We have seen that the basis of positional control in a real fight is the ability to get past an opponent's legs and into a truly dominant pin. When looking at the guard from the bottom fighter's perspective, we saw that there are two basic varieties of guard position.
1. The closed guard: Here your opponent is on his back with his legs wrapped around your waist and his feet crossed. The first problem that confronts you when you attempt to pass the closed guard is breaking the guard open by uncrossing his feet. Until this occurs, you are not able to pass the guard.
2. The open guard: In this case, your opponent is on either his back or his buttocks with his legs in front of you. Here, you have no need to break the guard open, the issue becomes one of simply getting past the legs.
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