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2 Effective Spider Guard Sweeps for White Belts Wanting To Use Open Guard

youtube·Chuy·8:52·2 techniques

Overview

Chuy demonstrates two effective spider guard sweeps for white belts transitioning from closed guard. He first teaches the Spider Scissor Sweep, focusing on maintaining grip tension and locking the leg to control the opponent's posture. He then shows a counter-sweep using a lasso grip when the opponent stands up to defend, emphasizing shoulder dips and arm control to secure the sweep and follow-up positions.

What's covered

  1. 0:00Spider Guard Setup & Tension
  2. 2:25Spider Scissor Sweep Execution
  3. 3:45Lasso Counter Sweep
  4. 6:00Post-Sweep Control & Follow-ups

Techniques in this video

  1. 01
    Lasso Thread Sweep
    3:456:00·Guard·Sweep
  2. 02
    Spider Scissor Sweep
    2:253:45·Guard·Sweep
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