Sweeps

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  • Balloon Sweep from Spider Guard

    When the opponent is standing in your spider guard, you can use the double sleeve grips to pull his hip weight forward onto your feet. Then you can catapult him over your head while pushing his sleeves towards your hips.

  • Pendulum Sweep

    From closed guard, control opponent's arm on sweeping side and underhook opposite leg. angle body at right angle. Then use your leg as a pendulum to generate energy to sweep.

  • Omoplata from standing closed guard

    When the opponent stands in your closed guard and you have a cross sleeve grip, you can grip the collar and underhook the leg to attempt a muscle sweep. But if the muscle sweep fails, you can feed the sleeve to the underhook hand and grip his collar. Then open your leg for an omoplata entry.

  • Muscle Sweep to Corkscrew Armbar

    When you get a muscle sweep but the opponent tries to stop your mount by pushing his free arm into you, you can throw your leg around his arm and do an armbar on that free arm.

  • Waiter Sweep from Deep Half Guard

    Enter Deep Half Guard and then enter waiter sweep.

  • Waiter Sweep from X Guard

    Use the X Guard entry to enter into the waiter sweep by underhooking the nearside leg and sweeping opponent backwards.

  • Reverse DLR Sweep using bicep stomp

    When in Reverse De La Riva, you can sweep the opponent by securing the near side sleeve and then placing your foot on his bicep and stomp towards the floor.

  • Heisen Guard from failed Flower Sweep

    When you secure a cross sleeve grip instead of same side sleeve grip when attempting a Flower sweep from closed guard, you can enter the Heisen Guard when the opponent posts to stop the Flower Sweep.

  • Heisen Guard from failed Triangle

    When opponent postures from your triangle from guard attempt, you secure the cross sleeve and pant grips and the enter the Heisen Guard where you can do a sweep that lands you into a position where you can backstep into an omplata from the top.

  • Collar Drag Sweep

    When you have seated guard, and the opponent is on his knees, you can use the collar drag to get access to the opponent's leg and drive his head towards the mat while you lift his leg to flip him over.

  • Crucifix Sweep from Willliams Guard

    When you have Williams Guard, and he holds you leg with his free hand, you can control the far sleeve and then thread your foot over his far bicep to control him in a crucifix and sweep him where there are finishing options of monoplata, gogoplata, or armbar. This sweep is sometimes known as "Dom...

  • Imanari Roll Basics - Part 2

    Part 2 of 2. This video continues shows how to place your head and hands at the midway point of the roll. Then it shows you how to start the roll either from seated guard, on your knees, or on your feet.

  • Imanari Roll Basics - Part 1

    Part 1 of 2. How to do the Imanari Roll starting at the midway point of the roll off your back. This will help you understand the spinning part that does the knock down.

  • SLX Switch to Sweep to Footlock

    This is a drill for switching Single Leg X leg position from one leg to the other, and then finishing with a sweep and footlock.

  • DLR to Reverse SLX to Sweep and Footlock

    From DLR, sit up and get collar grip and pull weight forward so you can put foot on hip and enter a modified X-guard. Then do a sweep straight into the straight footlock.

  • Reverse De La Riva Fundamentals

    Basic body positioning for Reverse De La Riva. DLR to Reverse DLR transitions. Reverse DLR to block knee slice pass. Reverse DLR used to sweep, bac ktake, or leg drag.

  • Fundamentals Underhook Sweep from Half Guard

    From knee shield half guard, get the underhook to begin a sweep From this set up, you can execute different sweeps depending on your opponent's reaction, .

  • Catapult Sweep Defense and Pass

    When opponent sets up the lasso-controlled Catapult Sweep, you can do this counter, and subsequent pass to side control with cross-face.

  • Catapult Sweep

    The Catapult Sweep is sweeping the opponent by control one arm with your leg and underhook on his opposite leg.

  • Elbow Push escape from cross-face side control

    When opponent passes your guard and settles into a crossface control, you can work your way into an Elbow Push escape.

  • Elbow Push to hip bump flip when legs are hugged

    When doing the elbow push (stiff arm) escape from side control, and the opponent hugs tightly your legs so that you cannot pull out your knees, you can use your hips to flip him over.

  • Stiff Arm to Elbow Push escape from side control

    When opponent passes your guard and counters your stiff arm escape by switching his base and bringing his elbow over you body, you immediately execute the Elbow Push escape.

  • Stiff Arm escape from Side control

    When opponent passes your guard and your shoulders are on the floor, you can use the Stiff Arm escape

  • Unstoppable Sweep from Scissors Sweep setup

    When opponent resists your scissors sweep by posting his nearside leg, you can do the Unstoppable Sweep, which was made popular by Mike Fowler.