Give me back my lockdown

[Andrei (KAZE)]

One trick that works for me sometimes is to capture their leg with a reverse lockdown. Out of muscle memory they'll try to slip out the same direction that they usually do, which won't work because your lockdown is reversed. Then once they give up trying to slip it, I extend their leg and switch back to a regular lockdown working back for the sweep.

Good idea, by the way.

I guess i really need to work on my freaking sweeps.

[Andrei (KAZE)]

By the way, it's so strange how no one accepts the rubber guard at our gym. They say this stuff doesn't work but yet still get triangle or gogo or armbar every time i pull RG on them. I agree that some people just hate yoga-like stuff but how can you completely ignore something that is proven to work.

P.S. "indian trap crap" - nice one =)

[Jon Watkins]

Marcelo Garcia uses that lockdown escape and it's totally legit. The trick to avoiding it is using deep double underhooks when you get lockdown and if you want to get the lockdown back when someone uses the escape successfully, I'd suggest getting good at the mini stomp.

[frank-theman-james]

Not the answer you want to hear (nor I) but you should be very active with the lockdown and working to sweep before your opponent can try anything. Half guard of any variety isn't a position to chill out in. Get whipping as soon as you get the lockdown.

agreed. once you get lockdown, your next move is to keep moving down the tpjj pathway, not pull over and take a break.