Butterfly guard

[Hit-or-be-hit]

what are good moves to go for from the butterfly guard?
what stuff do u like to do from that position?

 

[Cash Bill 52]

sweep or kneebar.

usually just sweeps.

 

[Slinger]

Yeah it keeps their base way off. Simple elevator sweep is high %.

 

[mfgillia]

Yeah it keeps their base way off. Simple elevator sweep is high %.

Yep, the elevator/basic butterfly sweeps plus arm drag whenever they grab your legs (and they will grab your legs after a couple sweeps) usually works well up to purple belts. Also good for spazzes that rush in on you like a bull in a china shop - can get some seriously high sweeps with that much force coming forward.

 

[Shemhazai]

I'm currently looking to develop an effective no gi butterfly guard. Here are some things I'm trying to incorporate into my game:

General principles:

- Always look to either arm-drag or get underhook(s).
- Transition to X-guard whenever possible

Attacks:

From the arm-drag: Take the back, brabo choke or reverse butterfly sweep.
From the underhook: Attempt standard butterfly sweep (initiating a chain of attacks)
From double underhooks: Rock up, preferably to establish X-guard
Misc: Attack with guillotine (head-only), sweep to guillotine side and follow into mount
Sit up and shoot for double if opponent has his weight too far back

Some re-counters:

- Opponent blocks standard butterfly sweep by posting leg --> Underhook leg and get X-guard, grab same-side wrist and push hand through to trip while continuing sweep, or attempt reverse butterfly sweep
- Opponent 'supermans' and posts with hands to block reverse butterfly sweep --> Establish X-guard
- Opponent counters guillotine by passing the guard --> Keep control of his neck and chin, 'swim' with other hand and roll him into a N/S choke
- Opponent counters the X-guard by removing or blocking your top hook (at the groin) --> Move the hook down to his instep and sweep him with a banana peel

I'm a n00b, so these are just some options, but I recommend Stephan Kesting's Dynamic Guard DVDs - they've improved my understanding of the butterfly guard a lot.

 

[Deleted member 3729]

I find people seem to defend double underhooks like a bastard but seem perfectly willing to give to give you an overhook. Given that I tend to work straight from the underhook.

 

[K20A2_S]

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^^nice video for butterfly guard....

 

[No Quarter]

I use BG mainly for arm drags to take the back, and sweeps.

 

[Evaristo Medrano]

Sweeps ! I <3 Sweeps