Which description matches breaking the guard?

• A. The officer has escaped the subject's mount by bridging and rolling the subject over. The subject tries to break officer's rib by applying body scissors to the officer's rib cage. The body scissor is called the guard position
• B. The subject is on his knees beside and choking the officer with two hands.
• C. The officer is on his back and the subject is lying across the officer side holding the officer down on the ground.
• D. The subject is trying to escape the officer back control by turning to face the officer.

Answer: (A)

Breaking the guard means escaping the bottom guard and moving to a more dominant position. In this scenario, the officer uses a bridge and roll to flip the subject over, which disrupts the subject’s guard and shifts control to the officer on top. The description also notes the subject applying a body scissors around the officer’s rib cage, which is a common guard technique the bottom player uses to control the top. Seeing the officer escape from that control and end up on top is exactly what breaking the guard looks like in practice. The other situations described involve different positions or actions that don’t illustrate the top defeating or passing the bottom’s guard.