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Week 13 of 96

Open Guard — Butterfly Guard

Butterfly Guard Attacks

What To Think About This Week

The Lesson

Butterfly guard is a guard that rewards connection. The closer you stay to your partner the more control you have and the more options become available. The moment you lose that connection the guard loses its effectiveness.

This week focus on staying attached. Feel how the three techniques this week all grow from the same connected position. The sweep, the leg hug, and the back take are not three separate things — they are three answers to three different reactions from the same starting point. Stay connected. Read the reaction. Apply the answer.

Class Warm-Up

The Drills

Line Drills

Hip Escape
Hip Escape to Sprawl
Forward Shoulder Rolls
Break Fall Stand in Base
Back Shoulder Rolls

Guard Movement Drill

Closed Guard → Feet on Hips Lift → Drop Back to Closed Guard → Repeat

▸ Video · The Drill

Escape Drill

Back Control to Top Position

▸ Video · The Drill

Strike Defense

Standing — Long Range Defense

▸ Video · The Drill

Class Rolling & Takedown Rules

How We Roll

White vs White

Flow training by default unless the instructor specifies otherwise.

Upper vs Lower

Lower ranking student picks their top position. Blue through black vs white, or blue vs black — the lower rank decides where to start.

Purple / Brown / Black

Neutral start or request a specific position you want to work on.

Takedown Rounds

Same rules apply across all ranks.

Open Guard — Butterfly Guard

The Lesson

The Drills

The Material

Butterfly Guard Attacks

How We Roll