BJJ Video Series: Butterfly Guard
Butterfly guard in jiu-jitsu is like being a human seesaw - you're sitting up with your knees bent and feet hooked inside your opponent's legs, ready to launch them over your head or sweep them sideways like a catapult.
Your butterfly hooks are your secret weapons, creating leverage that can send much larger opponents flying through the air. It's the perfect position for smaller grapplers who want to use technique and timing over brute strength. And it’s an ongoing reminder that “everyone needs a job” - both hands and both feet.
These tutorials cover not only how to set up devastating butterfly sweeps and transitions to dominant positions, but also how to deal with opponents trying to shut down your butterfly game. You'll learn to flow between sweeps, submissions, and guard retention like you're conducting an orchestra of chaos.
Butterfly Guard Switch Sweep - great when someone counters with underhook and then posts a leg.
Bottom Smash Butterfly to Traditional Hooks Guard to Inverted Arm Lock
Smash Butterflfy Guard to Traditional Hooks Guard to Rock up into Inverted Arm Lock, to Basic Butterfly Sweep
BASIC Butterfly Sweep: powerful move especially for smaller students against heavy pressure.
Reverse Butterfly Sweep: When he posts his leg and steps it forward
Bottom Smash Butterfly to Traditional Hooks Guard to Inverted Arm Lock, To Combat Base Knee Cut Pass to Modified Kesa
Butterfly Sweep Series
Diagonal Butterfly Sweep: another option for when your opponent counters effectively by posting a leg.