Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Marcelo Garcia frames a pass, recovers butterfly, and sweeps from the recovered guard.
Retention
Retention
Staying seated and keeping the hooks when the opponent tries to flatten you or step around.
Butterfly Guard Bottom · Butterfly Guard
The other side: Butterfly Guard Top
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Adam Wardzinski on how not to get smashed in butterfly: staying seated and keeping the hooks alive.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Jon Satava on butterfly guard retention, from Marcelo Garcia's school.
The Most Basic Principles Of Butterfly And Open Guard by Gordon Ryan
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Gordon Ryan on the basic principles of butterfly and open guard, including not getting flattened.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Chewy's seven reasons your butterfly sucks, mostly retention and posture problems before any sweep is attempted.