Sweep from Bottom Side Control

[tallgeese]

We've been really working thru the fundamentals to kick off the year. I like to do this for a couple of reasons. First, there's lots of New Year's resolution people who NEED to get to the nuts and bolts. Second, it really focuses everyone on the things that are most critical in everyone's jiu jitsu. For this week's video, we look a a basic sweep from bottom side control:

Here's the thing. For a "basic" sweep it is filled with movements that must be really made part of you for ANY jiu jitsu to work. Aside from being a really functional sweep, it drills movements that will make every escape work and even build into moving into dynamic open guards. On top of that, it's a great teaching tool to understand pressure and momentum.

Do you see where the fundamental movements are in the sweep? Can you pick any of your traditional ground warm ups out? What movements do you see that might be part of another, more advanced tactic? And of course, who uses this sweep in their arsenal?

[ninjanurse]

Nice!