Lapel Zombie System
Be ready to become your sparring partners biggest headache in sparring and your opponents worst nightmare.
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Introduction
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Start Here
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Worm Guard
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Worm Tilt Sweep
This is one of the first sweeps I learned starting lapel guard. Super strong sweeping attack that gives your opponent no guard upon sweeping and can potentially give you mount or an arm bar.
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Back Take
This is a back take variation from worm guard.
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RDL Worm backtake (STRONGEST)
This is the reverse de la worm. Structurally this is the strongest worm guard variation that results in the back. This is a strong guard that if defended well gives you access to other lapels guards in the Lapel Zombie System.
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RDL Sweep+Arm Bar
This is a great attack especially if your opponent defends the back take well. This will chain extremely well to either mount or arm bar.
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RDL Worm set up from Guard Retention
This is a great set up for reverse de la worm from them passing to the outside
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Gubber Guard (Lapel Closed Guard)
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Intro to Gubber Guard
This is a perfect introduction to rubber guard. For sure start here before going into the gubber guard system.
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Triangle
This is one of the stronger attacks from Gubber guard. The triangle choke.
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Arm Bar
The arm bar from Gubber guard isn’t just a strong submission. It’s a devastating submission that gives little to no room to escape.
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Omoplata
This is another submission option from the Gubber guard. One of the fun things about this position that’s makes it a hair different than just a omoplata. Is the far lapel control. This gives you more options to finish but more importantly, control.
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Course FAQ
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Guard retention wise you will see almost immediate results after you finish the first section. You will notice even with the higher belts, once you get the lapel. It will be incredibly difficult for them to pass your guard.
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I would 100% get the guard retention section down first. Once you finish there I would look through the worm guard and reverse de la worm section. This was the order I first learned lapel guard when I was a blue belt. As I started seeing people avoid giving me the leg I wanted to play de la riva. I started learning squid guard style. Another option is to start with gubber guard because you start from closed guard.
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A good general rule of thumb is about 3 months to get it down pretty well in sparring and about 6 months to get it so strong into your game you don’t have to think. You just “do.” Few things to speed this process up. 1: rewatch the course to make sure you remember all the small details. 2: proactively try and hit it in sparring and mix in situational rounds. 3: ask me questions. :)
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When you study those that play lapel guard or you spar someone who plays lapel guard. You will notice they generally have 1 or 2 styles of attack. When you play lapel guard the way that I do. You will notice not matter which lapel you have, which leg they have forward, no matter the posture or size. We will have answers. The goal is the develop a complete system of offense. This is Lapel Zombie Guard.