The Closed Guard System

The position you already know, finally working under pressure.

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The problem

Why closed guard stops working

I've watched a lot of people give up on closed guard. They collect moves but never learn how they work together, so they just open their guard and move on to try something else instead.

Closed guard getting opened

The approach

A connected system

I'm not going to show you every single move that exists from the closed guard. I'll give you a core set of high percentage techniques and, more importantly, how they relate to each other. Each one sets up the next, so your closed guard works as one connected game.

Scattered moves become one connected system.

How it all connects

You put them in the dilemma.

You're not waiting to see what happens. You attack in a way that leaves them two bad choices. Say you threaten a sweep. Defend it and the back opens up. Protect the back and the sweep is there. Whichever one they pick, you already have the answer. That's one dilemma. The system is built out of them.

Your positionOption AOption B

Whatever they defend, you already have the answer.

That's why the chapters aren't a list of separate moves. The core techniques, the positions, the submissions, they all chain into each other, so every attack you make sets up the next one.

Why it keeps working

Understand it, then train it live.

Training closed guard against live resistance

Understand the links

I show you how every technique connects, so it's knowledge you own, not steps you memorized.

Train it live

Every lesson comes with a way to train it against real resistance, so you can hit it in rolling and competition.

Once you understand the system and train it against resistance, you keep getting better on your own. And when you're ready for more, I'm right here.

What you get

A complete, connected game.

1
System
5
Chapters
40
Lessons
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Foundations & 3 Core Techniques

The grips, frames, and three techniques it all runs on.

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Intermediate Positions

Controlling positions that make your guard harder to handle.

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Submissions

Finishes that come from your positional threats.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The Standing Opponent

Answers for when they stand to break your guard.

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Entries

How to get to closed guard when they won't give it.

You also get the map

The whole system, on one map.

Every technique lives on one interactive map, so you always see where you are and where you can go next.

The Closed Guard System interactive map preview

Not just videos

Train with me.

Craig Hutchison teaching a group

I've been coaching for over ten years, everyone from people in their first week of jiu jitsu to pros getting ready to compete at major events. I also still compete myself, in the gi internationally and in no gi at ONE Championship. This is the closed guard I actually use. None of it is theory.

I read and answer questions right in the lessons as you work through the system. Stuck on a detail? Ask me, and I'll help you through it.

Craig Hutchison after a win at ONE Championship

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Give the closed guard the time it deserves, and it will become one of the most dangerous parts of your jiu jitsu.

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