Marcos Tinoco shows a few single-leg X sweeps including coming up to standing when the opponent resists the backward sweep.
Movements
Technical Stand-Up
Standing up from seated guard in base with a posted hand and the free leg swept behind. Used in sweeps, escapes and self-defence.
Also called technical standup, tech stand up, standing up in base, get up.
Where it shows up
- X-Guard · X-Guard Bottom · Sweeps
- Single Leg X-Guard · Single Leg X Bottom · Sweeps
- K-Guard · K-Guard Bottom · Sweeps
- Open Guard · Seated Open Guard · Sweeps and Wrestle-Ups
- Turtle · Turtle Bottom · Escapes and Guard Recovery
- Leg Entanglements · 50/50 · Control and Positioning
- Leg Entanglements · 50/50 · Sweeps and Come-Ups
- Fundamentals and Concepts · Solo Movements and Drills · Core Movements
Related techniques
Resources
17 resources
YouTube videos
The 3 Most Important Jiu Jitsu Techniques For A BJJ White Belt by John Danaher
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Danaher's three most important white-belt skills, the 1.9 million-view lesson on what to drill before chasing submissions.
Aggressive attack options from K-guard: sweeps, come-ups and the inversion into the legs.
Brandon McCaghren covers the core X-guard sweep options in one longer lesson, including how to switch when the opponent posts or pulls the leg back.
Marcelo Garcia teaches his no-gi X-guard sweep: pick the opponent up from butterfly, knock them back, then come up holding the leg without ever letting the control go slack.
Ffion Davies' reverse De La Riva to X-guard, standing up with the trapped leg for the sweep.
Giles teaching the heel hook from 50/50, including the come-up that scores the sweep in points matches.
A long set of beginner solo drills you can do at home: shrimp, bridge, technical stand-up and more.
Several sweep options from single-leg X depending on whether the opponent leans back, drives forward or steps around.
Gold BJJ breaks down the technical stand-up sweep from X-guard, keeping the leg on the shoulder as you post and come up.
How to do a technical stand-up, taught slowly for beginners.
Wrestling up from seated guard to a single leg with three finishes: get behind and shelf the leg, intercept the step like a low single, or go between the legs when they sit their weight back.
A K-guard study focused on non-heel-hook options: sweeps, back takes and upper-body attacks.
Escaping 50/50 in the gi via a back take and armbar, which is also a come-up / sweep path out of the entanglement.
A simple K-guard sweep to come up on top when the opponent posts or sits back.
Roger Gracie Academy's technical stand-up as a solo drill: standing up in base the way you will in a match.
The technical stand-up for beginners, the movement behind every wrestle-up and safe way to get back to the feet.