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E Book Butterfly Guard v102 PDF
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WITH FLAVIO ALMEIDA TEXT BY LUCA ATALLA PICTURES AND VIDEO BY IVAN TRINDADE
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WITH FLAVIO ALMEIDA TEXT BY LUCA ATALLA PICTURES AND VIDEO BY IVAN TRINDADE
WHY FLAVIO ALMEIDA? Flavio
has
developed
the
foundation
of
his
Jiu-Jitsu
during
the
sec-
ond
half
of
the
1990s,
at
the
headquarters
of
Gracie
Barra
School
in
Barra
da
Tijuca,
Rio
de
Janeiro.
At
that
time,
the
buttery guard*
was
the
most
practiced
guard
style
there,
and
Renzo
Gracie
defeated
Ricardo
De
La
Riva
(Carlson
Gracie)
in
1993
with
an
innovative
(at
the
time)
sweep
using
the
hook
from
the
inside.
Renzo
would
also
use
this
weapon
again
in
1995,
to
beat
Alexandre
Paiva
on
a
special
super-Sight
challenge.
A
batch
of
Gracie
Barra
Sighters
like
Nino
Schembri,
Alexandre
Soca,
Renato
Miragaia,
Bruno
Fernandes,
Marcelo
Rezende
and
Flavios
brother,
Ricardo
Almeida,
among
many
others,
have
specialized
in
this
type
of
guard.
InSluenced
by
teammates,
Flavio
naturally
learned
and
incorporated
this
guard
and
became
one
of
the
greatest
experts
of
his
generation
for
this
move. In
February
2013,
GRACIEMAG
spent
a
Friday
afternoon
talking
with
the
expert
on
the
style
in
detail,
and
the
content
extracted
from
it
composes
the
following
eBook.
The
aim
is
to
show
you
how,
even
under
playing
from
bottom,
you
are
able
to
be
aggressive
and
go
from
defense
to
attack.
CONCEPT First
of
all,
it
is
necessary
that
you
are
not
with
your
back
against
the
Sloor
in
order
to
be
effective.
In
this
case,
your
opponent
will
be
able
to
work
the
weight
upon
you
and
hamper
all
your
leverage
like
the
one
needed
to
escape
the
hips
or
the
one
to
destabilize
the
en- emy
base
using
one
of
the
hooks.
Moreover,
it
is
recommended
that
your
back
forms
with
the
ground
at
an
angle
that
is
as
obtuse
as
pos- sible,
preferably
acute. SHORTLY:
Your
BACK
forming
an
ACUTE
angle
with
the
FLOOR.
IMPORTANT: The aim of this E-Book is to help the reader to improve his buttery guard game. It should be clear that nobody can practice these moves alone and without supervision of a graduated instructor. *Quick fact about the history of Jiu-Jitsu: Jiu-Jitsu moves went through a TERMINOLOGY revolution when it expanded internationally. This change was benecial because the names started to appoint moves and situations more easily. It was no different with the BUTTERFLY GUARD. In Brazil during the 1990s, we used to call it simply HOOK GUARD or sometimes INSIDE HOOKS GUARD.
Lets start in the worst possible situation for this guard. That is, your back against the Sloor and the opponent with their body weight and gravity holding you down without mobility. 1. Keep calm and use leverage, not only strength. 2. Push the shoulder on the same side of the opponent's head with the parallel arm, just enough to open some space. 3. Enter with the crossing hand as a knife underneath the head, Sind- ing the pushed shoulder. 4. When both hands meet, establish a frame so that your crossed arm is now making a right angle between the forearm and the bi- ceps at the elbow. 5. The goal is not to push the opponent, just stop him/her. You will prevent him/her from keeping the weight over your body. 6. Then apply the hip escape that we hope you practice during the warm-up in all Jiu-Jitsu classes of your life. :) If you performed well the steps above, you are ready to go from de- fense to attack. But what are the most common grip options?
