Ready to take your guard retention to the next level and make your Seated Guard a fortress? Coach Firas Zahabi black belt under the legendary John Danaher and the mastermind behind UFC icon Georges St-Pierre—is back with Powerful Guard Retention: How To Do More with Less Effort – Volume 2, the highly anticipated continuation of his groundbreaking series.
In this volume, Coach Zahabi dives deep into Seated Guard retention, showing you how to neutralize aggressive passers with calm precision, efficient frames, and strategic footwork—no speed, scrambling, or athleticism required. You'll learn how to maintain structure and control while seated, intercepting passes before they even begin.
Built from decades of experience training elite athletes and creating championship-caliber strategies, this minimalist, energy-conserving system is designed to make your seated guard feel sticky, stable, and nearly impossible to breach.
If you want a seated guard that feels effortless, calm, and unbreakable—this is the volume you’ve been waiting for.
In this video you will discover
- How to strip your ankles free
- One Handed Arm Drag vs Ankle Control
- How to take the Back and avoid the Whizzer
- Slide and Load
- Correct Head Position to avoid Guillotine
- Using Head Position as a Frame
- Distance Control vs Underhook
- Shotgun Armbar & Omoplata
- Shotgun Armbar vs Lateral Jumping Opponent
- Timing a Sweep
- How to Create Space
- How to Crowbar the Chin
- How to create a strong Frame
- Yoko Sumi Gaeshi Overview (YSG)
- How to Base Correctly
- Stoping Back Takes
- Correct elbow Position
- How head position dictates control
- Why YSG with a Frame is stronger
- Avoid the biggest problem from YSG
- YSG Roll to K-Guard
- YSG to Up & Over Sweep
- YSG to Kani Basami
- Understanding how to avoid being crushed
- Countering the Arm Triangle
- Stoping the Arm Triangle Choke
- Back Roll to Back Take
- Hip-Heist Counter vs Pass
- Leg Pummelling vs Pass
- YSG vs Side Control
- Foot Post vs Torreando
- Blocking the Inside Step
- Regaining Inside Control
- The Bladed Guard Vs The Square Guard
- The Bladed Guard to Granby Roll
This video is packed with details! You get the equivalent of what you would learn in a 6hr seminar all distilled into about 1hr 29 min. This video has zero fluff or dead time! Every single minute is educational. See why Coach Zahabi's teaching style is favoured by many around the world!
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