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00:31 - When passing a supine guard, there is an unspoken rule in jiu jitsu where the top player engages the guard of the bottom player. However, as the top player we want to put ourselves in a situation where the bottom player cannot entangle us with their legs for extended periods of time. Any guard your opponent wants to play requires a connection of their legs to your body. If we deny this to them, it becomes hard for them to player guard effectively. A good habit to get into is as soon as you make connection with the bottom player, immediately create an angle, which will make it hard for them to entangle you in guard. If you stand right in front of your opponent, even if you have grips all they have to do is break those grips and now they are entangling you. By creating an initial angle, we make it much harder for the bottom player to entangle us in guard.

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