Rolling Commentary: Yuri

The video focuses on the importance of hand fighting and maintaining connections in guard retention. The key points are:

1. Winning the foot positioning and hand fighting is crucial. Always look for two-on-ones and make grips at the elbows.
2. When the opponent tries to put you to your back, connect to the elbow. If they try to stack you, keep them in front of you and keep your knees to your chest.
3. Make connections whenever possible, such as a De La Riva connection, and start off balancing.
4. Always hunt the elbows, clear grips, and win the hand fight. If the opponent tries to lift your foot or circle, create a hook and attack the elbow.
5. Keep your knees glued to your chest and frame your guard on the far side to prevent the opponent from turning your hips away.
6. When you see an opportunity to make a connection, do so. Having a connection at two points and the opponent connecting to your foot gives you a third point of connection.
7. Try to avoid getting put to your back. If the opponent grabs your foot, grab the elbow. Maintain this connection and keep your knee and elbow connected to prevent your feet from getting stacked overhead.
8. Always try to sit up when the opponent creates distance. Get your connection, fall back, and use shin to shin elevation to get in.
9. Control the four corners (knee and elbow connected on top side, knee and elbow connected on the bottom side) to maintain a good side guard position.
10. Win the wrist fight and off-balance with a John Wayne sweep. Try to climb the leg up into a leg drag.
11. When the opponent starts to turn your hips away, pummel inside and start looking to face them using a stiff arm, but do not commit to the stiff arm and come up.