Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first pla — Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first pla — Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first pla — Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first pla — Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first pla — Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
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Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place.

— Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
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