Sunday, August 15, 2010

Hook Guard: Take Out the Garbage Sweep

Before there was Aesopian, there was Abhaya.


This sweep is a variation off the armcross hook sweep that I want to integrate into my guard game, ASAP. Off the two-on-one (one of Marcelo's favorite attacks) to the armcross, close the distance and drop the hook. This variation covers the post counter to the basic sweep.

Update: Here's Marcelo Garcia doing the same sweep, no gi.