Armbar From the Guard Tutorial

By Robert Rousseau, About.com Guide

In order to achieve an armbar from the closed guard position, you must first, of course, achieve the closed guard position. In simplified form, by wrapping his legs around the person in the red gi, the person in the white gi (pictures from Team Tooke), has achieved this.

The guard position allows a practitioner to fight from their back and is a staple of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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