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Sitting Half Guard Sweep #1 |
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I got the first of these from watching Shaolin Ribero and the last two from watching the Noguiera brothers in the last Pride. When you put them all together, it is a formidable series of sweeps and reversals, I've been having a lot of success with them recently. While the main place I've been applying them is vs. Combat Base (knee up inside guard), there are LOTS of places to aquire this position from, ie. escaping mount, escaping quarter mount, escaping backmount, etc. |
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Alright, here I am facing an opponent who has taken a "Combat Base" posture (knee up inside my guard), to defend against standard attacks. As you can see, I am sitting up, not laying flat on my back, and my right hand is on the ground for base. My left hand checks his shoulder to moniter his movement. In this picture, there is a lot of space between his knee and his butt for me to work with; however, even if there is only a few inches of space, I have still found this entry to work. |
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My right leg is going to shoot inside the space between his right leg and his butt. Sometimes I will momentarily grab his right leg with my left hand to hold it in place. Here I am starting to dive my right leg in between his right calf and his butt. It is important that I dive DEEPLY, no half-hearted moves here. My right hand leaves its based-out position and follows my right leg... |
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This is the "Seated Half Guard" starting position. My head should be tight against his left hip, and I am so far under his body that we are almost facing the same direction. My ankles are crossed and my legs are squeezing to control his right leg.
Here is an important detail: if at any time, he is able to put his right knee down on the ground, I simply put my left knee in front of his right hip and back out into a normal half-guard position. I don't want to stay crunched up under him if his knee goes down, as he will be able to crossface me and kill my game. The knee in front is pretty easy to get here, though, so if you have a good normal half-guard game, this will won't be too much of a concern.
Now for the first sweep, this is a really nice one. My left hand stays tight to my body, and reaches for his right ankle. |
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...also diving between his legs, and coming to rest as an underhook beneath his left leg. Even if he is sitting his weight back on his left leg, it is hard for him to resist this, as I am rocking all my bodyweight up underneath him. |
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Now I rock back to get some momentum, then rock forward and extend my left leg and lever forward, pushing on the top of his right thigh with my left hamstring, while pulling on his right ankle with my left hand. |
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I follow him up, keeping control of both legs... |
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...as I start to sprawl downward, underhooking his left thigh with my right arm and overhooking his right thigh with my left arm... |
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...and capturing his right ankle with with the crook of my right knee. Keeping the under/over grip, I lean to a 45 degreee angle, keeping tight control of his hips, and extend my hips for the kneebar submission. If he bends his leg to avoid the tap, I get an easy guard pass. |
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