Andrew Wiltse – Wrestle Up

Andrew Wiltse – Wrestle Up

Black Belt Andrew Wiltse provides functional knowledge on how to wrestle up from the open guard!

• Learn how to play the guards, how to get into them, and how back & forth movements and hip adjustments make all the difference.
• Find yourself in the right position so you can actually use your wrestling and nail high percentage moves.
• Pan American Champion Andrew Wiltse leaves absolutely nothing out when it comes to mastering the use of the open guard.

What Will You Learn?

Continuously getting yourself into a better and more dominant position is the ultimate goal in Jiu Jitsu. Being on the bottom is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when you know how to effectively play open guard. This series provides everything you need to evolve your open guard into a system you can use to sweep, submit, transition to different guards, and win.

This 6 part instructional is strategically broken into all of the most important aspects of wrestling up from the open guard. First, gain a general overview of the position as a whole and learn how to use butterfly hooks to move yourself and seamlessly maintain your guard. Explore the shin on shin position and all of its variations, and use it to chase the back or snach up the calf slice.

Andrew provides a complete breakdown of single X and X guard, going into detail with high level entries, and using the position effortlessly against fully resisting opponents. Turn your half guard game into a great asset with creative entries, focusing on underhooks and proper hip control. Additionally, make sure your mechanics are top notch for finishing single legs and aggressive body locks.

Andrew Wiltse is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt who represents the Pedigo Submission Fighting Academy. He is currently the number 6th ranked no-gi grappler in the world at 185 pounds, and possesses a long list of world titles. One of the most satisfying parts of Andrew’s game is that you can see the practical application of all the techniques he teaches as he competes at the highest of levels. Don’t wait a second longer to get into the open guard techniques being used by world champions!

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1

• INTRODUCTION
  

  SEATED GUARD

• SEATED GUARD OVERVIEW
  

  BUTTERFLY HOOKS

• USING AND IMPROVING
• MAINTAINING SEATED GUARD
• FAILED TO MAINTAIN SEATED GUARD
  

  DUMMY SWEEP

• OPEN GUARD
• WRESTLING UP FROM DUMMY SWEEP
• ARM DRAG
  

  PART 2

  SHIN ON SHIN

• GETTING INTO IT
• OVERVIEW
• SHIN ON SHIN DUMMY SWEEP/WRESTLE UP
• CHASING THE WRIST
• SHIN ON SHIN TO SINGLE X
• SHIN ON SHIN HANDS POSTED
• OVERVIEW HANDS POSTED
• WRESTLING UP WITH FAR ARM
• CHASING THE BACK
• CALF SLICER
  

  PART 3

  SINGLE X ENTRIES – 6:27

• OVERVIEW FROM SINGLE X
• TECHNICAL STAND UP
• SINGLE X DUMMY SWEEP
• SINGLE LEG X CHASING THE WRIST
• SINGLE X TO MATRIX/WRESTLE UP
• TRANSITIONING TO X GUARD
  

  PART 4

  X GUARD ENTRIES – 7:15

• X GUARD OVERVIEW
• TECHNICAL STAND UP FROM X GUARD
• DUMMY SWEEP X GUARD
• CHASING WRIST FROM X GUARD
• CHASING THE BACK
  

  REVERSE DLR

• ENTRIES
• DEEP X OFF STEP BACK
• WRESTLING UP FROM REVERSE DLR
  

  PART 5

  HALF GUARD

• ENTRIES
• OVERVIEW
• UNDERHOOKS
• HIP CONTROL
• THE ROLL
• THROW BY
• DOG FIGHT
  

  PART 6

  FINISHING SINGLE LEGS

• TRADITIONAL FINISHES
• FOOTBALL CARRIES
  

  FINISHING BODY LOCKS

• EFFICIENT BODY LOCK FINISHES
• AGGRESSIVE BODY LOCK FINISHES
• OUTRO