Rat Guard?

Things To Think About

• How to defend against Luis' deep half guard? Everything I get on top, he grabs deep half and sweeps me.
• How to maintain a better side control? Some people when I have in side control and shrimp out really easily. What do I need to improve my control over them? Better pressure? Control the head? Knee to butt?
• I need to improve on my single leg takedowns. I usually can grab a single leg, but I can't seem to get them down. Maybe I need to improve my lower back muscle?

Open Guard Sweeps From Last Week

1. Tripod Sweep
2. Waiter Sweep
3. Omoplata Sweep

* A key tip from Terence is to completely clear the legs when passing guard. Having your lower half left in can get you swept.

Omoplata Sweep

The key component that I'm missing to this sweep is that I have to shoot my hips up!

Here are some variations and finishes to this sweep.

Reverse Omoplata Sweep:


Omoplata Sweep to Straight Arm-bar:

Why Not To Cross Your Hooks When You Have Back Control

Skip to 1:30 for the submission.

Puxada Pro Armbar

From Caio Terra's, "Modern Jiu-Jitsu".

Smash Pass

Alex showed a Smash Pass from Half Guard he learned from training at Marcelo Garcia's school.

1. From Half Guard (top), underhook your opponent's far arm.
2. Overhook their near arm and keep your head/shoulders tight to theirs.
3. Sprawl out on their bottom leg and slowly pass.

Gi and No-gi Takedowns by J. Scully

Blocked Americana to Alternate Shoulder Lock

Learned from Steve in no-gi:

1. Go for Americana from side control
2. Opponent blocks Americana by sticking their head through to block
3. Change your grips:
1. the hand that was gripping your own wrist grips their wrist
2. the hand that was gripping their wrist changes to cap their armpit
4. Change your base by turning into your opponent
5. Pull up on the neck and down on opponent's wrist

Deep Half Guard to Back