Single Leg X Guard

Single Leg X-Guard presents another potent strategy often employed as a strong base to control just one single leg for great base and overall balance while attacking with limb controls when playing from an open position. It has an area of greater effectiveness in no-gi-styled systems of grappling and is often performed against an upright base that is standing rather than on the ground due to limited availability from clothing-based grips and positioning when applying. The application mostly entails hooking the leg firmly onto your opponent's outer areas as an anchor, with the free leg in close near the hips to make sure all base motions can have added push. These positioning strategies, with added grips, all serve one fundamental function, which is to maintain strong controlling power while allowing fluid motion options into a new position. It serves as the foundation of control before implementing effective sweep systems from it into a more effective and attacking X-guard or using specific limb control opportunities through strong positions made using correct grip control strategies to enhance effectiveness when controlling at a distance. The single leg X is commonly abbreviated to SLX.