CURRICULUM, WEEK OF March 23rd

This week at CTA, we continue focusing on the closed guard, emphasizing the importance of breaking posture. Strong posture inside the closed guard makes it difficult to attack or sweep, while breaking it puts you in control, opening opportunities for submissions like the kimura and cross choke. The top player’s goal is to maintain good posture, so as the person in guard, you must consistently work to break it to stay on the offensive.

In class, we’ll drill collar and sleeve control, hip movement for angles, and transitions from broken posture to attacks. Additionally, we’ll go over the sit-up sweep to counter when our opponent has really strong posture. A strong closed guard is a game-changer.

For our CTB classes, we will continue exploring open guard control, focusing on lasso guard and single leg X guard—two powerful ways to control and attack your opponent. Mastering these guards will provide you with new options for sweeps, submissions, and overall control in both gi and no-gi scenarios.

Let's commit to the details, and refine our technique on the mats!