Couldn't agree more, jumping guard will be largely illegal soon, just wondering how many people need to crippled before it happens. If it's an open weight match and a 160 pounder jumps on someone who weighs 220 fine but when athletes are of similar size no way. Nothing against the guard, it may be the most important position in the sport but if someone is so desperate to get to their guard I suggest they may need to round out their game.

Your comment is exactly why these rules don’t make sense. According to AGF, your son’s were in the dominant position and yet, they were submitted from there.

@@haroldw9054 yes they was submitted but the rules make it to where you just can’t pull guard and lay there or for my kids pin and lay there because they also got warnings this time too for them to keep moving on top with a pin and it allowed the person on their back a better chance. I’m not saying pulling guard isnt a weapon because it beat my kids but you shouldnt look for the rules to benefit your chances of winning if your well rounded you should be able to go into any grappling tournament with any rules and be able to compete at a high level . It showed us the holes that my kids have in their game and now they are going to attend bjj classes starting this week to help fill these gaps . So thanks to AGF they brought over more kids to bjj bc we need both top and ground game

@@alexr8906 the rules actually benefit the player in the weaker position. Being able to pass someone’s guard is part of being well rounded. If you’re in someone’s closed guard, you basically have no offensive possibilities. At the same time, the guard player has a wide array of submissions available to him. Why would the top player be rewarded for not being able to pass guard?

@@haroldw9054 plus why would you not want all our kids to be badass on the top and ground we aren’t enemies we all can learn from each other and make all our kids well rounded and ready to represent USA as a strong hold for martial arts you think other countries are just focused on pulling gaurd ? We need to keep up with the times so America doesn’t fall behind and we can represent our country proudly in this sport and I believe that’s what AGF is doing is making it to where our kids have to figure out more ways than one to get that win and I think that’s great I’m not upset my boys lost it was a great experience for them and it gets them used to uncomfortable positions and makes them work harder bc some of them kids are lethal on their back straight assassins so I definitely want my kids to learn that game too!!

@@haroldw9054 I think you reading to far into in sir bc my sons was in guard most Of the tournament and never got a point for just being there they got the 2 points for the takedown and then had to hold it for 3 seconds to get those but while they were in guard, they never got a point for just being there. I’ve seen someone get points for submission attempt on top and actually I seen a bunch of matches where they won from guard because they attacked with submissions, whether triangle or armbar etc.. so I believe it’s all about attacking from whatever position your in top or bottom and if you don’t move you get penalized. And that’s fine for me. Makes it more action and makes the kids think quicker.