Guard Retention

Danaher on guard retention: frames, hip movement and making the passer start over instead of chasing a single recovery.

Lachlan Giles and Ariel Tabak list the five most common guard retention mistakes, including playing too close and having no backup guard when the first layer is beaten.

Eight reasons guard retention fails, and Chewjitsu's fixes for frames, hips and inversion.

Twelve guard retention concepts explained through alignment and frames, including when straight arms are fine and when they get you armbarred.

Why hip escaping with the top foot on the mat gives the passer the knee-to-chest space they want, and why the high pummel retains guard better. Lachlan Giles with Ariel Tabak.

Five retention movements - hip switch, high pummel, invert, half granby and north-south spin - shown as solo drills on a grappling dummy.