Did you just assume the race of the author ? <| sep |> hes also said he has actual anger issues depression <| sep |> Could very well be . I don ' t know either of those words if I ' m honest haha . <| sep |> This is pretty much the textbook example of why you open your guard before your opponent breaks it . It ' s a really exaggerated version of the reaction gap , but it illustrates it very well . When your guard gets broken you start your ' guard retention ' process . Keenan ' s 8 Layers of Guard video is a good one for this . Damien Maia ' s Science of Jiujitsu video on guard retention is perfect for the basics . What I like to do is move immediately towards attempting a scissor sweep and then establish knee shield from there and move into my open guard game . Another good reaction is to move your feet to the hips and start looking for spider guard , Lasso , or DLR .