What is the meaning of " to take guard and to break guard?

Hi,

What is the meaning of the phrase" to take guard" and " to break guard"? Could you please give some example sentences of how to use them.

These are neither common nor standard expressions.

In what context did you find them? Was it a military one?

(Soldiers stand guard, go on guard, etc.)

Best wishes, Clive

Dear Clive:

They are in the sports context? like boxing or martials arts.

Thanks

Hi,

A boxer's 'guard' refers to the way he puts his arms and fists up to protect himself. I suppose you could say he 'takes guard' if he does that, but it's not a common phrase. I'd say 'he takes his guard' or, mor often, 'he puts up his guard'.

A fencer 'comes on guard'.

I found via Google that a cricket batsman is sometimes said to 'take guard'.

I don'

Hi Clive:

here is the extractions I got from " martial arts web site":

guard breaks against tall people?

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heya, so i've never really been a great guard breaker but i usually dont have problems breaking guard against people that are around my height or smaller.

Recently in class we trained a few new breaks and i was able to break a guys guard that was ar

Hi,

Well, every sport has its terminology and specialized jargon. No problem.

Clive