K-Guard Entry

Lachlan Giles on entering K-guard from guard retention, so a failed pass becomes a K-guard instead of a scramble.

Sebastian Curelaru moves from a seated 'baby guard' connection into K-guard, the entry that feeds most modern leg attacks.

Helena Crevar's leg-lock entries, the paths an ADCC finalist actually uses to reach ashi and the saddle.

Lachlan Giles on the K-guard position itself: feet outside against a kneeling opponent, knee to the stomach, feeding the leg across to '70/30' and getting up to the back or a single leg.

Giles on why K-guard is the best leg-entanglement entry: inside versus outside position on the trapped leg.

How Giles' K-guard has evolved since 2019, including the shallower entries used at the highest level.

A K-guard drill for body positioning, useful as a first introduction before the inversion into the saddle.

A twenty-minute K-guard primer covering entries from several guards, the backside 50/50 heel hook path and the back take, plus how to deal with the common defensive reactions.

Quick comparison of K-guard and single leg X as starting points for the straight ankle lock.