NOTE: Dont go for the grip study yet! Come back to the nal step and notice how both forearms at a right angle establish three sides of a rectangle which prevents the opponent from putting your back against the ground. This frame is powerful and impossible to be broken if the opponent doesnt nd another angle to throw the weight over.
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GRIP OPTIONS
1. Belt grip with your arm against the opponents back This is the most common position and allows you an admirable range of sweeps, But many times the opponent anticipates and uses the hand Sirst. Since he/she has the gravity in his/her favor, it is pos- sible that he/she achieves the goal.
2. Belt grip over the opponents arm If you work the hip escape properly, it is possible to have a great un- balance leverage, even with your arm on top, and possibly even more power to help the hook to lift the opponent when the moment is right.
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3. Collar grip wrapping the opponents arm Remember, Jiu-Jitsu is also timing. No matter how well executed is the technique, if you're late, your opponent can neutralize it. And that's what happens when he/she escapes from your grip and puts your back on the Sloor again. You could restart the technique from the beginning, but an often ef- fective alternative is to wrap the opponents arm and grip the oppo- site collar. This grip will give you leverage to sit again.
4) Belt grip under and to the front This grip is indicated when the opponent, instead of trying to put the weight over you, tries to escape from your grip standing up. So, you keep him/her engaged on your guard and keep dominating his/ her hip, opening unbalance alternatives.
The most valuable of any situation in Jiu-Jitsu is always the concept. Therefore, reread everything that was explained so far, reason and practice. And practice again. And again. What comes next is a bonus, EXAMPLES of applications of the previous concepts. Let's go through the four types of grips we illustrated showing a po- sition of each one with a double attack and a detail that makes ALL the difference in this kind of guard. Ah yes, besides the concept, details make the position magic happen, so pay attention in particular to the dead foot detail on the Sirst fol- lowing situation.
TRADITIONAL SWEEP
Once you achieved the attack position, you need to act. Otherwise your opponent will, and you will probably return to the initial posi- tion, or even worse, have your guard passed. Use the hook on the same side of the grip to lift the opponents hip and then bring it to you, and with a single seesaw movement you will lay down again and escape the hip, changing places with your opponent (you go up, he/she goes down). DETAIL 1: The control over the sleeve opposite to the opponents grip is important not only to help the unbalance, but mainly to pre- vent the opponent from putting his/her hand on the ground and hin- der your movement. DETAIL 2: Stop reading for a moment, reestablish your focus and pay attention. The detail below alone is worth this ENTIRE eBook. Seriously. I personally have used the butterSly guard effectively for years without knowing this pearl revealed below by Flavio Almeida, and it still made a total difference: Upon unbalance, when you're spinning upwards, one foot acts like a hook lifting the opponent, and the other one is what we call dead foot. Well, it is not dead at all, check this out: Instead of keeping it stretched, if you use your toes to rotate the heel and point it up, it will increase the impulse of your hip a few kilowatts and the extent of the movement in a few inches. Besides, it helps you to post your body in a way its harder for your opponent to move. This extra ef- fort can make a difference between a complete sweep and a simple defended unbalance.
ATTENTION: And sorry for not revealing this before, but it was on purpose because this is the right time to do so. Another important concept is that the buttery guard is an attack. If you behave passively, you will be very vulnerable to a pass.
TACTICAL HINT: This is not really a technical detail, but a tactical one. Note that Flavio made the sweep movement using the left leg hook. Many times you dont have a choice and have to deal with the present situation. Thats why you must practice any move on both sides. However, the left side was chosen on purpose. Because the majority of those who perform this kind of guard normally use the right foot as the hook (including me), the chance of surprising the opponent increases if you specialize in the movement using your left foot.
DETAIL 3: Do not forget to kick the leg used for the hook near the end of the movement to assure the space needed to fully escape the hip turn and move upwards.
