Stand up grappling can involve wrestling or judo style takedowns but also, especially in competition style Jiu-Jitsu, pulling guard. Prof. Rodrigo Fajardo shows us how to use the guard pull properly to begin a match in the guard position that we want.

In our first video, we find Prof. Rodrigo in standing position with collar and sleeve grip with the opponent in bent over defensive stance.

In video #2, Prof. Rodrigo is going to connect the 2 positions: Guard pull straight to a sweep. A signature part of advanced jiu-jitsu is connecting our positions together as Prof. Rodrigo does here.

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