Description

What Will You Learn?

Under Pressure: Guard Retention, Recovery & Attacks
An advanced, pressure-tested guard system—focused on retaining and recovering guard, then seamlessly transitioning into sweeps, submissions, and dominant positions.

 Course Overview

Because most guard instruction assumes space and finesse, Brian Glick offers a system built for pressure-heavy environments. This course equips you to defend, recover, and attack even when opponents crush your guard with top-side pressure or dynamic passing attempts. With structure and flow at its core, this program emphasizes resilience, strategy, and efficiency from the bottom position.

 What You’ll Learn

• Guard Retention & Recovery: Hip-frame consistency, knee-shield mechanics, posture prevention; tactical shrimping, granby rolling, seated escapes under pressure; flow patterns to re-establish closed, butterfly, or half guard.
• Sweep Initiations from Pressure: Bust-down tactics opening pathways for flower sweep, tornado sweep, sit-throughs; hip-express movement to off-balance; timing drills vs knee-share and pass transitions.
• Submission Systems & Transitions: Triangle, armbar, omoplata entries from recovery; Kimura and cross-collar from guard regains; flow links from sweeps into attacks or resets.
• Troubleshooting & Counter Pressure: Defend knee on belly, shoulder smashes, upper-body weight; strategies vs stacking, standing passes, flattening; adjust frames, recovery, sweep timing under live pressure.
• Live Rolling & Practical Drills: Partner drills and flow scenarios to build resiliency; sparring footage demonstrating guard survival and transitions; real-world coaching cues and timing markers.

 Who This Course Is For

• Grapplers seeking pressure-resilient guard skills, not just space-based attacks
• Those who regularly face aggressive passers, wrestlers, or half-pass specialists
• Practitioners wanting a structured system to turn bad positions into opportunities
• Gi and no-gi athletes needing a guard that withstands physicality

✅ Why It’s Valuable

• Survival with Intent: Protect and recover guard, then turn defense into offense.
• Flow-Based, Pressure-Proven: Drills and videos emphasize realistic resistance.
• Scalable Complexity: Fundamentals for beginners, depth for advanced chaining.
• Competition-Ready Guard: Designed for wrestlers and pass-heavy styles—ideal for tournaments and hard rolls.