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ＮａｎｏＢｒｅａｋｄｏｗｎ Attacking the Far Arm Bar from the Williams Guard / Shoulder Pin. After establishing the frame on the trapped arm your attacks will now be setup by the position of your opponents free arm. If they have kept an inside bicep tie with their free arm or kept it on your chest, which is normally good defense and then choose to drive back into you to square their hips it will set up an importunity to attack with a far arm bar. As the frame will ensure that you keep your angle even though they are driving back towards you. Even if you only have some angle remaining and they look to bring their hand back toward the inside space you may still have a chance to attack with the far arm bar. If they then elect to pull away then it opens up the opportunity to attack with triangles and omoplatas which I will examine in parts 3 and 4 of this Nano Breakdown series. 🌊🎯🔥 . . . . . . . #shoulderpin #williamsguard #thegroundmarshalguard #neilmelanson #shawnwilliams #nanobreakdown #sonnybrownbreakdown #bjjlife #bjjlifestyle #brazilianjiujitsu #grappling . @bjjscout @shawnwilliamsbjj @holdsworthmma @mma_hull https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyCBUFJDvM/?igshid=we3jt4016w94

ＮａｎｏＢｒｅａｋｄｏｗｎ Nano Breakdown of the Shoulder Pin / Williams Guard that gives an overview of the position. It's a trapping guard that provides control over your opponent's posture and can be similar to rubber guard but requires less flexibility as you only need to bring your knee to your shoulder. The trapping nature gives you excellent control which will prevent an opponent from striking with any power in MMA but does also limit the ability to take the back, sweeping and choking options. Setups will aim to get an overhook on the opponent which can be when they place a hand on the mat or from pummeling in, then wrapping behind your leg to lock your hands together creating a frame. Gripping options for the frame can vary, but a gable grip would be typical. The frame will then block the opponents head by keeping it at a 90-degree angle, or Neil Melanson prefers to drive it up into the collar bone. Ideally, you want to be on your side with a hip angle and not flat on your back when playing the guard, which will provide you with more attacking opportunities. You will then have a hooking arm and leg which will lead to a trapped arm and leg on your opponent with the other side acting as the free arm and leg. The most common attacks will then be the armbar, triangle and omoplata which will be set up dependant on the opponent's free arm position and if they are driving into the frame or pulling away from it. I will look closer at these attacks in future Nano Breakdowns. Prominent advocates for it are Shawn Williams where it gets the name Williams Guard from which was given to it by John Danaher and Neil Melanson who calls it the Shoulder Pin which he detailed in his excellent triangle chokes book. People who have used it in competition include Dean Lister, Dominyka Obelenyte, Braulio Estima, Clark Gracie, Roger Gracie, Marcin Held, Jimy Hettes, Jake Swinney & Chris Holdsworth. 🌊🎯🔥 . . . . . . . #shoulderpin #williamsguard #thegroundmarshalguard #neilmelanson #shawnwilliams #nanobreakdown #sonnybrownbreakdown #bjjlife #bjjlifestyle #brazilianjiujitsu #grappling https://www.instagram.com/p/CCms3YjJz3N/?igshid=uxgxa6fa04qm