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5 Ways to Counter & Defend the Berimbolo

By Ruben Avila  · May 2, 2014  · @RubenEAvila

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Don’t escape the berimbolo, accept the berimbolo, be one with the berimbolo.

Let’s keep this concise.  Whether you like the inverted game, 50/50 positions, double guard pulling, or berimbolos, you can’t just turn your head away, plug your ears, and scream, “lalalalalalalalalalala” and hope these strategies go away.

They won’t.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.  Because, more than likely, someone is eventually going to use them against you to sweep you off your feet and take your breath away.  Pun intended.  So, in the spirit of keeping things concise.

If you don’t personally want to employ these tactics, then simply abstain.

But, do yourself the service of at least understanding how they work and having some go to rebuttal techniques and strategies, so that when these punk ass inverted dudes try them you can win the transition and laugh in their face.  Then you can tell them how Royce Gracie would never berimbolo, “cuz he keep it real yo.”  Furthermore, you can go back to rubber guarding them to their death or using the good old patented gracie jiu-jitsu techniques that pass the Helio filter.

I kid.

5 Ways to Defend and Counter Berimbolo Attacks

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Having Trouble With Spider Guard? Start With This Basic Spider Guard Sweep.

By Ruben Avila  · October 24, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

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Basic Spider Guard Sweep

The spider guard is a facet of the open guard that cannot be ignored.  Quite simply, if you don’t have a good understanding of spider guard fundamentals, you will be doing your open guard, and overall jiu-jitsu by extension, a huge disservice.  You don’t have to be a spider guard player, or open guard player, or even a guard player at all to make it a point to learn basic spider guard fundamentals.

Start your spider guard journey with this basic spider guard sweep taught by American world champion Marcos “Yemaso” Torregrosa.

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