Small Saturday class: Arnell, Jesse Singh, Mario, Jeff the tall white belt from Ballard, Maggie (Megan?) a blue belt from Ballard, and Stephan the brown belt. Rodrigo was there but sick. So Stephan led us through some open guard drills and showed us a sweep combo from the open guard also. Then we did some sparring. I rolled with Mario, Arnell, Jesse, and Maggie.
I want to write up the sweep combo before I forget it. Stephan showed it to me before class which was very cool of him. I'm always impressed at how willing the higher belts are to show us pointers--I think it really reflects well on jiu jitsu and Gracie Barra.
Anyway, from open guard. You've got both sleeves and feet in the hips.
Reach over and switch grips so you've got his right cuff in your right hand.
Reach outside the ankle of his right leg and grip.
Hook your right foot under his left foot. Actually, it is more of a scissors sweep type motion. But getting the hook in place is a good idea.
Pull on the sleeve. Push his hip with your left foot. Pull his ankle with your left hand. Kick outward with your right foot.
As he falls back, be sure to keep the grip on the cuff. That will help pull you over on top or into side control.
Here's the variation, or the second half of the combo. Say the guy steps back to avoid your grabbing his ankle. In the previous situation, you were leaning on your left hip.
Switch over to your right hip. Keep your foot in the hip, BUT ROTATE YOUR FOOT SO THAT THE TOES ARE POINTED IN NOT OUT.
Switch grips so that your left hand has his right cuff.
I'm not sure about this step. I think you hook the left ankle with your right hand.
If I'm right about that last move, then the sweep is to push with the left foot in the hip, and pull with the left hand on the cuff and the right hand on the ankle.
The first sweep is a 3 to 1 sweep. You are pulling from three points and pushing to one to create the imbalance. The second sweep is a 2 to 1.
Stephan said that sometimes you'll have to go back and forth before you catch the guy in one of the sweeps. Rotating back and forth between the two is a very good open guard drill.
