Spider Guard (Bottom)

Question 1

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[SUBMISSION]
Spider guard entry into kimura (starting with opponent seated and lasso in)

Answer 1

1. From spider guard, use your lasso to jerk your opponent off base above you, creating as much space as possible.
2. In the same movement, quickly spin your body under them to 180 yourself under their torso and come out the other side (north south).
3. Sit up and grab their back to stop them from getting up or spinning away.
4. Lean forward until you get the tap.

Question 2

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[SUBMISSION]
Spider guard entry into an omoplata (if opponent is standing)

Answer 2

1. From spider guard, use the middle of your foot in the crook of your opponent’s elbow to extend one arm away and bring the other in close. Try to put your opponent off balance (pulling their weight forward), or if they are too heavy/large, twist your own body so you are more perpendicular to them for a better angle.
2. Plant your foot on the floor and pull your opponent’s arm as close to your body as possible.
3. In one smooth motion, loop your ‘lasso’ leg over your opponent’s shoulder and twist/sit up to force their shoulder/face into the ground. Keep a tight grip on their arm and make sure it ends up between your legs/twisted behind them. If you are struggling to get your opponent’s shoulder to the ground, straighten your legs to force it. Otherwise, fold your legs under you to fully trap their arm, and grip the back of their gi while sitting up/thrusting your hips to force their hand towards the back of their head until they tap.

Option: If your opponent is grabbing your pants when you go to get an elbow grip to set up the omoplata, keep your grip on their sleeve and kick your leg out to break their grip first.

Question 3

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[SUBMISSION]
Spider guard entry into triangle choke

Answer 3

1. From spider guard, use the middle of your foot in the crook of your opponent’s elbow to extend one arm away and bring the other in close. Try to put your opponent off balance (pulling their weight forward), or if they are too heavy/large, twist your own body so you are more perpendicular to them for a better angle.
2. Plant your foot onto your opponent’s hip and pull their arm in as close to your body as possible.
3. Shoot your hips up to hook your extended leg over the back of your opponent’s head to set up the triangle. Keep your leg hooked and your weight heavy on them.
4. With your hips still up, switch their trapped arm to the opposite side of your body to set up the choking mechanism. It is very important to try and get their arm/shoulder under their chin to properly set up the choke.
5. Grab your own shin to prevent your opponent from escaping and plant your foot that was on their hip back on the ground. Drop your hips and use your foot on the ground to push your self to the side (your head should face the same side as the hand on their choking arm) to set up the angle.
6. Once angle is achieved, throw your leg back up over your own shin to close the triangle. Grab your opponent’s head and pull it down while both squeezing your thighs together and raising your hips upward to apply pressure.

Question 4

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[TRANSITION]
“Steering Wheel” sweep from spider guard into side control

Answer 4

1. With your opponent in your spider guard, pick a leg and plant your foot on your opponent’s thigh to force it back and spread their stance. At the same time, pull your opponent’s sleeve (on the same side) upward towards your head to keep them off balance.
2. Sit up (keeping your leg on the outside of your opponent’s), release your opponent’s other sleeve and hook your arm behind their knee (option: if they are defending by grabbing your pants, you can first kick your leg out to break their grip before sitting up). It is very important to KEEP your first leg extended, pushing your opponent’s far leg out.
3. Trade grips to transfer your opponent’s sleeve to the hand you have hooked behind their knee.
4. Option 1: if your opponent is postured up, attempting to stand, use your free hand to grab their far-side collar and break their posture. Option 2: if your opponent’s posture is broken and their head is already down, reach over their back and grab whatever you can (gi or belt)
5. Keeping your grips (on knee+sleeve and collar or back) and keeping your pushing leg extended, twist your body towards the same side as your extended leg like you are turning a steering wheel. You are trying to get your opponent’s shoulder to the ground so you can get on top.
6. Option 1: If you had a grip on your opponent’s collar you should land on their leg. Apply pressure on their leg, keeping the sleeve grip until you have the cross face and you’ve passed/jumped over their leg into side control. Option 2: If you had a grip on your opponent’s back you should land directly in side control.

Question 5

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[TRANSITION]
“De la riva” sweep from spider guard

Answer 5

1. With your opponent in your spider guard, in one motion (a) drop one leg between your opponent’s leg to plant on the ground and (b) keeping your foot in the crook of your opponent’s elbow, kick upward towards your head to pull them off balance.
2. Twist your body to be perpendicular to your opponent’s so you are close to their leg with your butt facing the side you’ve extended their arm. Loop your arm around their leg and grab your own collar (on the same side) to lock their ankle in place.
3. Keeping your knee behind your opponent’s leg, apply a hook (place your foot high up between their legs with the blade of your foot against their groin to push on their opposite leg while keeping your leg tight against theirs) while you plant your other leg on their same thigh just above their knee and shove their leg outward to push them off balance.
4. Keep your grip on their sleeve tight and pull their arm towards you while continuing to push their leg outward. You should be able to push your opponent off balance (try lifting them up towards your head if pushing isn’t enough) to allow you to do a technical stand up and get on top.

Option: If your opponent defends by stepping backward with their far leg to try and get to your other side, defend by changing your foot position. Instead of pushing on their inner thigh, hook your foot behind their knee to prevent them from stepping back. Depending on their weight distribution, you can pull with your foot (and maybe grab their ankle on that same leg) to put them off balance onto their butt so you can stand (make sure you get your knee up between their legs as soon as their butt hits the mat so you don’t end up inside their guard). If that won’t work, you can simply pull them back towards your head to continue the takedown into side control.

