Ready to take your sweeps up a level?
In this video lesson I show a lapel guard sweep that takes a bit of agility, but after repeating it a few times the movement becomes easy to understand and to fit into your game.
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Setting up the position
Start with both feet on your opponent’s hips and pull their lapel out. Once you control the lapel, take one foot off the hip and pass the lapel over your shin. Bring your other arm between your opponent’s legs and hand the lapel to that hand.
Don’t forget to adjust the lapel, pulling and sliding your grip up to break your opponent’s posture.
Spinning into the sweep
A detail that helped me a lot was turning back to face my opponent. This opens space between my shoulder and their shin, so I can spin more easily and build more momentum for the movement.
Using the swing of your other leg, start to invert. Place your free hand on your opponent’s ankle to help them follow the movement, which only ends when your leg passes behind them and your foot comes out in front of their hip.
Video lesson — lapel guard sweep
Sweeping and coming up
To finish the sweep, keep driving towards the side where you have your opponent laced, forcing their knee to the side. Ideally you do everything in one motion, without pausing, so the momentum carries the whole sweep.
Once your opponent is down, come up to stabilize the position and score the two points for the sweep. Watch your leg here, because your opponent can lock a 50/50 guard. To avoid it, drop your weight onto their leg and come up quickly, passing just like a leg drag.
Questions
I honestly expected this movement to be harder, but after drilling it I realized that with the right momentum the spin is easy to complete. As with any position, it takes plenty of repetition to understand it and then fine-tune it.
Well, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you have any questions, just leave a comment!
Good training and see you in the next video lesson!
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