In our recent post we covered striking from the standing position or open guard position and like we promised in today’s article posting we are going to cover how to strike from the bottom guard.

Many fighters think that when you are on the bottom that you just need to protect yourself. Well this isn’t true. When you are in the bottom guard position you also need to be on the offensive so that you can get out from the bottom position and the only way to accomplish this is to be on the offensive as well as be defensive at the same time. So learning how to cover your exposed elements to your opponent while maintaining a good offense is key.

In the following videos it will show you how you can maintain a good defense in the bottom guard while at the same time executing a good offense.

MMA Champion Tito Ortiz showing us some examples of really good bottom striking

The guys over at Damage Control MMA showing us some really good defensive moves as well as the offensive moves from the bottom guard

Another Awesome video from Damage Control MMA showing 3 varieties of arm trap striking from the bottom guard position.

MMA Champion Chuck Liddell Showing how to use the elbows from the guard position to strike.

Brian Yamasaki demonstrates a series of basic posture breaking methods which is a good defensive move from the guard to deal with a variety of different hand positions and hold downs

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In today’s lesson we are going to over striking from the guard position. Striking from the guard in the top position can be a highly effective technique to inflict pain on your opponent. When you are striking from the guard be sure to use your arms,forearms and elbows if they are allowed.

Use your fists and forearms to strike your opponent and if you see a weak or vulnerable point by all means go for that first. IE.. your opponent has a cut over his eye, then you must try to concentrate your strikes to that area because it will inflict as much damage as possible, and the chances that the ref. will stop the fight will greatly increase.

One thing to remember when you are being on the offensive from the top guard position is that your opponent will be working on ways to get you into a submission so be aware and take the proper action to try and avoid this.

To show you some ways to strike from the top position we have included some videos here for you to get a better idea.

Striking Practice on a Bag

Red Schaeffer Showing some basic striking from the guard position

Joe Lauzon Showing How To Strike From Inside The Guard

David Hogan Showing His techniques For Striking

Mario Sperry Showing His Striking Techniques

The Guys Over at Imformed performance Showing Us their techniques

Fedor Emelianenko Exhibiting His Tehniques

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Also we will be posting a lesson very soon on striking in the bottom guard position.