Entries

John Danaher on a low-effort, mechanically sound way to slide under a standing opponent into X-guard, pitched at older or less athletic grapplers but useful to anyone.

Chewjitsu shows how a butterfly guard sweep attempt naturally opens the door to X-guard or single-leg X when the opponent stands or posts. A simple, beginner-friendly link between the guards.

Chewjitsu's entry to X-guard from half guard: use the underhook to get under the opponent as they stand or drive forward, then thread the hooks in.

Fly-on-the-wall footage of Chewjitsu running seven X-guard drills in class, moving from entries into cyclical sweep drills. Good for structuring your own drilling.

Lachlan Giles walks through the whole X-guard package: entering from butterfly when the opponent stands, keeping the hooks tense and the opponent off balance, then finishing the basic sweep and technical stand-up.

A complete no-gi X-guard mini-system from Energia Martial Arts: entering, sweeping and moving into leg attacks when the sweep is stopped.

Gold BJJ on moving between single-leg X and X-guard, showing the leg and hip adjustments that connect the two positions.

Emily Kwok drills the switch between single-leg X and X-guard in both directions, useful for building the reflex to change guards when a sweep stalls.