X-Guard Sweeps

Bernardo Faria demonstrates the basic X-guard sweep with an emphasis on stretching the opponent out before extending the legs.

Stuart Tomlinson shows how to off-balance from X-guard so the opponent's hands hit the mat, and the sweep that follows.

Chewjitsu's recommended first X-guard sweep for people new to the position, with the hook placement and hip angle explained slowly.

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.

Chewjitsu links the X-guard sweep to a straight ankle lock setup that appears as the opponent falls, a legal-everywhere way to start attacking legs from X-guard.

Stephan Kesting frames every X-guard sweep as one of four directions and shows how reading where the opponent's weight goes tells you which one to use.

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.

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 breaks down the technical stand-up sweep from X-guard, keeping the leg on the shoulder as you post and come up.