if youre not confident enough , dont go for it . someone please correct me if im wrong about this <| sep |> Nobody ever goes into stacked guard from the guard . Stacked guard is a more advantageous position than half guard and you can ' t be sweeped from transitioning to it like you can half guard . How to do stacked guard if you don ' t know Hold l 1 and transition up to get up , as soon as the bar starts filling up release l 1 and you will be in stacked guard . keep in mind this is only for certain fighters of wrestling transitions level 2 The majority of the time they can only transition left or right and put you in to the feet on hips position , but then you can transition to side control a lot quicker than they can do anything ! And the transitions are very easy to block from stacked . Go in practice as Josh Barnett , Tony Ferguson or any wrestler . But Josh and Tony have submissions from those positions which has won me a couple !