Defensive Foundation

Surviving bad spots on teh bottom. Framing, making space, & turning your opp's mistakes into escapes or reversals.

Flow outline

1. Closed Guard Bottom

   • Once set, often establish strong frames with your legs and arms, maintain posture control, and use your hips to create space. is your primary defensive position where you control distance and set up escapes

2. Back Top Position

   • Usually Secure hooks and maintain chest-to-back contact while controlling opponent's hips. Use dominant position to apply submissions while maintaining defensive awareness

3. Mount Top

   • If they frame, from here, maintain high mount with grapevines or hooks, using your weight to control opponent's hips while keeping your base wide for stability and defense. timing over strength

4. Open Guard Bottom

   • establish frames with feet on hips and biceps, creating distance and preventing opponent from passing. use transitional position to set up sweeps and recover guard

5. Top Lock

   • If they frame, secure high guard position with legs wrapped high on opponent's back, controlling their posture and creating opportunities for submissions while maintaining defensive frames

Branch conditions

• Scissor Sweep
• Cross Choke
• Arm Bar
• Omoplata
• Triangle Choke
• Opponent Stands Up
• Opponent Opens Guard
• Opponent Postures Up
• Establish High Guard
• open guard transition
• Arm Wrap
• guillotine choke
• Kimura
• Knee Trap
• Waiter Sweep
• omoplata sweep