When playing open guard (i.e. spider guard, de la riva, sitting up, etc.) a jiu jitsu player must always maintain four points of contact. These four points include two hands and two feet. While it may seem very simplistic, maintaining these points of contact can be very difficult to accomplish. Your partner will be constantly working to break these points of contact in an effort to increase his chances of passing. With each additional point of contact increases your percentage of maintaining an open guard position. So, when you are working from open guard just think to yourself “do I have all 4 points of contact in play?”. If you don’t then you need to get working!
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