Key Takeaways
- This No-Gi BJJ DVD offers a basic closed guard variation aimed at constantly attacking.
- Presents the Chopstick Guard variation, going over entries, sweeps, and submissions.
- Contains plenty of attacking combinations that revolve around the same few staple moves.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 8 out of 10.
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The closed guard is an inevitable piece of BJJ, so why not figure out the best way to play it? Here’s a thought — you don’t have to play it like everyone else does in your academy. It’s better that you figure out your own version of it.
Understandably, not everyone has ideas on how to get to their own closed guard, which is the perfect moment to look into the Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD. You can either use it to set up the Chopstick Guard or use it as inspiration to develop your own brand of closed guard madness.
Can you Use Chopsticks?
There are many different versions of the closed guard out there. It is one of the main reasons why people tend to use it so much when they get put under pressure — they have a version that works for them.
But how do you figure out your closed guard version, especially if you’re a white or blue belt still trying to make sense of everything? Well, the first piece of advice I give my students in terms of closed guard is to use their legs.
In case you haven’t noticed, it is the legs that provide the power in the position and that tip the scales toward your advantage. Wrapping the legs around the hips is not enough to control someone and set up attacks — you need to actively use them.
Most successful closed guard variations include experimentation in the placement of the legs — the Rubber guard, the Williams guard, the Rat guard… Now, there’s another iteration that also makes a lot of sense — the Chopstick Guard, covered in the Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD.
ADCC Champ Adele Fornarino
Not many ladies in the BJJ World can enjoy the status of an expert submission hunter. With a rate of 82% finishes, Adele Fornarino is so far in the lead, I doubt we’ll see anyone catching up to her any time soon. Helena Crevar might be chasing, but Adele is far from done tapping people out yet.
The 25-year-old black belt under David Hart (Machado lineage) has been involved in Jiu-Jitsu for over 15 years. She got her black belt fairly recently, in 2022, but has since won the ADCC (weight and absolute), Pans, Euros, and ADCC Trials. It is clear she has what it takes to rule the women’s divisions.
Let’s add to that a pending rivalry with Ffion Davies, which will hopefully gain the momentum of rivalries such as that of Basilio and Mesquita. Given the quality of both Ffion and Adele, and their upcoming rematch (Ffion won the first by RNC) on UFC Fight Pass, I expect we won’t have to wait too long for fireworks.
Adele has also been very active with digital teaching. The closed guard Adele Fornarino DVD we’re looking at today is her second instructional, with another title covering the same subject already reviewed by us.
Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD Review
Five volumes, more than three hours of material, more submissions than you can handle, and a fresh new variation of the closed guard — there’s no reason to skip over the Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD:
Part 1 – The Chopstick Guard
Adele delivers a very easy-to-use adaptation of the closed guard in her Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD. It is very easy for anyone to pull off, so I guess the fundamental part checks out.
With efficiency in mind, Fornarino focuses a lot on using the legs in the closed guard (something many miss these days) through her Chopstick closed guard variation. The concept, broken down fully in this first volume, is easy to understand and undoubtedly effective, particularly in No-Gi.
Part 2 – Entries
Getting to the closed guard is a much more difficult task than it seems, especially when you’re looking for a specific version of the guard. In the second portion of the Adele Fornarino Closed Guard DVD, the Aussie grappler provides several routes to the Chopstick Guard.
She covers both standing and grounded guard setups, with the most notable being the combat base entry — she offers a basic and an advanced version of it.
Part 3 – Sweeps
Getting on top requires more dedication and intent, so the third part of the Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD contains a lot more chapters than the previous two combined.
Here, Adele looks into some classics, such as the sit-up, scissors, and flower sweep, but with an added twist. You guessed it — she adjusts this super fundamental (and effective) sweep trio to her Chopstick Guard, while also creating opportunities for other sweeps, such as overhead and lumberjacks.
Part 4 – Submissions
If you’ve ever seen Fornarino grapple, you know that the straight armbar is her preferred weapon — 16 of her 32 submission wins come via this submission.
In the penultimate part of this Adele Fornarino Closed Guard DVD, she shares some of the details that make her such a proficient arm collector. Chapters include a 20-minute-long breakdown of Chopstick Guard armbar setups, a quick standing armbar version, and where the triangle choke fits in setting armbars up.
Part 5 – Submission Combos
Finally, as we reach the end of the Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD, she launches into the different ways you can finish someone from the closed guard. In the longest volume in this instructional, Adele delivers more armbars (no surprise there), but also triangles, Omoplatas, and Kimuras.
The best part about this volume, however, is not the number of ways you can tap people out with, but rather the combinations you can make with those moves. Long story short, you’ll either choke or armlock just about everyone using the system, and for those that you can’t finish, unstoppable sweep connections are waiting.
Finding Your Closed Guard
Figuring out your own version of closed guard will take tinkering, time, and lots of failures. For those who have not been grappling long, this might even seem like an impossible task. That is where instructionals such as the Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD enter the frame.
Until such time that you can figure out something yourself, copy others! In fact, don’t just copy anyone — copy those who are the best at what they’re doing! Adele is certainly a master armbar finisher, but that success only comes on top of the impeccable guard base she has to set armbars up.
The moral of this story is that the closed guard you pick shouldn’t just be a guard for the sake of doing something when your back is on the mats. Instead, you should be using your guard to get to a final goal, such as an armbar, a triangle, or a back take. Only when you set it up with a goal in mind will your guard start to make sense.
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Scary Basics!
Keep a few basic tricks up your sleeve at all times. This is a piece of advice I wish someone had given to me when I was going through the belts. The Closed Guard Fundamentals Adele Fornarino DVD is the perfect resource to help you figure out how to catch people from the guard, using fundamentals when the fancy stuff doesn’t work. Try it out — you might even end up making it the centerpiece of your game!
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