5.0 Sweep availability

[Pat Campagnola]

I don't always hit this perfect version of the 5.0 sweep, but I am always looking to trap an arm behind your back regardless of the position we are in. If you are mounted on me and get too careless, I will try to trap your arm behind your back and bump and roll. Especially from half guard though, I'm always looking to trap the arm. Even if I don't get the sweep directly from it, it still causes you to think about it and defend while I'm already going elsewhere.

[MikeW]

My main setup for the 5.0 grip is when they guy initially grips my wrist for the kimura. I shoot my arm(the one being grabbed) straight towards his open hip while simultaneously reaching around his back to connect my hands. I do this from half guard as well as lockdown and sometimes set it up from a more traditional half-guard and then work my way backwards to lockdown for the higher percentage sweep. I've been using this since I was a white belt because I was getting kimura'd a lot and then came upon that it was already in the system and have developed it a bit further. I use the kimura as bait for it all the time now.

[MikeW]

I'm pretty sure there's video of me hitting it in a match a few years ago if what I wrote didn't make sense.

[Dylan Ehrnreiter]

I grab the 5.0 grip from every position I can. Looking forward to seeing your write up.

Anybody else 5.0 the far arm from Whip Up rather than the near arm from Whip Down?

[Pat Campagnola]

I grab the 5.0 grip from every position I can. Looking forward to seeing your write up.

Anybody else 5.0 the far arm from Whip Up rather than the near arm from Whip Down?

I definitely snatch it up from there too. I also grab it when the person turns and tries to twister pass.

[Serge Bunimovich]

Love the 5.0 sweep!! use it all the time!

[DocDan84]

My preference from Lockdown is either the Boa Sweep or Old School. I've found 5-0 presents itself most when I'm having trouble getting off my back and onto my side, especially when the top person is trying to kimura/Amerikana me from inside my Lockdown. If they go for my arm I try to switch it on them and isolate their arm so that I can then get onto my opposite side and execute the 5-0 sweep. That's just been my experience, I rarely ever purposely try to set it up.