Butterfly Guard & Involuntary Newbie Slam Defense

Before I begin, I attempted a guillotine choke today. I didn’t get it but I can”t remember (since 2004) ever using it during rolling. Even though it is a very effective technique I’ve always viewed it as an easy ’sub.’ Plus, in my first academy we used to have this guy who studied Hapkido who [...]

Mario Sperry Butterfly Guard Pass

In my last post I talked about using Mario Sperry’s guard pass in class. I picked it up from this clip. I was able to pass with it once and had a number of near misses. I have used a natural variation of it in the past as a response to [...]