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I was a brand new blue belt - no stripes and just drowning in technique. I was messing with some open guards and barely knew anything. I didn't know anything about X guard except the "trip lift sweep" and I barely knew that. One night we had this visiting professor - He was pretty hard core, and real hard to please. He was watching me roll and he kinda starts narrating what's going on. My opponent stands and I go to De La Riva. And so this guy is like.... OK, OK we got some open guard going over here, we got some De La Riva. Then the other guy starts passing it and he's like - OK, we got a pass, here we go... Then I go to X guard and all of a sudden he starts getting really excited...X guard, X guard, and then I sweep the guy. He starts hyping me up like it's Oprah saying - This guy needs a stripe, this guy needs a stripe, he's not a slick brand new blue belt with that, he needs a stripe right now - and he ran over to the desk and was like - where's the tape I got to give this guy a stripe right now... and he gave me a stripe on the spot.

Absolutely love X-guard! It's such a powerful position. Thanks for these videos Jordan!

Let’s get a reverse dlr video!

These concept videos are the best.

Awesome video Jordan! Definitely taking a mental note if this

Awesome video! I have recently discovered the power of the X-guard and it is very useful against larger opponents!

Considering how much you use it I’d love a shin on shin guard vid Jordan 🙌 great vid as always

Yet another great short instructional for x-guard. I would love to see more rolling footage. Thanks Jordan.

Very nice video Jordan! Thank you

Great tips as always! I used to get put in X-guard a lot by this one purple belt, and I learned a lot from this video about what he was looking for. Also a very chill vibe before bed with those beats!

It’s the best guard cause - it’s not a guard. It’s a pre- sweep setup.

Many thanks for this overview, well appreciated 😊

Good to see some instructional content! Thanks!!

awesome video! Really great details and instruction, clearly have a good well versed deep understanding of Xguard. i love using it as well and am excited to get to work sharpening it thanks to your video! osss thank you and have a great time on the mats!

Watched this video 5 times before class and hit the entries and sweeps all night thanks to the details and demonstrations. Thank you!

quality as always 🍾

Love X Guard! I've been experimenting with it quite a lot recently. Thank you for this!

Excellent! Great B-roll examples. Maybe spider and lasso variations soon?

Awesome tutorial as always! That shin on shin entry is awesome. I only know the transition to deep half right now. More Shin on shin tutorial please.

Awesome video, I'll be practicing this! You should cover collar sleeve next!

Love the X-guard, specifically for entering the crab ride and backtake. Great content as always, Jordan, love from Aus 🇦🇺

cool! I've been working on De La Riva for a minute now and just realised that I always end up in some variation of the X guard when my opponent grip fights my feet! Will be working on the basics that you're showing here. Good stuff man!

Excellent instruction! We call the “go behind” position referenced here the “Backside X”. It is my absolute favorite way to sweep directly to Leg Drag 🤙🤙

I've have been using the Xguard effectively since 2007 but this variations that you are showing in this video is going to improve my Xguard drastically. Good video!

Thanks so much for making this overview! I was thinking of paying for a private lesson to go over X-Guard, but this answers all my questions. 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for this Video 🙌

Dela Riva guard would be a good one to cover IMO considering the similarities that I see as a lower belt.

I've been using xguard more in my game recently and I think I like it a lot more than de la riva or any other guard. This video is great because sometimes I forget which sweeps are available. Thank you!

I think it would be great to see a tier list of guards in bjj.

I was waiting for this one! Incredible as usual! Are you planning on making a video about triggers in BJJ? (the open elbow for the kimura etc.)?

This video is amazing 🤩

I agree! X guard is definitely my favorite!

Thanks Jordan!!

Jordan, love the videos, man. Been folllowing you for a long time. I was wondering, im in the UK and ive trained BJJ for around 4 years. Im considering a vacation to america in the summer and wondered if you let people swing by and train anytime? 👍

Awesome vid… also love x guard. Got promoted to blue yesterday

Amazing thank you!

Much thanks ❤

X guard rules ! Wonderful video as always !

Thanks for the video. What do you think about the modified x?

Perfect timing- my coach recently said X guard is useless in No Gi but great in Gi. Curious to watch this and get your take. Saving this for after work.

Awesome video! Let’s roll berimbolo!!

Nice review of X-guard.

Could you please do one on breaking the single leg X then diving for the hips in order to take the back?? Thx for these videos professor Jordan!!

very nice video

My favourite guard, especially love going for a back take from X guard

Easily digestible and applicable information as always - what would we do without this dude

Yes I agree, X guard is very strong because it is very versatile in the meta, nice entries and nice options, and it works against mostly every people even if they are strong or big

super thanks

Thanks

As you continue to explore CLA, it would be awesome if you could go into some invariants of the positions you're presenting. More focus on attention and intention would be cool too. Then a small game? At the end you seemed to hit on a good possible win condition, take the back or get their hips to the mat. What would be a win condition for top? What must they do to extricate themselves? Would likely be remove/defeat the invariants?

Hey Jordan when is that New rolling commentary coming out with Zuka BJJ love the videos very informative. Keep up the great work 👍.

Hey Jordan, just did my first comp as a white belt and was wondering if you have any footage of your matches as a white belt and would want to review them.

agreed.. just tough to get to.. oss

Just what I needed , I work X Guard out deep half,

I love x-guard. It's always there, right in the middle of everything and you can set up so much from it.

Do you recommend this guard to whitebelts as their first? Also love the video

The go behind I have heard coaches refer to as sneaking out the back door. More common when escaping from underneath a high mount but still the same technique

So condensed it’s very hard to understand. Do you have a tutorial on it? I understood the one with the bottom leg instep hook behind their knee, top leg hooked over their thigh. Is that x guard or single leg x ? Forgive me I’m new to this Jordan 🙏

RDLR Rubber guard basics Lockdown / Deep Half

Marcelo Garcia's North South choke would be awesome

Would you mind making a video about how new white belts can protect themselves from being injured while sparring with other new white belts who don't know what the F$&K they are doing and conflate force with technique? Thank you SO MUCH! Love the videos!

7:30 when did Jrod stop by for training? ;)

You should do an X guard instructional

Can you do one of these for butterfly?

could you do a video on dela riva next?

Please now cover escaping from X guard so we can see both sides on the coin.

I love x guard and single leg x. However, my knees that were bullet proof for the last 33 years have both had big injuries as a result of these guards. Lcl and acl. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

My coach learned x from marcelo he always says its the best guard because its not a guard its a sweep

X-Guard is the best guard!!

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i have a training partner who's 1.95m tall and his legs are long as fuck. X-guard doesn't work on him with my shorter legs (we're both purples).

I consider x-guard to be a sweeping position rather than a guard. The name is misleading imo.

I’m starting in a few weeks how do people balance this with lifting weights

😊😊😊 there was no getting past your guard

Your a MMA fighter?

Qhy dony you comepte

I propose a new Marvel movie - X Guardians

the best guard is donkey guard. it is a ass of a guard

Just started playing the X guard game recently, this vid is sick and super helpful 🫡

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