Question 6

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[TRANSITION]
Sweep by capturing legs in your closed guard and crossing opponent’s sleeves (to land in mount or side control)

Answer 6

1. If you have your opponent in spider guard, plant your foot on one of their thighs and force their leg backward.
2. Retract your pushing foot. This should cause your opponent instinctively to step their leg back into the position it was to catch their balance. As they step forward, drop your other leg from their elbow-crook and use both your legs to wrap around your opponent’s knees. Lock your feet tight, as if you are putting your opponent’s lower legs in closed guard.
3. Pull both your opponent’s sleeves inward to ‘criss-cross them. This will also criss-cross your arms, but it will be worse for them since it takes away the ability to post on the ground.
4. Using your legs, twist your opponent to the side until they lose balance and fall. Keep your grip on their hand that is closest to the floor so they cannot post upward. Scramble to get on top, either side control or ideally you can even land in mount.

Option: If your opponent is sitting back to maintain their base, use your legs to pull them over you to take away their balance. If they are too strong to do this, consider sitting all the way up and then throwing your body back to use your momentum to assist.

Question 7

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[TRANSITION]
If your opponent is standing , sweep them via hooking lasso foot in groin and hooking other foot around supporting ankle [signature move from guest purple belt from Tayane’s class]

Answer 7

1. If you have your opponent in spider guard, lasso one of their arms first. Ensure you hook your foot around their back for maximum control. Keep your other foot planted on your opponent’s same-side hip to keep them away.
2. Let go of your opponent’s sleeve (on the non-lasso side) and reach to grab the fabric around their ankle on that same side. If you cannot easily reach, shift your body/hip escape so you are in range.
3. Once you’ve established the ankle grip, free your lasso foot from behind your opponent’s ribs and drop it in between their legs. Hook your foot upward so you are gripping their pelvis/groin and applying pressure upward to keep them off balance/on their toes.
4. In the same motion, (a) move your foot that was on your opponent’s hip and drop it between their legs and plant it on the floor and (b) look over your opposite side shoulder and pull your opponent with your arms in that direction and (c) use your hooking foot in their groin to also kick them in the over-the-shoulder direction.
5. Depending on your opponent’s balance, they may topple right away. Most likely they will use their free hand to base on the floor and stay standing. If they do this, then use your foot that was planted on the ground to hook around the front of their ankle and yank their base away. This will definitely complete the sweep.
6. Now that you’ve swept your opponent, you need to pass their guard. You should have landed with your groin-hooking foot still between your opponent’s legs with the top of your foot still hooked under their thigh and your other foot hooked behind their ankle. Keep your grip on your opponent’s ankle and raise their leg into the sky while you let go of your opponent’s wrist and plant your hand on the ground so you can switch your base (your knee on the foot-hooking side should knee slice up your opponent’s thigh while your groin-hooking foot should move out to the side to establish your base). From here you can re-establish your grip on your opponent’s wrist and knee slice into side control.
7. If your opponent defends your knee slice, let go of your ankle grip and wrap your arm under your opponent’s raised thigh (your shoulder should be pressed up against the back of their thigh) and get a tight grip on their same side collar. Release the wrist and reach down to grab the inside of their same-side knee. Pike downward/forward to apply pressure on your opponent’s leg to ‘stack’ them while you keep their bottom leg pressed down and scoot your way over to pass guard on the opposite side. Your head will naturally pop out from under their leg once you’ve moved far enough.
8. If your opponent defends again by shifting their hips so their back is back on the ground/leg is pushing down on your neck, simply hop back around to guard pass on the original side. Make sure to keep your grip on your opponent’s bottom leg until you’ve fully passed. their guard.

Question 8

[SPIDER GUARD - BOTTOM]
[TRANSITION]
Sweep from spider guard > x guard > sweep > land in side control (or option for back take)

Answer 8

1. If you have your opponent in spider guard and they stand up make sure to keep one leg fully extended to prevent them from gripping your pants to defend. In the same motion: a) with your extended leg, kick up to bring your opponent above you, and b) drop your other leg in between your opponent’s legs to plant on the ground and use the traction to spin your head towards your opponent’s leg (on the non-extended side).
2. Let go of your grip on the non-extended side sleeve and loop your arm around your opponent’s leg (around the ankle closest to you).
3. Insert your x guard hook. With the leg that was planted on the ground, bring your knee up behind your opponent’s thigh and hook your foot into their groin, pressing the outside of your foot against their far-side thigh.
4. Continue to kick your extended leg up and push against the back of your opponent’s thigh with your x guard knee until your opponent is forced to post their hand on the ground for balance. Once they do, let go of their sleeve and grab the material on the back of their tricep closest to you. At the same time switch your other arm grip so instead of wrapping over their ankle your arm wraps under it (i.e. their foot/ankle is above your shoulder rather than in your armpit).
5. Technical stand up with your opponent’s ankle propped up on your shoulder to force them off balance and complete the sweep. If they have good balance, you can kick their posting leg/arm out. Land in side control (likely on the back side since you have their foot up on your shoulder).

Option: rather than doing a technical stand up, you can grab their ankle with both hands and move it over your head to your other shoulder and then grab the back of their belt and kick them behind the knees so they land in your lap for a back take.