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I've been trying to incorporate butterfly guard into my game and have been watching
some videos on butterfly guard by Michael jens and Stephen kesting.
I have a good grasp on foot positioning, under hooks/over hooks, and head placement.
The problem is being able to control my opponents body and posture. They seem to get
out my under hook fairly easily. Do you guys have any tips or insight on this?
Thanks in advance.
When you're setting up a butterfly sweep make sure to keep both knees always pointing outwards. If you're knees come in then they can easily escape your hooks and flatten your legs by pushing on your knee - if it points outward it makes it hard to flatten the leg.
Also, sometimes butterfly guard isn't appropriate (like when the guy stands) so you need to be able to flow between different guards with ease.
I am the master of butterfly sweeps. I feel the best way to control the body and sweep is via homie control. Overhooks are also good, but you have to develop good control and squeeze with the overhook. Try to angle your body towards the side that is not overhooked. This will make it much harder for your opponent to get out. Marcelo Garcia is amazing at butterfly sweeps. His style is not very clinch oriented. There is so much nuance in using butterfly sweeps. It's like an art unto itself.
2 on 1 marcelo style sweeps from butterfly guard is my new shit!!!
All day!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Yockel
I'm not too good at straight up butterfly but open guard butterfly sweeps I'm pretty decent at.
Thanks for the heads up lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Scott Yockel
When I have trouble controlling big, strong guys there.. I try to get double unders and force them to pummel.. when they do I clamp the arm and sweep. I also love setting up X guard and single x sweeps from there in case they start pushing my head away.
Dam!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy Gates
what do you mean garcia's style isn't very clinch oriented? i mean, what does he do instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis Ho
I 2nd this. Marcelo is the man to emulate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Yockel
I enjoy the over/under from butterfly, as well as marcelo's basic nogi sweeps. However, the power of the 2on1 butterfly is HULK LIKE! I only us the over/under as a transition point now to flow between half guard and rubber guard. The 2on1 is a money sweep. Its the mechanic of the butterfly :)
So I looked up the 2 on 1 sweep. It looks like he falls more on his back than to his side, is that correct?
You showed that set up on one the MTSs. I can't remember which one though.... Could help him seeing you do it:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Louis Ho
Well as this being my go to guard and me being relatively new and unexperienced what helped me was the basics, if someones aggressively coming forward plant your feet on their hips to stop them from going forward and keep them at bay, if you have a two on one then if he comes forward you can sweep to take the back. Personally i prefer having head and an arm on the tricep, Marcelo sweeps all the time from here, you can bait them into an omoplata/jiuclaw as well. I found that it was all about me controlling the distance and space, if i feel like I'm uncomfortable then i back out and try to establish a grip. Personally i dont use underhooks because guys just t-rex and its a battle just to establish it. When in close under/over hooks. Mid-long distance head and arm and 2 on 1. All pretty basic but it works for me!