Butterfly Pass: steering wheel

[JRT6]

Best videos out there right now are from Gerbil:

 

[Lasse]

Great square, perfectly white. 9/10

 

[fourfif**]

 

[cenix]

that's a nice move i haven't seen before. thanks for sharing.

 

[JRT6]

fixed

 

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

well I guess someone beat me to the punch posting my own video LoL.

Here is the description that goes with the video in case you have problems implementing this technique into your game.

This is a basic pass for the Butterfly Guard called the Steering Wheel pass. It is fairly simple but requires a lot of practice to be able to execute it effectively. Make sure that you turn your opponents body at the same time as you back step. The higher you arc your leg for the backstep the higher probability you will have of clearing that butterfly hook.

It is also important to note that during the first rep I reach over the arm and then under the leg but in the second rep I go under both the arm and the leg. The reality of the situation is that you will very rarely ever get under the arm as it will be squeezing your body very tightly but in the event that you do get to the inside of the arm you MUST watch your base on that side because if your opponent starts to sweep you it could lead to a bad situation.

Keep your weight back, control in the far armpit, hook the leg and backstep your way to side control!

 

[Spoonman7]

use this one a lot, good stuff! Always love Gerbils videos.

 

[bjjaz]

Anyone see Caio Terra's video similiar to this???

 

[QuikSwick]

another classic gerbil technique

 

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

ttt

 

[SuperSuperRambo]

Great technique, one of my favorite butterfly passes. I recently discovered that it works in no gi as well, if you grab the head instead of the far armpit. I also sometimes grab outside the leg to the side I'm passing rather than going between the legs, because I'm concerned about the reverse triangle.

But all in all, great pass and great video.

 

[256]

Another nice one!

 

[AthletcBodyCare]

Good stuff...here's another variation Coop showed us a little while back.

 

[KILL KILL]

niiiiiiiiiiice. I love learning new guard passes

 

[youngsteinel]

I really like this pass. I got off balance like he said a lot and swept that way.

 

[JRT6]

I also sometimes grab outside the leg to the side I'm passing rather than going between the legs, because I'm concerned about the reverse triangle.

But all in all, great pass and great video.

Speak of the devil that's what happened to me this morning. I wasn't tight enough and basically pulled the guy into triangling me.

 

[Zankou]

I like that Cooper variation. I don't use this pass, but I might start.

I usually love when my opponent grabs the knee in butterfly guard because it's a very high percentage sweep to trap the hand and kick the leg through, as Gerbil's vid shows.

But the way Cooper does it, stiff arming your opponent's other shoulder, it doesn't expose you to the sweep because you can't get your clinch going.

 

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

one of the things that people dont stress enough, but should be done in ALL Butterfly Guard passes is squeezing your knees to trap the ankles.

Squeezing the knees accomplishes a number of things. Against people who are not super flexible it will collapse their knees just a little and give them limited hip movement and most importantly...no triangles

Thanks for the added video, I always like to see variations.

 

[AthletcBodyCare]

No prob..its all about sharing.