Guard Retention: How To Stop Your Guard From Getting Passed by Bernardo Faria

Overview

Bernardo Faria explains guard retention principles, emphasizing tight positioning to prevent passes. He demonstrates two recovery techniques when an opponent establishes side control: turning the knee inside to frame and recover half guard, and rolling to the opposite side to escape when the inside turn is unavailable. The video includes drills for practicing these reactions.

What's covered

1. 0:00Principle of Tight Guard Positioning
2. 2:35Recovery via Inside Knee Turn
3. 5:01Recovery via Rolling to Opposite Side

Techniques in this video

1. 01
   Guard Retention — Inside Knee Turn Recovery

   3:28 – 4:30·Guard·Defense
2. 02
   Guard Retention — Rolling Recovery

   5:20 – 6:44·Guard·Defense

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