Inside the University 478 - Lasso Guard Drill
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Gustavo once again starts with the spider guard, and his opponent is gripping both of his pants and walks to the side as he did before. As his opponent moves, Gustavo is extending his leg to the same side to keep him at bay. Now to break the other grip, he kicks his leg and pulls the sleeve. From here he loops his leg over the arm and makes his lasso hook, keeping his elbow tight to his body and his palm facing up so his opponent cannot swim his hand outside. After establishing a good lasso guard, he unhooks his lasso so his opponent can move to the other side, where he repeats the drill.
Inside the University 477 - Spider Guard Side to Side Drill with Moving Opponent
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Now Gustavo practices the same concept of the previous spider guard drill, but this time his opponent is moving from side to side. As his opponent moves to the side, Gustavo extends his leg on the side he's moving to. He keeps his other leg bent and pulls the sleeve tight to his body. Now his opponent moves to the other side and he continues the drill.
Inside the University 476 - Spider Guard Side to Side Drill
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Showing the first spider guard drill of the night, Gustavo has both sleeve grips and both feet in the biceps. It is very important he does not stay flat on his back, rather is on his side, with his lower leg bent and he upper leg extended. When he transitions to the other side, he bridges off his bent leg foot in the biceps to change his direction, and then extends that same leg. For this drill he just switches back and forth, side to side. Another key point is that his foot remains right in the elbow crease, where he can keep more control of his opponent's arm.
Inside the University 421 - Controlling Grips in Spider Guard
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Professor Nick Schrock shows some details and concepts of how he plays spider guard. His first concern is to get good grips on the sleeves, without any "wrinkles" or extra folds that could weaken his grip. With his feet in the biceps, Nick pulls his elbows to the ground close to his thighs, keeping his opponent's hands away from his shin so he can't grip back. If his opponent does get a pants grip, Nick rotates his hips to the side, kicks his leg out to break the grip, and then goes back to his spider control.
Claudia do Val Series 4 - Spider Guard Swinging Drill
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Now Claudia shows a great drill she practices to get her body used to the motion of the sweep she taught in the previous technique. After setting up her spider guard with her foot in the biceps and her leg stretching the arm away from her, she swings her free leg to her opponent's leg. While swinging, her spider leg bends to load her opponent and then stretches again as her swinging leg hits her opponent's leg. Now she swings back to her original position and swings again, repeating the drill several times.
Claudia do Val Series 1 - Controlling and Maintaining Spider Guard
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Claudia do Val is one of the top female competitors today, having won the World Championship at both brown and black belt. She begins her series by explaining her approach to playing spider guard. With both sleeves controlled, Claudia chooses a side and slides her foot into the biceps, and then stretches her leg. She turns her body so her hips are facing in that direction. When her opponent reacts, Claudia can slide her other foot in the other biceps, and then stretch that leg out. She drills this movement back and forth, and in a match, she can eventually confuse her opponent and take the opportunity to set up a sweep or submission.
Inside The University 298 - Lasso Guard Control
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Gustavo Dias, World Champion at blue and purple belts, and silver medalist at brown belt, discusses some principles of maintaining control using the lasso guard. He also shows a drill to practice lassoing each arm when your opponent tries to pass to the side.
Luiza Monteiro Series 10 - Breaking Spider Guard Grips
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Luiza shows a couple techniques she uses to get her opponent's feet off her biceps when her opponent is playing spider guard on her.
Luiza Monteiro Series 7 - Transitioning from Spider Guard to X-Guard
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Luiza starts with her preferred spider guard grips she has been working with, and now her opponent breaks the foot on biceps grip. Luiza reacts by first establishing a collar grip and hooking her foot behind her opponent's knee. Now she can stretch her legs to create space, and place her other knee inside, establishing the X-guard.
Luiza Monteiro Series 6 - Changing Grips
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Luiza shows the most common reaction her opponents make when she gets her desired grips, which is to break her grip on the pants. In order to get her grips back, first she grabs the collar with her free hand, and switches it to make a cross lapel grip with her other hand. Then she goes back to gripping the pants, and finally regains the sleeve grip, resetting back to her original grips.
BJJ Library Challenge One Contestants Series 2 - Spider Guard to Omoplata
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In the second installment of the BJJ Library Challenge One Contestants Series, AJ Sousa teaches how us to the Leg Lasso to improve your Spider Guard game and how submit your opponent with an Omoplata. This submission technique is a great complement to the Spider Guard Leg Lasso Drill from the previous lesson.
BJJ Library Challenge One Contestants Series 1 - Spider Guard & Leg Lasso Drill
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In the first video of the BJJ Library Challenge One Contestants Series, competitor AJ Sousa teaches us a drill he uses daily to set up and maintain a strong Spider Guard by using Leg Lassos to control your opponent as he or she attempts to pass your guard.