Lasso Entry and Control

Ffion Davies knee-cutting against the lasso, clearing the wrapped leg instead of stepping into the hook.

Three lasso sweeps from Marcos Tinoco to build a guard that works standing and kneeling.

Jon Thomas' complete shallow-lasso guide, the easier lasso for people who cannot thread a deep hook yet.

Travis Stevens on setting up lasso guard from the sleeve, a clean entry that does not require inverted flexibility.

A fundamentals overview of the lasso guard: grip control, breaking posture, then the basic sweeps and submissions that follow. A good first stop before the specialist videos.

Basic spider guard sweeps against a kneeling and standing opponent, then the same sweep with a lasso for extra control, finishing in side control or a bicep slicer.

Principles of the spider-lasso guard (four-finger pocket grip, knees high, constant pull) and three sweeps including a butterfly hybrid when they step a leg up.

Greg Hamilton sets up the lasso from collar-sleeve and shows the sweep that fires as the opponent tries to pass around the lasso side, with grip details that protect your fingers.

When the opponent breaks a spider grip, switch to the leg lasso and hit a fundamental underhook-the-leg sweep to side control. Shown from three angles.