Butterfly Guard in BJJ

A seated guard with your feet hooked inside your opponent's thighs, excellent for sweeping and off-balancing.

⚔️ Attack Options

  • → Butterfly sweep
  • → Hook sweep
  • → Guillotine
  • → Arm drag

🛡️ Defense Options

  • → Sprawl
  • → Control hooks
  • → Hip pressure

Techniques from Butterfly Guard

Butterfly Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★

Hook Sweep

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Elevator Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★

Butterfly Arm Drag Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★

Butterfly Guillotine Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★★

Butterfly Underhook Sweep

sweeps • white belt • ★★

Marcelo Garcia Butterfly Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★★

No Arm Butterfly Sweep

sweeps • blue belt • ★★★

Torreando Against Butterfly Guard

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No-Gi Butterfly Guard

guards • blue belt • ★★

Gi Butterfly Guard

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How to Get to Butterfly Guard

Butterfly Guard Pull

From: standing • takedowns

No-Gi Butterfly Guard

From: butterfly guard • guards

Gi Butterfly Guard

From: butterfly guard • guards

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Related Positions

Mount

A dominant top position sitting on your opponent's torso with both knees on the ground.

Back Control

The most dominant position in BJJ, controlling your opponent from behind with your hooks in.

Side Control

A dominant top position perpendicular to your opponent, controlling their upper body.

Standing

The neutral standing position where both grapplers are on their feet, engaging in grip fighting, clinch work, and takedown exchanges.