BJJ Guards Quiz: Closed, Butterfly, De la Riva & More

This BJJ guards quiz explores jiu-jitsu’s central invention: fighting off your back and being dangerous there. Closed, butterfly, De la Riva, spider: eight questions on the guard game.

What this quiz tests

This BJJ guards quiz explores what defines Brazilian jiu-jitsu: fighting off the back as an offensive position. Closed guard, half guard, butterfly, De la Riva, spider, X-guard: eight questions on what defines each configuration, its hooks and its grips, down to the question of pulling guard in competition, treated very differently by the IBJJF (rulebook on the official IBJJF website) and ADCC.

From the fundamental guards to the modern ones, this quiz locates your knowledge: if leg configurations still blur, the explained corrections will put every guard back in its place.

Free, no sign-up, replayable at will. To keep playing, every other quiz is on the BJJ-Rules quiz page.