Mikey Musumeci's collar-sleeve fundamentals: grips, foot placement, and the triangle/omoplata reactions that make it a first open guard.
Sweeps
Sweeps
Tripod, sickle and sit-up sweeps against a standing or kneeling opponent.
Collar Sleeve Bottom · Collar Sleeve Guard
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YouTube videos
Lachlan Giles from collar-sleeve: the triangle when the elbow comes free, and the overhead sweep when they stay tight, pulling with the elbows high and knees to chest rather than pushing away.
Jean Jacques Machado on the collar-and-sleeve connections that keep giving sweeps after the first attack is blocked.
What Makes Collar Sleeve the Most Fundamental Open Guard (& How to Start Using it)
Shawn A BJJ YouTube
Why collar-sleeve is the hub of gi open guard: the grips and foot placement, the triangle and omoplata that fall out of it (with Meregali competition footage), the basic sweeps and how to pull straight into it. Chaptered.
Collar Sleeve is The BEST Guard For Beginners BJJ (If You Want to Win)
Trey “Lapel Zombie” Carter YouTube
Why collar-sleeve is a practical first gi open guard for beginners who need a triangle and a sweep without a huge repertoire.