What is the most effective guard to sweep against a standing opponent?

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Originally Posted by sean applegate

Yup. Dlr, rdlr, butterfly, x-guard and all it's variations. Lots of material

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I need to work on my x guard set ups. I focused on my passing and top game this past year and have neglected other parts parts of the game. At least I know what to work on now. :)

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Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo

Against a standing opponent, you basically get REALLY good at warm ups H :)

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I'll start on them soon! Thank you Eddie. :)

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Originally Posted by VIVIANO

I really like the kiss of the dragon sweep. It is my go to for a standing opponent. I have a lot of success with it. I also use quarter guard for standing opponents, I feel like I'm able to unbalance my opponent enough that he gets into a lower stance so I can get a better clinch.

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What is the kiss of the dragon sweep? I'm intrigued.

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Originally Posted by Louis Ho

Stand up yourself, clinch and pull butterfly guard. From there you get either overhook or underhook and work the sweep. Classic JJ Machado.

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Every time I pull guard from a standing position, I've always, literally always pulled full guard or at least tried to. I've never had the idea to pull someone into butterfly but I love butterfly guard and I feel kinda retarded for not having thought to before. lol Thank you so much Louis! :)

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

I like the basic butterfly..hands on the ankles push pull sweep. I have a decent amount of reps on it so I have a decent success rate.

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I like that one too! :)

I've been playing shin in de la riva/shin in sit up guard (whatever you wanna call it) a lot lately, even when guys start w/ one knee up, some fun sweeps to work on or can go to single-x or x-guard easy

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Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert

What is the kiss of the dragon sweep? I'm intrigued.

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How to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfmmzQnmbT8
How to stop it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2eWhg9odU

IMO the only real answer to your question is "the guard/sweep that your opponent is giving you". Open guard/passing the guard are easily the most complex and important positions in Jiu Jitsu. There's no such thing as getting good at one open guard because they all work off each other. If you're not working X, DLR, RDLR, Inverted, 50/50, Sit Up, Spider etc... your guard has major holes in it. The key is knowing how these guards intertwine. As far as I'm concerned, passing/sweeping should be 90% of your focus in training.

For me is X and 1 Legged X