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Summary: In jujitsu, use the open guard defense tactic if necessary in order to defend against the axe kick and leaping punch. Find out more about the open guard position with tips from a professional martial artist in this free video on jujitsu.
Dan "The Wolfman" Theodore has more than 22 years of martial arts training and over 11 years of mixed martial arts and grappling experience. Theodore fought in three Daidojuku Kudo...read more
"Okay guys, next, you're knocked on your butt, you're defending yourself, there's multiple opponents, the mass of the attack took you down. This is very important. You got to play an open guard game, I've done this when like ten people were trying to attack me. So, defend yourself from the kicks with open guard here, if he tries to kick my legs, try to kick around, you can use your heels to defend yourself. And then you scoot and kick his knee. There's one way to put your leg on the ground and lift your butt up, you're covering here in case he comes up with like an axe kick or a big leaping punch or something, you defend that. Kick out his knee. If he leans forward to punch down at you, you kick up with the heel towards the chin. Up here, boom. Okay, and you create enough space to kick him away, he doesn't like that, you do the scoot and get up. Put one arm on the ground, this is covering up, lift your butt up, do a kick, and then you're going to move your leg in like an L formation and create distance. How about this front foot, here? Kick it back and get back to standing position, that's how you kick and get up, I'll show you one more time. You're here, you got some distance on the guy now, enough space, create as much distance as you can so you don't just get up and walk into a knee or an elbow or a kick. So that's how kick and get up from open guard and defend yourself while you're down there."
eHow Article: Jujitsu: Open Guard