No-gi Advanced
Eli Knight shows a Bear Trap entry when the opponent posts to stop a butterfly sweep, leaving the trailing leg open.
Sweeps
Butterfly Sweep
Lifting the opponent with a butterfly hook while falling to the side with an underhook or overhook. The core of butterfly guard.
Also called hook sweep, elevator sweep, butterfly guard sweep, basic butterfly sweep.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Shorts
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Marcelo Garcia frames a pass, recovers butterfly, and sweeps from the recovered guard.
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher on the two legs in a hook sweep: one lifts, one blocks the post, so the butterfly sweep is not just a shrug of the hips.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher's half-butterfly arm drag into an overhead sweep when they post to stop the hook lift.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Three butterfly concepts from Chewjitsu that make the hook sweep a timing problem instead of a strength one.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
A Chewjitsu butterfly sweep for when the passer is shutting down the standard hook lift.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Butterfly sweep tips plus two solo drills so you can groove the off-balancing without a partner.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Entering butterfly from closed guard and sweeping, Chewjitsu's white-belt path off the back.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Switching to butterfly from half guard when the knee shield is getting smashed.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
A full tour of butterfly guard for gi and no-gi: underhook and overhook grips, the classic hook sweep, entries to X guard, the arm drag and a quick triangle when they post.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Morgan's butterfly-guard class: basics, partner drills and a sweep you can hit in rolling.