Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Adam Wardzinski on how not to get smashed in butterfly: staying seated and keeping the hooks alive.
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
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Adam Wardzinski on how not to get smashed in butterfly: staying seated and keeping the hooks alive.
Jon Satava on butterfly guard retention, from Marcelo Garcia's school.
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Gordon Ryan on the basic principles of butterfly and open guard, including not getting flattened.
Chewy's seven reasons your butterfly sucks, mostly retention and posture problems before any sweep is attempted.