Printable View
Recently I got interested in butterfly guard and sweeps.
I was watching a purple belt in gym sparring with a guy much bigger and stronger than him but he could easily sweep him just by using butterfly guard.
So I asked him whether he could teach me some of his moves but I don't think he is very reluctant about it.
Can anybody out there help me with butterfly guard and sweeps?
If you can recommend me some videos that would be very helpful too.
Helpful tips are much appreciated!
look up jean jacques 1, 2 and stick shift to start, high percentage sweeps from the cocoon(butterfly)
Look under the technique guide thread. The JJ series of sweep techniques is the most effective from my experience and most others will agree. Also, Louis Ho's street sweep from the most recent MTS is money. Good luck man!
I've been killing it with the butterfly guard lately. I'm lanky for my weight class so I have no idea why I resisted it for so long. Double under hooks body lock. Soooo good. Once I hit brown belt status that's for sure one of the techniques i'll be video taping.Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonic
these are great, check out zogs a week in roc videos , he goes over the jj sweep in one of them .its a great sweep and also sets up triangles and the reaper to leg locks. just remember when hitting the jj sweep to drive off the planted foot and to not fall to your back, fall to your sideQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonrivello
You need to get good at all variations of the hook sweep, jj sweep, 2 on 1, armdrag, clubbing hook sweep, guillotine hook sweep... ect ect that way what ever grip you land you can sweep you dont have to grip fight for a specific variation.
then get good at aspects of butterfly like using your hooks to move your opponent backwards to sit back up after your posture is smashed.
And the hook lift for switching to 1 leg xguard and reg xguard
Different hook sweeps happen at different angles, like a clubbing hook sweep your opponent goes pretty much straight sideways but a J.J sweep he goes forward and sideways a 2 on 1 they tend to go backwards and to the side.
You can take the back off of 2 on 1 and armdrag hook sweeps, you can take a crucifix off a guillotine hook sweep or a double leg off a failed armdrag hook sweep
Sweeping larger opponents with the hook sweep made me fall in love with BJJ when I was smaller, i always liked having someone use all there strength to stop a sweep and then I hip escape and win the sweep.
Watch Marcelo Garcia he got some crazy hook sweeps, the crazy variations i just talked about can all be found on his website
Robson Moura has a killer butterfly guard instructional. It's Gi, but the principles are money. Check it out.
Marcelo Garcia x-guard DVD has some good butterfly stuff
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Brick
Very good answer. Ryan Brick understands butterfly guard.
Arm in guillotine x hook sweep x Pearl Harbor. This has been money. Thank you for posting that transishQuote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Brick
Im glad that you are having success with it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sean applegate
The aspect of my game Im working on most right now isnt a specific position its finding pathways to navigate where I dont have to switch my grip to finish. Like say I do a double underhook hooksweep and I land in half guard top, I go to the no hand pass because thats what I already have a grip for and then I go for something like a farside armbar because I get it off my far underhook
The pearl harbour transition was the first one I came up with, the controling grip the sweep comes off of is basically the fishing grip for the following submission
its already been said but marcelo garcia has some great stuff from butterfly guard. and something ive found is getting good at moving your butt. if you can get your butt further in on your sweeps then their centre of gravity is weaker. what i generally do when going most of my sweeps from butterfly guard is pull them once i the direction i want to go let them react and then throw myself into the sweep properly. the initial movement puts them off balance and takes their mind off what im doing.
ryan would you mind givnig a better description of what pearl harbour is? sounds interesting
There was a video posted last week, its a transition from the j.j sweep to jap necktie, Sean has been using it off a guillotine hook sweep. It works because the overhook grip is required for those hook sweep variationsQuote:
Originally Posted by Isaac Atley
Like to escape side u have to turn in and hook guard and to escape the necktie you have to unhook guard and get flat to your back.
Just study Jean Jacques, he's the master of the butterflies :)
Just focus on upper body control first...then angle out your hips. It's all about countering the post weather it's arm or leg. Have a good transition to goto so you don't get stuck. I like to go to deep half. But since the control of the upper body makes or breaks all but the clubbing one I would focus on the cacoon. Get good at that before you go video crazy!
awesome man, i saw the thread up but never looked into it, ill find it now. cool name. and i like the whole idea of not making paths with matching hooks etc, minimal movements are more efficient. ahh its cool :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Brick
Link please, or title of thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Brick
I hit the Pearl Harbor last week. 10 seconds left on the clock hit the sweep right into the necktie.
In a tourny?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy Gates
Do a forum search for pearl harbor The title of the thread will be jj sweep to jap necktie, its the 2nd thing that comes up when I search pearl harbor the first is this threadQuote:
Originally Posted by Kurzy
Its spelt in the title harbor (american spelling) not harbour. If you try and spell it harbour it may not come up