The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy retreats, we pursue: In the ebb and flow of guard play, opponents will sometimes pressure forward and sometimes recede – it's is crucial you be able to that movement to advantage. So often when opponents , we stop moving and for them to come back to us. This is a missed opportunity. When they disengage it is the perfect time to surge forward and actively come up from bottom and take your opponent down. Don't that because you aren't a wrestling specialist that this kind of tactic won't for you. It's generally much easier to many forms of takedown these circumstances because your opponents stance is usually compromised. Most Jiu jitsu players are very effective dealing with opponents driving forward into their guard – make sure you are equally effective when they pull away in the opposite direction