Butterfly Guard Techniques

In class on Monday we drilled some pretty cool techniques from the butterfly guard. We ran through two guard passes and one sweep.

Sweep:
Always keep your elbows in tight to your body.
- Buck up with your hips to create space between you and your opponent.
- Press against your opponent's face with both hands and use a straight arm.
- If you opponent is looking towards his left:
- Hip out to your left, so that you are facing your right.
- Plant your right hand on the floor at a 45 degree angle.
- Underhook your opponent's right arm with your left arm.
- Grab your opponent's belt,pants, or gi with your left hand.
- Slide your butt backwards to give you more support when being pushed over.
- Posture! Your chest should be against his shoulder, with your head up.
- In one motion:
- Remove your right hand from ground and trap opponent's left arm.
- Fall back on your right shoulder.
- Hook your opponent's right leg with your left foot.
- Kick out with your left foot.
- Turn over to your right.
You should end up in mount position. If your opponent catches your leg on the way over, you'll end up in half guard.

Pass:
If attacking your opponent's right leg:
- Your head should be down, tight to your opponent's chest.
- Elbows should be in tight and to the floor, grabbing what you can of your opponent's shoulders.
- Bring your left knee slightly to the right.
- Kick your right leg straight back.
- Slide your right leg back in, sliding it tightly against your left leg.
- This catches your opponent's right foot and releases your opponent's left leg.
- Both of your knees should now be pressed tightly into your opponent's right shin.

There are two passes from here:

Jumping Bridge To Side Control:
- Move your grips from your opponent's shoulders to his hips.
- Get a good grip on what you can of your opponent's hips. (Elbows in tight!)
- Jump straight up, using your legs to push up and your hip grips to create a headstand type move.
- Turn to your opponent's right side and land on your feet in a bridge formation.
- Your back should be on your opponent's chest.
- Make sure you still have your grips on your opponent's hips.
- From the bridge position, bring your right foot over and turn into side control.
- Switch your grips from the hips to underhook the head and arm of your opponent.

Shifting Around the Trapped Leg:
- Move your grips from your opponent's shoulders to his hips.
- With your right hand, let go of the hip and grab your opponent's trapped foot.
- In one motion:
- Pull on the foot, pulling towards your right.
- With your left hand still gripping the hip:
- Use your left elbow to push down and in on your opponents right leg (knee).
- This motion sucks the trapped leg in.
- With your opponent's right knee out of the way:
- Slide your left leg around your opponent's right leg.
- Switch your left grip from the hip to underhook your opponent's right arm.
- Pull on the foot one more time to slide your right knee around your opponent's right knee.
- You should end up in side control.