Guard: Defense to having your guard opened

Whenever you feel that your guard is going to be opened you should open it first! This way you stay one step ahead of your opp. So lets say for this example that your opp is staying on his knees and he prys your legs open (by sliding his left leg backwards) you are going to open your legs and....

1. Put your right foot on his stomach/hip (the same foot as the side your opp slid back....adjacent)

Now depending on whether on not you are wearing a gi will determine what you do next

If you are doing NO GI...

2. Kick your left leg up and throw it back down to give you momentum to sit up. As you sit up get your that foot inside your opps arm in between you opps legs (butterfly style) and get an underhook with that arm. So you now have a butterfly with your left foot, underhook on that side and your right foot on his hip.

3. Overhook his other arm

4. Now you can just work for the standard butterfly sweep.

**Important to always keep your head to the side you are sweeping towards!! Otherwise your opp can post his head on the mat as a post and jump around to sidemount.

If you are wearing a GI....

2. As your opp is breaking your guard (left leg back) you should be grabbing his opposite sleeve.....to set up spider guard. So you do the same thing with your right foot...put it on his hip and your left leg does basically the same thing....it kicks up and over his right arm but instead of going for butterfly position you put your foot on his hip.

3. Now scoot your hip out to the left (laying towards your right side) and reach your right hand to his knee and grab his pants by the inside of the Gi (the bunched of area of pants when his knee is bent)

4. Now bridge up onto your right shoulder

5. As your opp pushes back into your roll back the other way. You want pressure on both his arm (using the spider guard) and you want to lift his knee with your other hand.

As you come on top take your other foot off his hip (it stays there the entire time) and secure side mount.