Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ instructional covering how to get out of the closed guard.
- You’ll learn how to use standing and kneeling methods to open the closed guard, most of them illegal.
- Features counters to common reactions that guarantee the closed guard won’t remain closed.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 7 out of 10.
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The move that was once taught to everyone in their very first class of Jiu-Jitsu (I know, it seems completely carzy these days) is the move that is still causing problems to people, even those with black belts around their waists.
Opening the closed guard is never going to be an easy thing, but it doesn’t have to be an impossible task. The one thing missing is a reliable way to open the closed guard in Gi and No-Gi, that will work most of the times you do it and against partners of all levels and builds. The Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD offers much-neede answers to some of these questions.
The Guard Nobody Can Pass
I don’t care how good you are at Jiu-Jitsu (or you think you are) there is one guard that no grappler alive can pass – the closed guard. The problem is very easy to understand, but equally as difficult to solve. Namely, in order to even think about passing you have to open the closed guard first.
That is where most people run into issues. Opening the closed guard seems easy to understand while you’re training it, but the moment you attempt it against resistance, you end up frazzled and wondering why it doesn’t work. Well, you’re probably going about it all wrong.
The Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD offers a bunch of proven ways to open up any closed guard, without spending too much time on unnecessary things like grips and foot angles. Granted, most of the stuff in it is not legal or gray-zone at best, but it will provide you with information on what works, os that you can tailor your own guard busting game accordingly.
No-Nonsense OG Bill “The Grill” Cooper
If you have no idea who Bill Cooper is, you must have joined BJJ after Covid. For those that know who ‘The Grill’ is, you already know you’re in for a great instructional, with lots of banter, and just as many valuable techniques in the Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD.
Bill got his black belt from Ricardo Miller, as part of the Paragon Jiu-Jitsu crew that included his close friend Jeff Glover. Cooper is one of the youngest Americans to get his black belt, and was known a sa very aggressive top player with a knack for finding, or better said, inventing, submissions on the go.
The OG grapplers also has an impressive MMA run in the late 2000s, ending up with a 4-2 record across different promotions such as WFC, Strikeforce and Gladiator Challenge. In BJJ, he has a record of 49-34, with submission victories over the likes of Wilson Reis, Alan Finfou, Otavio Sousa and Rodrigo Cavaca.
Full Guard Busters Bill Cooper DVD Review
Bill Cooper spends about an hour and a half offering his take on the different ways yo can get tout of the closed guard. The Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD is a No-Gi instructional, divided into three parts, and featuring another OG in Alex West as Cooper’s uke.
Part 1 – Can Openers
If you expected an instructional filled with legal techniques in the Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD, you will be disappointed. The OG is all about what works, and there is little doubt that what he offers in this DVD works. The question is, are you willing to use the moves?
Can openers are outlawed in pretty much every rule set out there, and yet, they remain one of the most reliable ways to force open a closed guard. Cooper offers several in his first half hour, including variations inspired form Tito Ortiz and Jeff Glover.
Alternatively, he also provides a legal guard opening option, one that doesn’t feature can opener mechanics. The Glock reach is arguably the smartest move to master from this volume, as it incorporates both an effectively closed guard opener and a guard passing route.
Part 2 – Specialty Openers
This is by far my favorite volume in the entire Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD. In it, “The Grill” showcases true old-school magic, showing you how to transition immediately into attacks if your passing doesn’t work out. What he guarantees is that you’ll be able to open the closed guard.
Examples include the Scorpion Death Lock (yeah, it works outside of pro-wrestling) the Bear Run opener, which is arguably the most beginner-friendly technique in this DVD, and the Glock reach pass, with an optional leg lock finish.
A classic method wraps up the volume, with the knee-in-the-middle opening representing a viable and legal option that still has a panicky pain factor to it, suiting the style of The Grill to a “T”.
Part 3 – Counter Openers
A set of Bill Cooper-level crazy, but effective, moves to deal with usual closed guard attacks and open the guard in the progress are the main subject in the final part of the Bill Cooper Guard Busters DVD.
People hanging on to your waist as you stand up, people trying to grab both ankles, and other similar counters end up countered with some of the same moves as before like the ever-present Glock reach the pass, the Scorpion Death Lock, or the Muay Thai head control.
A few more ‘humane’ methods in the hand on knee and hip pop provide a bit of PG material for those restricted to IBJJF rules.
Killing the Closed Guard
Remember what I wrote earlier in this article about people missing the mark on what matters when they’re trying to open the closed guard? Yeah, it was something about resistance and wasting time on needless details. Let me pile on that notion some more.
All of you who hope to open a closed guard while the bottom person is only trying to stop you from doing it, are in for a very rude awakening, which might even be literal. The closed guard is one of the best traps for attacking for submissions, and before you even think about opening it, you’ll need to be sure you’re not caught in one.
This brings us to tactics. Dealing with the closed guard is sequential – stay safe, open, pass. When you’re watching the Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD all of these will be blended into one, such is the style of Bill Cooper. But do try to notice that in each of his examples, all three of these segments exist, and are always in the same order.
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Busting Open!
Time to bust open some guards and collect a bunch of angry looks as you revert to frowned upon tactics such as can openers and death locks. Nonetheless, use what is in the Guard Busters Bill Cooper BJJ DVD in training, so that you can gain a very important edge in competition! Remember that every illegal technique has a legal version that works just as fine, but is not openly outlawed.
