Do you guys know any good dependable sweeps that i can use off my back to takedown a standing opponent?
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Do you guys know any good dependable sweeps that i can use off my back to takedown a standing opponent?
My favorite sweep is the single leg X-Guard entry by Marcelo Garcia. Its high percentage and leads to other avenues or sub's.
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X-guard is awesome if youve put the reps in. I personally like to try Jason's Granby roll knee-bar from there or use it as a chance to work on my wrestling and work for a single.
Hook sweep! master it.
Pull guard, and if your opponent stays standing up, lean back until your upper back touches the floor, grab both ankles and push your hips forward. Use the momentum of your opponent falling backwards to pull yourself into mount (or stay put and work for a heel hook). Pretty basic but I use it all the time (about 4 times last night in fact!), especially if my opponent tries to stand up in full guard.
True story. It's worth way more than you'll be paying :).
Cheers bro, i also use that one quite alot!Quote:
Originally Posted by James Steele
I either tie up for a De La Riva thing or just hit a high outside ankle lock where I kick one leg forward while chopping down on their hip with my other foot.
X guard is great from that position for sweeps and like others have said very high percentage once you put the reps in. Personally I like to go right into De La Riva guard from there and depending on their defense and/or knowledge of DLR I will either transition into what, at my gym, we call the three point sweep or transition into X guard and look to sweep or attack from there. If you get your DLR hook with your left leg on their right leg, your left hand cupping behind their right ankle (same leg you have the DLR hook on), your right hand should be controlling their left wrist (you can control their right wrist but I prefer to control the wrist opposite of your DLR hook, and your right leg either checking their left hip or putting pressure on their left knee or thigh...that is the basic DLR guard position I like to use. From that position to execute the "3 point sweep" you keep your hands in the same position they are in in DLR guard (left hand behind right ankle, right hand wrist control on your opponents left wrist) then quickly unhook your DLR hook putting your left foot on your opponents right hip and simultaneously put your right foot behind their left leg hooking the top of your foot behind their Achilles tendon then push on their right hip with left leg and at the same time pull their left arm with your right hand while doing the same pulling motion with your right foot behind their left ankle to execute the sweep. Once they fall keep ahold of their arm and then stand up and start looming to pass. I hope this made sense and hopefully helps you out! It's one of my "money" sweeps when my opponent is standing and im on my back.
x-guard for me
My money sweep against people that stand out of guard is a modified back sweep. Grab both their ankles, double butterfly hooks, extend your legs. It works on everyone regardless of size and skill as far as im aware.
Once they fall, bring both your legs to one side, push off their ankles and slide into back control. Or yoi can transition into a double under pass if they give you it.
I meant slide into side control... Who knows though, taking the back coud be possible
Going to try this at training tonight lets open im not to unco!Quote:
Originally Posted by Muhammad Abdou
this is the most basic sweep i know against a standing opponent.
http://www.ultimatejujitsu.com/learn...ab-sweep.shtml
thats the basic variation.. it can work, but if you ask me it is much more superior to do everything the same, except using butterfly hooks, instead of putting your shins in front of your opponent's hips like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edgardo Paulo M. Cunanan
i dont know if anyone else does it like i say, or if it even has a name... but its better for several reasons.
one reason is, because it keeps your legs safe from being leglocked. if you have your shins against your opponents hips like that and you lose the control over their ankles, they can easily reverse the position on you by throwing their legs over yours. some people will actually lure people into using this sweep to trick them into putting themselves into a leg lock.
if you have butterfly hooks instead, though, its impossible to be caught in a leglock when you use this sweep.
another reason that it's superior is because you have much more leverage with butterfly hooks. if you try the basic variation with the shins against the hip, people can try to stack you and if they are big enough, it can ruin the sweep.
if you use butterfly hooks, it doeskin matter how big the guy is, they wont be able to stop the sweep by stacking as long as you still have control of their ankles.
in fact if you do the sweep with butterfly hooks, you could even follow it up with a leg lock of your own.
ah wait that was pointless.. i forgot i can edit my posts now. ah well
Yeah, that's the one I mentioned earlier. Nothing fancy, but it still works if you're fast enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edgardo Paulo M. Cunanan
handstand sweep when standing in your guard... x-guard otherwise.. knee bar attempts are pretty instinctive as well and lead to sweeps
I've been using more Spiral guard? I think that's what they call it like reverse De la Riva in with my x-guard and it's been getting me to back control more and more.