snakeybizz
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So I've been studying a guard break that marcelo uses as his go to guard break.
He pops up, not in a staggered stance but feet parallel and stands tall, the guard player naturally goes for the tripod sweep by pulling on the ankles which is what marcelo wants, he then kicks one leg out in sort of an outside cresent kick motion to retain his balance.
So I tried this 5 times today and got tripod swept like a boss each time and every time my sparring partner gave me a "tip" not to do that as its a noob mistake
This guard break/pass seems really risky to me compared to his other go to guard break where he stands up in a STAGGERED sprinter stance and pushes down on the knee, that to me is much safer, but having said that I've never seen marcelo get swept with the tripod so what am I doing wrong?
Is there some finer detail I'm missing to make this work?
Cheers
He pops up, not in a staggered stance but feet parallel and stands tall, the guard player naturally goes for the tripod sweep by pulling on the ankles which is what marcelo wants, he then kicks one leg out in sort of an outside cresent kick motion to retain his balance.
So I tried this 5 times today and got tripod swept like a boss each time and every time my sparring partner gave me a "tip" not to do that as its a noob mistake
This guard break/pass seems really risky to me compared to his other go to guard break where he stands up in a STAGGERED sprinter stance and pushes down on the knee, that to me is much safer, but having said that I've never seen marcelo get swept with the tripod so what am I doing wrong?
Is there some finer detail I'm missing to make this work?
Cheers