Attacking From Guard Bundle by Gordon Ryan: No-Gi Open and Closed Guard Systems

What it teaches

This bundle is positioned as a three-course no-gi guard curriculum: seated open guard, supine open guard, and closed guard. The product source says it includes “Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Seated Position,” “Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Supine Position,” and “Systematically Attacking From Closed Guard.”

The open-guard material focuses on building attacks from both seated and supine positions: seated entries such as shoulder-crunch sumi gaeshi, double kouchi gari, and leg entries; and supine systems built around sweeps, back takes, leg locks, X guard, De La Riva, and Reverse De La Riva.

Our assessment is that this is best read as a guard-system bundle rather than a single-position course: it asks the student to connect bottom-position goals across distance, body position, off-balancing, entries, and follow-up attacks.

Curriculum overview

Who it is for

This bundle fits no-gi grapplers who want a broad bottom-game study plan rather than a narrow technique collection. The product describes seated, supine, and closed guard systems together, and the component sources emphasize systematic goals and reactions.

It may be especially relevant for students who already play open guard but need clearer links between off-balancing, leg entries, sweeps, back exposure, and submission threats. The supine source repeatedly connects X guard, ashi garami, back takes, and leg locks; the seated source connects 2-on-1s, kouchi attacks, sumi gaeshi, and leg entries.

Prerequisites

The sources do not state a required belt rank, but the curriculum assumes comfort with no-gi guard vocabulary such as ashi garami, X guard, De La Riva, Reverse De La Riva, sumi gaeshi, arm drags, and inversion-related entries.

Our suggested prerequisite is not a rank, but a training base: you should be able to safely drill leg entanglement entries, inversions, and basic open-guard retention before trying to absorb the entire bundle at once.

Format and gi/no-gi status

The supplied brief verifies the format as no-gi. The product page also describes the bundle as “no-gi guard,” and the component pages identify no-gi-specific material such as no-gi De La Riva, Reverse De La Riva, and berimbolo work.

The product source says the courses can be streamed or downloaded through the BJJ Fanatics app. It also says the seated and supine open-guard courses include live rolling and real-time breakdown/commentary elements.

Strengths

A major strength is positional coverage. Instead of isolating one guard, the bundle combines seated open guard, supine open guard, and closed guard, which helps students map different bottom positions into a broader attacking framework.

The open-guard components appear especially strong for students who want decision trees, not just individual moves. The seated source references goal setting, distance management, grip fighting, reactions, and live rolling breakdowns; the supine source includes interfaces between inside/outside leg positioning, X-guard variations, DLR/RDLR, and trilemmas.

Limitations

Research limitation: the supplied snapshot gives detailed lesson information for the seated and supine open-guard components, but not for the closed-guard component. The bundle page confirms a closed-guard system for sweeping and submitting, but it does not provide the same granular topic list in the supplied evidence.

Buy less, or choose a single component first, if your current training need is only one slice of guard. The sources show that seated and supine open guard are substantial standalone components, so the full bundle may be broader than necessary for a narrow short-term goal.

Suggested study order

Our suggested order is to begin with seated open guard if you often initiate from upright/seated engagement, because that component emphasizes distance management, concave shoulders, 2-on-1 gripping, arm drags, kouchi attacks, elevation, sumi gaeshi, and leg-entry transitions.

Then study the supine course to connect your back-to-the-mat guard to ashi garami, X guard, De La Riva, Reverse De La Riva, berimbolo/crab-ride threats, and back exposure. Consider saving the closed-guard course for a separate block because the supplied sources do not reveal its detailed progression.

Bundle or individual courses

Consider the bundle if you want the seated, supine, and closed-guard materials together as one guard curriculum. The product explicitly packages the three series together, while the related products supplied for comparison are individual open-guard components.

Choose an individual component instead if your problem is clearly narrower: seated guard for engagement, hand fighting, arm drags, sumi gaeshi, kouchi, and shin-to-shin/ashi entries; supine guard for X guard, DLR/RDLR, inversions, leg entanglements, back takes, and berimbolo-style transitions.

Alternatives within the supplied research

Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Seated Position is the focused alternative for players who want to start from seated open guard and build attacks through hand fighting, 2-on-1s, arm drags, kouchi attacks, sumi gaeshi, and leg entries without committing to the full guard bundle.

Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Supine Position is the focused alternative for students who spend more time on their back and want X guard, De La Riva, Reverse De La Riva, no-gi berimbolo, crab-ride, back-take, and leg-lock pathways. It differs from the bundle by excluding the seated and closed-guard courses.

• Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Seated Position by Gordon Ryan — check current price · Read our guide
• Systematically Attacking From Open Guard Supine Position by Gordon Ryan — check current price · Read our guide

Purchase guidance

Consider buying the bundle if your goal is a long-form no-gi guard curriculum that connects seated open guard, supine open guard, and closed guard, and you are willing to work through overlapping concepts such as off-balancing, entries, and follow-up dilemmas across positions.

Consider waiting or choosing a component if you need verified detail on the closed-guard curriculum before purchase. The supplied evidence confirms that a closed-guard course is included, but does not provide its lesson breakdown in this research snapshot.