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DOUBLE ATTACK
A)
ARMBAR The
grip
over
the
arm
also
enables
a
variety
of
sweeps,
including
the
previously
mentioned
one,
but
we
chose
to
exemplify
the
grip
with
a
double
attack. When
the
opponent
pummels
an
underhook,
which
means
having
his
arm
under
yours,
he/she
probably
will
try
to
approach
and
use
the
weight
to
put
your
back
on
the
Sloor
again. This
position
starts
with
a
very
important
detail. DETAIL:
Note
that
Flavios
right
foot
rests
on
the
opponents
hip.
This
prevents
him
from
approaching.
CONCEPT: A pause for a UNIVERSAL Jiu-Jitsu concept. THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THE PERSON OF TOP AWAY IN ANY SITUATION IS BY USING THE FOOT ON THE HIP. No matter how heavy your opponent is, he needs the power of the hips to get closer to you. If you keep the foot on the hip, he cant move and therefore doesnt have power. That is, he cant get closer.
Then, Flavio takes the opponent's impulse toward him (though caught by the foot in the hip), and immediately closes the left knee holding the opponents arm between his arm and knee. He removes the hook and puts the foot on the back of the opponent. It is so tight that if he bends his body back he causes a hyper-extension on the guard passers right arm. He often gives up in fright.
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B) OMOPLATA If he/she is an experienced guard passer, it is possible that he/she used the only space left to twist the arm and relieve the tight Sit. In this case, the armbar doesnt work, but another opportunity is cre- ated: the omoplata. Simply move your left leg over the shoulder and close a triangle with your foot behind the right knee. Keep escaping the hip and siting. Although its not the purpose of this book to cover the details of the omoplata, it is noteworthy that keeping the opponents hip away from yours will give more efSi- ciency to the attack.
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The opponent anticipated and put your back on the Sloor again with his/her grip on top. Then you opted to wrap his arm and hold the collar. This grip option (3) gives you leverage to sit and escape the hip, and with the hook and the dead foot detail (REMEMBER?) you are able to sweep the opponent. But one extra detail will make a huge differ- ence in the performance of the move.
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Stop for a moment and focus on the following tip. This is the second time I say it, but this detail alone is worth reading this book. DETAIL: The dead foot, before the beginning of the movement, will form an X with the left one, which is being used as the hook. Then you put it on the outside of the opponents leg.
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First, it closes the side way of the opponent for the guard pass (and to kill his/her knee another important shield for keeping your op- ponent away). But besides the defense, this X can work to help your attack. HOW? Both your feet in X dominate the opponents thigh. Moments before starting the unbalance you stretch your leg, which pushes the oppo- nent away, increasing the leverage of the hook sweep.
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One of the biggest challenges of the butterSly guard is when you meet an opponent that wants to avoid approaching and prefers to move away from your guard, preventing you from performing your grips. In this case, one of the best options is grip N 4 with an outstretched arm holding the belt. This grip opens many attack possibilities and control be- cause you dominate the opponents hip. It is a grip suitable to use as a transition from butterSly guard to x-guard (which alone would complete another book). But Flavio shows how the grip can also work very well with a sweep that is very similar to the previous ones. Note, how- ever, that in spite of having similar steps, the grip opens a bigger space so that Flavio can spin under the opponent, al- lowing more efSiciency to the move.
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CONCLUSION Even
when
you
section
Jiu-Jitsu
in
a
speciSic
type
of
guard
(Jiu-Jitsu
Guard
Open
Guard
ButterSly
Guard),
the
options
are
endless,
only
limited
by
the
imagination
of
the
practitioner.
Therefore,
it
was
never
the
purpose
of
this
book
to
limit
the
possibilities
of
the
butter- Sly
guard.
Otherwise,
our
intention
is
to
incite
the
reader
to
study
and
open
his/her
mind
to
possibilities
and
concepts.
From
there,
practice
and
creativity
will
be
able
to
build
an
arsenal
in
the
subject. Another
intention
of
this
book,
which
you
received
for
free,
is
to
pre- sent
what
GRACIEMAG
has
been
doing
for
almost
20
years,
aiming
to
spread
knowledge
of
Jiu-Jitsu.
Materials
with
this
style
and
qual- ity
are
published
monthly.
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