Butterfly Sweep

  • BJJ
  • Sweeps
  • fundamental
  • Butterfly guard
  • 3 steps

From seated butterfly guard, underhook and use a hook to elevate the opponent over to the side. Also known as the Hook sweep or the Elevator sweep. Here is the exact breakdown from the DARCE app: 3 steps, the details that make it work, and the mistakes to avoid.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Seated butterfly guard

    Sit up with both hooks (insteps) under their thighs and secure an underhook and a grip.

    Butterfly Sweep step 1 of 3: Seated butterfly guard
  2. 02

    Load and elevate

    Fall to your underhook side, lift with the same-side hook and drive your shoulder across to load them up.

    Butterfly Sweep step 2 of 3: Load and elevate
  3. 03

    Come up on top

    Elevate them over your hook and follow the roll up into mount or top control.

    Butterfly Sweep step 3 of 3: Come up on top

Key details

  • Get a deep underhook and keep your chest tight to theirs.
  • Lift with the hook on the same side as the underhook.
  • Fall to the side and use their momentum, do not muscle them straight up.

Common mistakes

  • Sitting back instead of staying chest-to-chest.
  • Lifting with the wrong-side hook.
  • No underhook, so they flatten you back down.

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