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Spider guard
Sleeve grips with your feet on their biceps. The long levers keep them far away and set up sweeps and triangles.
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Essentials
A gi guard where you grip both sleeves and put your feet in their biceps. It gives long-range control: you can stretch them out, off-balance them and set up triangles and omoplatas.
Your goals
- Grip both sleeves tight
- Feet on the biceps, legs extended to create tension
- Off-balance them to sweep or triangle
What they want
- Break your sleeve grips
- Push your legs down and pass
Key principles
- Tension: push with your feet, pull with your hands
- Switch guards before you lose grips
Common mistakes
- Bent legs with no tension
- Keeping grips they’ve already loosened
Techniques to learn
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Where it leads
If this happens…
- they pull their arm back to strip a gripUse the tension to sweep or bring your foot in for a lasso
- they step to the sideRotate your hips to keep your feet in their biceps
Advanced detailsTransitions, threats, reactions, troubleshooting and a sparring drill
1. Overview
Sleeve grips with your feet on their biceps. The long levers keep them far away and set up sweeps and triangles.
Key controls
- Grip both sleeves, curl the wrists
- Feet on biceps, pushing
- Hips off the mat, change angles
In this position
5 transitions · 3 sweeps · 3 submissions · 3 reactions · 2 troubleshooting fixes · 1 sparring exercise · 3 techniques
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