From open guard the goes to the man who controls the head and : The cliche in is “he who controls the head controls the whole body.” There is a lot of to this. A big part of our approach to open guard is based around head control. When you can lock on to the head and one arm you can really subvert the movement whilst at the same time setting up your favorite upper body attacks. Look how Ryan, young master of open guard, completely dominates his opponents head in a way that sets up strong sweep and submission on both sides. Whether you favor (underhooks) or outside (overhooks) use this principle of control whenever possible and watch your open guard game take off!

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