pass
  2. 2. Additional details
  3. 3. Q&A: Maintaining connection & when to break grips
  4. 4. Intro to sweeps
  5. 5. Tripod sweep
  6. 6. Finishing the sweep
  7. 7. Beating the “Hop” defense”
  8. 8. Sickle sweep
  9. 9. Sickle sweep on much taller opponents
  10. 10. Pocket drill to isolate the sweeps
  11. 11. Using pressure to set up closed guard
  12. 12. Using connection & pressure to set up other guards
  13. 13. Arm steering counter to leg staple pass
  14. 14. Magic handle defense
  15. 15. Cycling back to open guard when opp’t backs off
3 Volume 3
  1. 1. Over / under defense (head pointed across)
  2. 2. Over / under defense (head diagonal or centerline)
  3. 3. Adding the arm drag
  4. 4. Early defense to double under pass
  5. 5. Additional details
  6. 6. Late defense to double under pass
  7. 7. Dump pass counter
  8. 8. The classic scissor sweep
  9. 9. The Rickson scissor sweep (via Henry Akins)
  10. 10. How to secure top position from scissor sweep (without grips)
4 Volume 4
  1. 1. Transferring weight in the scissor sweep
  2. 2. Scissor sweep when opp’t changes angle
  3. 3. Counter when opponent sprawls
  4. 4. Integrating offense into your guard retention
  5. 5. Breaking the leg weave grip & troubleshooting
  6. 6. Incorporating submissions. X-choke details (under)
  7. 7. X-choke details (over)
  8. 8. Loop choke
  9. 9. First principles & strategy for setting up chokes
  10. 10. The ‘Sneak’ omoplata #1
  11. 11. The ‘Sneak’ omoplata #2
  12. 12. 2. Both feet on the inside. Hooks (Butterfly) guard fundamentals
  13. 13. Both hooks in (Butterfly Guard)
  14. 14. Hook sweep details
5 Volume 5
  1. 1. Additional details
  2. 2. Butterfly sweep with an overhook
  3. 3. Sweeping when opponent bases with their leg
  4. 4. Circular & linear angles concept for sweeps & reversals
  5. 5. Maintaining connection butterfly posture as oppt moves
  6. 6. Completing the hook sweep when oppt posts their leg
  7. 7. Entries to other guards when they post their leg
  8. 8. Details on the reversal from butterfly guard
  9. 9. The collar tie “Chop” hook sweep
  10. 10. The arm drag (standard)
  11. 11. The windsurfer arm drag
  12. 12. Multi-directional sweeping off the arm drag
  13. 13. The shoulder crunch hook sweep
  14. 14. Hitting the hook sweep from your back
  15. 15. The reverse hook sweep
  16. 16. Reverse hook sweep to knee bar
6 Volume 6
  1. 1. Getting up when opp’t disengages
  2. 2. Transitions to double & single leg when opp’t disengages & stands
  3. 3. The modified inside single
  4. 4. Pulling opp’t into single leg X when they keep balance
  5. 5. Reverse grip inside ankle pick
  6. 6. Seated guard vs. standing opponents (sport)
  7. 7. Defense when opp’t steps in the middle
  8. 8. Leg drag vs. standing opp’t
  9. 9. The double ankle push sweep vs. standing opp’t
  10. 10. Defense vs cross step pass
  11. 11. Cross shin hook kuzushi to ankle pick
  12. 12. Cross shin kuzushi to single leg X guard
  13. 13. Single leg X to X-guard, sweep & ankle lock
  14. 14. Switching to standard X-guard & standup sweep
  15. 15. Switch to reverse-X when opp’t drops weights
  16. 16. Adaptive isolation drilling

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