Shaolin teaches the 'Shaolin Sweep' from Half Guard

[hootiepaladin]

Nice series. Good questions and techniques.

[jaymac0512]

This is not a Vitor Shaolin Sweep! He got it from Gracie Barra instructor & creator of the half guard, Master Roberto 'Gordo' Correa. Give credit where credit is due!

[ninonyce]

love the shaolin sweep!!!

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[ducatijackal]

^^^ one person got swept by this



[1socalshocker]

I believe this is the first halfguard sweep that I learned from my instructor Fabio

Santos years ago. Thanks too Stephan and Vitor for adding the little details that help make this move effective. Bravo!

[Fucknessful]

Shaolin have to make his DVD lol

[thedarknight83]

Perfect! I have been looking for someone to explain this sweep for a long time, and who better to teach the sweep than the SHAOLIN!!! Thanks Stephan, you're the best.

This is going in my link collection. I only save one per technique - very exclusive.....

[buffgeo]

I had a training partner years ago that killed this no gi... He used a weird upside down grip on the wrist and just grabbed the ankle and there was no way you werent getting swept... but he was the only guy I knew that could do it

[bilbaisim]

A HUUGE THANK YOU ! been looking for a detailed break-down of this move for some time now ! .. and please forget what they tell you about short videos , THE LONGER THE BETTER ! we want the small details that make out jiu jitsu invisible !

[heggady]

this is an awesome sweep.. shaolin lands it on me all the time.

[akyllo]

I love this sweep, I didn't know what it was called though. I learned it from watching Robson Moura videos and then my instructor also showed it to me one day after class. I like his detail about gripping underneath the sleeve. Dragging the opponent's arm across seems to be the most challenging part of this sweep because no one wants to let you extend their arm like that.

[ShinkaTV]

This is really really cool, and works well with another sweep we've been working on from a Knee on Belly reversal. I love your questions and your stuff in general Stephan. Always a pleasure.

[SORT14]

I am a brown belt under Shaolin's teammate Robson Moura and this position (Robson calls 93 guard) is awesome. This is a great video on this technique. Thanks Stephen!

[3DLeif]

You bring the best BJJ videos on YouTube, Stephan. Thanks for this!

[EJDuhay]

Awesome!!

[accrabeach]

I wonder if it could work w/o a gi, any ideas?

[StephanKesting]

@accrabeach Yes! It's tricky but possible. Denis Kang once caught me in this during MMA sparring - boy did I feel stupid, but it was pretty cool nonetheless

[13ek5ensei]

@StephanKesting do you modify it by grabbing the wrist and underhooking the leg instead of the gi grips? 

[StephanKesting]

@13ek5ensei Yes - that's exactly what you do. But in a no-gi or MMA context you have to be very careful about using his bridging-scissor-sweep-from-ha­lf-guard setup attack: without controlling the sleeve you might be vulnerable to leglock attacks!

[MrBesouroVerde]

@StephanKesting Which leglocks specifically? Kneebar against the half-guard leg when he still under your body? Is that it? Or just turning around and going for the heelhook against the same leg? That sweep move seemed pretty fast to let someone manage a leglock attack as it happens at the very same time.

[StephanKesting]

@MrBesouroVerde Not the Shaolin sweep itself! I think that's pretty leglock proof. But if you were to try the setup sweep that Shaolin uses at about 5:40 in a no-gi situation then I think you'd be getting heel hooked or ankle locked in short order. But with the gi you're pretty safe, and I'm sure that Vitor Shaolin has a different setup he'd use in a no-gi context

[MrBesouroVerde]

@StephanKesting Oh, now I get it! At the setup, the ankle lock or heel hook could be prevented if you're gripping the gi at the wrist and/or the pants. I was thinking to myself: One has to be a ninja to trap someone in a leglock as he's being passed through a Shaolin sweep, right in the middle of the roll... LOL! Thank you so much for the reply, best regards.

[KyleVass]

@StephanKesting the setup sweep he's using is traditionally the first sweep taught in the 93 Guard series (via Robson). and in my experience, it does leave your leg very exposed to a heel hook. that being said, proper heel hooks require that you control the leg being heel hooked with both of your own legs and this is definitely NOT a given with the 93 Guard sweep. sounds like a good question for Shaolin and Robson! :)

[cuzz63]

@accrabeach

The variation he shows at 5:40 is a sweep that I have used in No-gi.

[jitteryjoe]

@accrabeach Baret Yoshida shows a nice variation of this no-gi in his book on submission grappling.

[thefadikhawaja]

that is simply insane. brilliant.

[StevenNC]

great! loved the little corrections and variations.