No Gi Open Guard Volume 1: K Guard by Lachlan Giles

Attack with leg locks, back attacks, and sweeps from your back with this systematic approach to the no-gi K guard from Lachlan Giles!

• Lachlan Giles is an ADCC Absolute bronze medalist, with one of the most legendary runs to the podium ever using the techniques he uses on this series.
• Use positions and game plans to understand and develop the K guard roll that can give you entries for some of grappling’s most devastating locks.
• Secure submissions like the 50/50 inside heel hook from the K guard as Lachlan gives options for ending the fight with some of his signature leg locks.
• Fight systematically from your back in no-gi, with options for attacking grapplers who are standing, kneeling, and even passing your guard.

Develop A Systematic No-Gi Open Guard That You Can Use Against Way Bigger Opponents With ADCC Absolute Medalist Lachlan Giles’s 8-Part Guide To The Secrets Of The K Guard

 

 

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What Will You Learn?

Start fighting off your back with these aggressive and technical systems for attack from Lachlan Giles as he teaches you his 8-part K Guard series designed to help you heel hook and leg lock opponents, even if they are way bigger and stronger than you.

With every detail covered, you’ll learn what makes K guard so strong, how to use it to begin attacking, and how to find this innovative game plan from a ton of different positions. The K guard helps you expose the legs to attacks, even when you aren’t in versions of X guard, making it an unexpected but effective place to work from. 

K guard also helps you frame and keep pressure off, making it a helpful position for smaller grapplers to beat bigger ones. The K guard system and the inside heel hooking details you’ll learn here capture the same ways that Lachlan himself heel hooked three world class opponents at ADCC and won a medal in the absolute division.

Find out the strongest ways to enter K guard, using no-gi variations on the De La Riva, reverse De La Riva, closed guard and more. Lachlan breaks down everything you’ll ever need for K guard on this series, including strategies, troubleshooting, live rolling narration, and more.

 

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1

OPEN GUARD OVERVIEW

INTRO AND OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

NAVIGATING THE SERIES

HOW TO TRAIN THIS

OPEN GUARD POSITIONS

GI VS O GI OPEN GUARD

MOST COMPLICATED GUARD

FINDING THE RIGHT CONTENT

A CONGRUENT GAME

INSIDE POSITION: PROS AND CONS

1 IN 1 OUT: PROS AND CONS

OUTSIDE POSITION: PROS AND CONS

STICKING TO THIS STYLE

CONTEXT AND STRATEGY

POSITIONAL HIERARCHY

WHERE GUARD RETENTION FITS

LEG ACROSS BODY

KNEE LINE AND LEG LOCKS

CAREFUL ENTERING LEG LOCKS

IF YOU DONT WANT TO LEG LOCK

PART 2

BASIC GAME PLAN

INTRO TO BASIC GAME PLAN

GUARD RETENTION

OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING OPPONENT 1

OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING OPPONENT 2

OPEN GUARD VS STANDING 1

OPEN GUARD VS STANDING 2

REVISION

POSITIONAL OPTIONS

INTRO TO POSITIONAL OPTIONS

K GUARD

DE LA RIVA

REVERSE DE LA RIVA

WAITER

SINGLE X AND X GUARD

70/30 AND 50/50

END STAGE POSITIONS

PREPARING TO INVERT

FLEXIBILITY

SOLO DRILL

PART 3

K GUARD

OVERVIEW

INTRO AND OVERVIEW

WHY K GUARD

K GUARD AND POSITIONAL HIERARCHY

OPPONENTS OPTIONS

ENTRIES: CONCEPTS, CONTROLS, POSITIONING

GENERAL ENTRIES SEQUENCE

BOTTOM LEG POSITION

IMPORTANCE OF THE TOP LEG

SPACE BETWEEN KNEE AND SHOULDERS

CONTROLLING ARMPITS AND RETREAT

GETTING AN ANGLE

HIPS AWAY FOR INVERSION

2 VS 1 HAND ON LEG

PUMMEL FOR TOP LEG POSITION

PREVENTING AND DEALING WITH THE CROSSFACE

ENTRIES: CLOSED GUARD

INTRO TO SPECIFIC ENTRIES

CLOSED GUARD TO K GUARD

PRONE ARMBAR VS CROSSFACE

PART 4

ENTRIES - OPEN GUARD VS KNEELING

PRIMARY ENTRY: 2 ON 1 ENTRY

VS KEEPING THEIR ARMS BACK

K GUARD VS SITTING HEAVY

DLR VS SITTING HEAVY

VS SPRAWL (CHANGING SIDES)

INVERT VS LEG WEAVE

VS BLOCK FAR LEG: ARMBAR

SUMMARY

NARRATION

PART 5

ENTRIES VS COMBAT BASE

OPTIONS

CONTROLS AND POSITIONING

K GUARD VS COMBAT BASE

RDLR VS COMBAT BASE

DLR VS COMBAT BASE

SUMMARY

ADDITIONAL: JEDI MIND TRICK

ENTRIES VS STANDING

K GUARD VS STANDING

SHALLOW K GUARD

RDLR TO K GUARD

SUMMARY

NARRATION STANDING AND COMBAT BASE

NARRATION

PART 6

ENTRIES FROM RETENTION

K GUARD FROM RETENTION

NORTH SOUTH TO K GUARD

UNDER LEGS TO K GUARD

LEG DRAG TO K GUARD

NARRATION

ENTRIES SUMMARY

SUMMARY

K GUARD OFFENSE: STRATEGY, CONTROL AND POSITIONING

OFFENSE OVERVIEW

GETTING KNEE TO STOMACH

PUMMELLING LEGS IN POSITION

PUMMELLING: RETRACT ONE EXTEND THE OTHER

CHOOSING ATTACK: KNEE TURNED IN OR OUT

GRIPPING THE LEG

GRIPPING TO ALLOW BACKSIDE 50/50

POSITIONING YOUR NON - K GUARD LEG

POSITIONING YOUR K GUARD LEG

OPPONENTS OPTIONS

PART 7

K GUARD OFFENSE PATHWAYS

PRIMARY ATTACK: K GUARD TO BACKSIDE

50/50 HEEL HOOK

BACKSIDE 50/50 WHEN KNEE IS FREE

BACKSIDE VS BACKSTEP

BACKSIDE SPIN TO 70/30

K GUARD TO X GUARD

K GUARD TO 70/30

SUMMARY

SUMMARY UPPER BODY ATTACKS

ALTERNATIVE ATTACK: TO LATERAL CLOSED GUARD

SHALLOW K GUARD OFFENSE

SHALLOW K GUARD OFFENSE

PART 8

TROUBLESHOOTING

CONTROLLING THE FAR LEG

FEET TOGETHER

THEY PUSH BOTH LEGS

THEY CLEAR THE K GUARD LEG

THEY FLEE

YOU LOSE THE LEG ... BOLO

UNDER THE LEGS PASSING

LEG DRAG

UNDERHOOK YOUR NON K GUARD LEG

DEFENDING FOOTLOCKS

DEFENDING CRAB RIDE ENTRIES

DRILLS AND NARRATION

DRILLS

NARRATION OFFENSE

LIVE CLIPS

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