Butterfly Guard Concepts for BJJ

We have continued to build on our open guard connections this month and have this week began our exploration of the Butterfly Guard. As most of you know this guard is one of my favorite strategies to employ against larger opponents. The reason this particular guard is a large part of my arsenal is that regardless of whether you’re training gi or no-gi, the Butterfly Guard keeps my opponent’s weight off of me, as well as providing mobility and versatile combinations of sweeps and attacks. The Butterfly Guard