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Sweep · Spider guard · Intermediate · Gi only
Spider guard sweep
A sweep (spider guard) you hit from Spider guard, landing you in Side control (Yoko Shiho Gatame). Intermediate level, gi only.
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How to do it
Works from
Puts you in
- Grip both sleeves with your feet in their biceps and your legs extended
- Drop one foot from the bicep and hook it behind one of their legs
- Kick the other foot into its bicep and pull the sleeves so they tip over the hooked leg
- Keep the sleeve grips as they fall and come up on top
How it connects
- Starts from
- Spider guard
- Similar sweeps
- Balloon sweepLasso sweep
- In courses
- Open guard set
Get it right
Key details
- Tension first: straighten the bicep foot before you sweep
- Hold the sleeves until you’re on top so they can’t post
Common mistake
Bent legs with no tension, so they just step forward.
If they defend it
They step back to free the hook: go for the triangle or the lasso.
Safety and research
Read about itGrapplearts articlesBJJ Heroes
Practice
Quick checkSpider guard sweep quick check4 questions
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