X-Guard Entry

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.

From half guard into the RDLR hook, off-balance with the cross collar, then shin-on-shin to single-leg X and full X-guard before sweeping.

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.

A full tour of butterfly guard for gi and no-gi: underhook and overhook grips, the classic hook sweep, entries to X guard, the arm drag and a quick triangle when they post.

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.

Bruno Fernandes shows how to drop from butterfly guard under a kneeling opponent into X guard and finish the sweep.

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.

Five attacks from underhook DLR in gi and no-gi: a triangle and flash armbar against a standing opponent, a sweep to mount when they kneel, and the X-guard transition to a leg drag. Chaptered.

Drills for resetting the DLR hook and grips when they slip, loading the opponent's weight onto you, and the four points of contact that let you move to X-guard and single-leg X.

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.