From Top
- Don’t allow your opponent to get head control

- Keep good posture – You should be able to look at the ceiling and the floor

- Don’t allow your hands to go to the mat

- Keep your hands on our opponent

- Work on standing passes to avoid the closed guard

- Never put 2 hands on one side

- Don’t allow them to cross their legs

- When your opponent puts their arm under your leg to angle, trap it and sit heavy to that side.

- When creating posture try to walk your hands down their body from the biceps to the chest then hips.

- Never overreach for their hands if they pull them away this is a setup for triangle and armbar

- Do Not Tripod up in Guard unless you are using a Colorado Pass Grip

- Be on your toes from top. Not the top of your foot.