Butterfly Guard
Guard PositionsButterfly Guard is an open guard played sitting up, with both shins hooked inside the partner's thighs. The hooks are lifting tools rather than blocks: they let the bottom partner load weight and tip the top partner over, which makes this one of the most active sweeping guards. It lives or dies on posture — sitting up with an upper body connection works, lying flat does not.
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