
Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ DVD explaining how to set up and win using the overhook from the closed guard.
- Includes detailed instructions on sweeps, submissions, and back takes.
- Covers how to get to the guard, keep it against passing, and counter common dangerous passes.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 9.5 out of 10.
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The closed guard is something you’ll end up playing—whether you like it or not. It took me a long time to accept this, but once I did, I began searching for the best variation for a small, lazy, injured grappler who loves submissions and trains both with and without the Gi.
That search led me to the overhook closed guard—a concept I originally saw from Leo Vieira. After much experimentation and many DVDs later, I feel uniquely qualified to evaluate what actually works from this position. One quick look at the Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD, and I knew I had found a gem. Check out my full review below.
The Best Closed Guard
One major advantage of the overhook is immediate access to the upper body, while naturally breaking down posture. If there was ever a guard built for triangle chokes, this is it. Sweeping is also quite achievable, especially if you’re comfortable with rolling, Omoplata-style movements.
The obvious downside? You can’t transition straight into leg locks—at least not in the same way you can from standard butterfly-style open guards. That can be addressed with overhook half guard variations, but those come later. First, you need to master the basics—and for that, the Adele Fornarino Overhook Closed Guard DVD is essential.
Australian Grappling Flag Bearer Adele Fornarino
As we await Adele’s highly anticipated match with Ffion Davies on UFC Fight Pass, it turns out she’s been keeping busy. The match was postponed due to an injury to Ffion, and Adele used the extra time wisely—to release a world-class instructional.
Still only 25, Adele Fornarino has taken the BJJ world by storm. She holds an ADCC title (2024), a Pans title, a No-Gi Euro title, and is the reigning under-60 kg GrappleFest champion. Even more impressive? She has finished 32 of her 39 wins by submission—a stat that even her fierce rival Ffion can’t match.
As we await one of the most anticipated rematches in women’s Jiu-Jitsu, the Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD shows exactly why Adele is the future – she can both teach and compete at the highest possible levels in the sport.
Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD Review
This Adele Fornarino Closed Guard DVD contains three volumes and has just under two hours of world-class material covering tactics proven to work on the biggest stages of Jiu-Jitsu:
Part 1 – Key Overhook Concepts
There are subtle nuances to maintaining an overhook from guard—and more importantly, to making things happen from it. The Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD opens by explaining why the overhook works, when to use it, and when it’s better to switch to its counterpart, the underhook.
Establishing the overhook gets detailed attention, as it’s one of the trickier elements to secure from closed guard. Once locked in, though, it’s easy to maintain—provided you’re constantly adjusting, just like Adele demonstrates.
With the position secured, attacks almost unfold naturally. The triangle choke becomes highly accessible. Adele not only addresses common troubleshooting issues but also shares one of the nastiest triangle setups you’ll ever see.
Part 2 – Straight & Bent Armlocks
Arm-snapping finishes take center stage in Volume 2 of the Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD. Straight armbars come first, with Adele showing her favorite armbar-sweep combinations and a highly effective armbar counter to stack passing.
As for bent armlocks, the overhook screams Omoplata. Adele goes far beyond the basic setup, covering a wide array of opponent reactions—rolling, pulling back, stalling—and even presents a smooth answer to the double roll.
Part 3 – Sweeping & Back Takes
The final portion of the Adele Fornarino Overhook Closed Guard puzzle is all about getting on top. Well, that and getting to the back.
The sweeps build on the flower sweep tied to the armbar in the previous volume, extending into scissor sweep territory. Plenty of different No-Gi overhooks scissor sweep options feature here, bringing one of the original high-percentage closed guard sweeps back into the spotlight.
A few more arm lock submissions, opportunistic in nature, appear as follow-ups to sweep attacks, with the Mir Lock standing out. Back exposure, mostly by way of the arm drag, creates the final pathway to victory that Adele offers in this instructional. Well, that and the all-important chapter on putting everything together.
Develop ‘Real’ Guard Skills
What’s the point of the No-Gi guard if you can’t stay in it long enough to attack? Most people think that inverting into leg locks is the way to go, but that strategy might only work if you’re up against another leg locker who thinks the same.
Against a pressure passer like Andrew Tackett or Ffion Davies? Your fancy guard is going to get crushed—and so is your entire game plan.
Before building a submission-oriented system from the bottom, you need to bulletproof your guard. That means learning how to enter and maintain a guard you’re comfortable with—without attacking—for as long as needed.
It’s a grueling, time-consuming task that is only made easier by high-value instructionals such as the Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD.
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Watch Your Arms!
There is only room for one overhook in a BJJ guard tussle, and you better be on the controlling end of it! If your goal is to develop a dangerous, competition-ready guard, then the Overhook Closed Guard Adele Fornarino DVD is for you. Packed with submissions, sweeps, and counters, it helps you stay safe while creating endless problems for all your opponents.