Tips for all situations:

• Keep your opponent tight to you; space is bad
• Pull down on your opponent’s head and arms at all times to break his posture
• Try to trap one of your opponent’s arms
• You always have to open your guard to attack with a sweep or submission
• Remember that your hip movement is the most important part of every guard attack
• Constantly attack from the guard

Static drilling:

• Sweeps
  • Hip bump sweep
  • Flower sweep
  • Scissor sweep
• Submissions
  • Guillotine
  • Triangle
  • Armbar
• Combinations
  • Hip bump sweep to guillotine
  • Scissor sweep to triangle
  • Flower sweep to armbar

Dynamic drilling:

• One partner takes closed guard and attacks with any sweep or submission; other partner defends and attempts to pass
• Approximately 2 minute rounds
• Vary partners and positions

Targeted rolling:

• Start in the closed guard position