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Week 14 of 96

Open Guard — Spider Guard Sweeps

Spider Guard Sweeps

What To Think About This Week

The Lesson

This week is not about hitting the sweep over and over. It's about understanding why the sweep works at the moment it works — what your partner gave up, and how your grips and posts took advantage of it.

Spider Guard's posting style is what keeps you in control of distance. Before you go hunting for the Kick Sweep or Tripod Sweep, feel your posts. Are you controlling the relationship between your feet and their hips, or are they controlling you?

Every sweep this week ends with a question, not a reset: what's available right now? Stay curious about that answer — it's the seed of what we build on next week.

Class Warm-Up

The Drills

Line Drills

Hip Escape (Shrimp)
Hip Escape to Sprawl (Wrestle Up / Thread)
Forward Shoulder Rolls
Break Fall Stand in Base
Back Shoulder Rolls

Dominant Position Movement Drill

Leg Drag → Knee on Belly → Switch Knee on Belly → Recover Open Guard via Butterfly Hooks

▸ Video · The Drill

Escape Drill

Back Control Escape to Top Position

▸ Video · The Drill

Strike Defense

Guard Position — Striking Defense

▸ Video · The Drill

Class Rolling & Takedown Rules

How We Roll

White vs White

Flow training by default unless the instructor specifies otherwise. Build movement and good habits before competition pressure.

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. Self-directed development at this level.

Takedown Rounds

Same rules apply. White vs white — controlled and flowing. Upper vs lower — lower rank picks entry or tie-up. Purple / brown / black — neutral or requested start.

Open Guard — Spider Guard Sweeps

The Lesson

The Drills

The Material

Spider Guard Sweeps

How We Roll