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Closed-guard system

Posture, isolation, dilemma. Not a single sweep.

Adapted from InGrappling, Closed-guard system. System Games did not invent this curriculum.

See the armbar/triangle dilemma after you can hold closed guard.

Invariants. INV-G03 · INV-14

Techniques. Guard / Retention · Armbar · Triangle

Games

Closed Guard OffenseGuard · Guard offenseArmbar vs Triangle — The Guard Dilemmaclosed-guard · armbar · triangle · dilemma · CLA · nogi-friendly