TFS#139: Butterfly Sweeps, Hip Opener, and Training Plateaus

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025!

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Now let’s jump back in to Jiu Jitsu!

You don’t actually need to know every guard…

If you needed the bare minimum, you only need two:

1. Half Guard

2. Butterfly Guard

3. Closed Guard

Okay, I know I said two and then listed three but that’s because if you think about it, Closed Guard is like Butterfly except you have the ability to extend your opponent with Butterfly.

As of right now, let’s jump into the Butterfly Guard.

🔑 Key detail: When you’re sweeping with the Butterfly hook, you don’t need to kick out your leg. In fact, you want to keep that hook as clos to your body as possible. By kicking out, you’re opening up your leg and you can lose the control of your opponent’s hip.

Open up the new year by opening up your hips.

Be good to your body (including your knees and your lower back).

Here’s a hip opener.

More links that’ll improve your Jiu Jitsu.

• Hip throws are awesome, but you need to learn to do them safely.

• Here’s a sweep you can use when your Butterfly sweep isn’t there.

The dreaded plateau and…

Here’s how you can deal with it.

You probably don’t need it now because you’re coming off a restful holiday break.

(I know I am!)

If you don’t need this article now, you can always bookmark it and come back to it later.

Have a great first week of 2025!

Wayne

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