Modern Jiu-Jitsu has dozens, if not hundreds, of different types of guard...and that number is only going to grow as we continue to innovate.  This week Steve and Matt discuss how you can group guards into categories to more easily understand them.Mental models discussed in this episode:Types of Guardhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/types-of-guard/Phases of Guardhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/phases-of-guard/Kinetic Chainshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains/Dictate the Pacehttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/dictate-the-pace/Committed Techniqueshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/committed-techniques/Body Tetheringhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/body-tethering/Need more BJJ Mental Models?Get tips, tricks, and breakthrough insights from our mailing list:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/join/Get nitty-gritty details on our mental models from the full database:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database/Let them know you're an educated grappler with our merch:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/store/Get the latest BJJ Mental Models updates from Facebook:https://facebook.com/bjjmentalmodels/Music by Enterprize:https://enterprize.bandcamp.com/