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Originally Posted by Timbaland
So his elbows were in your thighs? Is this how he broke open your closed guard? If he has a strong grip and his elbows are digging in your thighs, you can also grab his elbows with your hands and pull them outwards like a hinge. At the same time pull in with your legs and he should fall onto you. I do this to break posture all the time.
Sometimes I prefer not trying to break someones grip. I have a few ways to break grips but I believe breaking his posture is more important if you have him in closed guard. One other thing I use sometimes for gi is I grab his collar on the same side with both hands and pull in. Its worked pretty well for me.
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No. He had a grip on my lapel and a grip on my knee. It's a really good, basic pass. He didn't pass my guard because I transitioned to open, but if I help on to closed guard, he probably would have forced my knee down and went for the knee slide pass.
I don't have any problems with the elbows digging into the thigh. Every BJJ'er learns how to counter that within his 2nd month.