Alias · Guard Passing
Low guard break
Also known as Closed Guard Break — Kneeling — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: contrasts with standing/high break
Descriptive — opening the guard from a low kneeling base
Low guard break is a descriptive name for the kneeling closed guard break — naming the low, kneeling posture from which the guard is opened.
Etymology. “Low” contrasts with the standing break, situating the work on the knees; “guard break” names the objective. The term is plainly descriptive, distinguishing the kneeling family from the standing family by height alone.
Mechanics. Opening the locked ankles is the first foot-clearance of the pass: until the closed guard’s feet are forced apart the passer cannot advance, so the kneeling break is the mandatory step that precedes any forward movement to the knee line.
Cross-reference. “Sit-back guard break” and “Saulo break” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Closed Guard Break — Kneeling.