tag:www.atlanticmma.com:feedatommma-blogAtlantic MMA Blog2009-10-28T22:57:43-04:0035.759932-81.330127AtlanticMmahttp://feedburner.google.comtag:www.atlanticmma.com,2009-10-31T10:19:16-04:00:Article4762009-10-31T10:19:16-04:002009-10-31T10:27:00-04:00The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Open GuardOpen guard is kind of difficult to define in the sense that it’s dynamic (constantly changing or moving) and not static like much of the closed guard position.
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Our guest is Paul Greenhill. Paul is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor, a Lloyd Irvin blackbelt, and runs a great site called TheWiseGrappler.com.
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Our guest is Promoter Marcelo Rodriguez. Marcelo runs a North Carolina MMA Promotion named Elite Championship Cage Fighting
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