BELT-CONTROL SWEEP: step by step in jiu-jitsu

SWEEPHALF GUARD · ON BOTTOMIBJJF +2

Step by step

  1. Use this when he has already won the underhook, wrapped your head and flattened your back on the floor.
  2. Even under pressure, rotate your torso and get onto your side to recover movement.
  3. At his biceps height, close your elbow and grip the belt so he cannot reopen the underhook.
  4. Switch the half-guard hook before trying to get underneath.
  5. Thread your free hand inside and wrap his thigh.
  6. Plant your free foot on the floor.
  7. Use that post to bring your hips underneath his center of gravity.
  8. Drive the foot into the floor and rotate both bodies, completely reversing the position.
  9. Come up still controlling the belt and thigh, stabilize top half guard and score two points.

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