We started working on a sweep from the bottom in half-guard: The steps to doing this involved:
i) On the bottom sit up on your right hip in half-guard under opponent.
ii) Right foot hooks opponent's leg to prevent it moving out.
iii) Left knee comes across opponent's chest and connects to elbow of left arm with left hand in opponent's gi collar on your right-hand side to form a frame.
iv) Right hand monkey grips inside top of opponent's bicep on his left arm.
v) Kick up to create space using left leg and wrap your left arm around the opponent's back to get an underhook and drive you head into his chest/stomach to prevent him grabbing your neck.
vi) Then let go of his bicep and drive your right hand under his left thigh so you can grab the back of his gi pants.
vii) Then roll backwards towards your left shoulder and elevate the opponent using your right arm to sweep and end up in side control.
We then played with a few variations on this sweep. So if the opponent posts out to prevent the sweep you can drive off your right leg to force and muscle the sweep through.
If you can't, however, muscle the sweep through, then climb to the side where the underhook is using the space you've created then using your free right hand, cup his knee to prevent him extending his base and drive through him.
We then discussed the key points to remember if you are fighting against the sweep and these were:
i) Fight to control his head
ii) Fight to establish an underhook of your own
iii) Fight to drive your hips down to flatten him out and limit his mobility.
We ended the class with a bit of sparring and I did OK and I even managed a sweep to reverse a bottom position. A very good class.
LESSON FROM TODAY: Fight to establish head control, get an underhook and flatten the opponent's hips to fight against the half-guard sweep.
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