Maximus Sweep Series

I had the pleasure of rolling with Max Burt of Muncie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tonight.  He swept me with his sweep series, so of course I had to ask how he did it:

• Lat load sweep: Obtain cross arm control and pull across your body, reach your ipsilateral arm to grip their far lat just inferior to their axilla, or if you can lapel wrapping it inferior to the axilla.  Free your opposite arm and post the elbow on the floor, keep your torso tight to their arm so they cannot retreat and escape the sweep.  The foot on the ipsilateral side as your lat control arm, goes to the floor, blocking their leg.  Use this post and your elbow to lift, using the lat control to pull them forward and then sweep them over the shoulder of their crossed arm.
• Extension sweep:  If they block the sweep above, by posting up with their leg, undertook the arm opposite, pulling it straight and extending past your head,  now kick with your posted leg, using the thigh against their flank to sweep them laterally over the side with the extended arm.
• Take the back fake:  If they’ve shut down both the above sweeps, work toward the back (cross arm side), your trail leg foot hooks their far thigh at the knee.  Kick your free leg across their back, perpendicular to their body, this should make them roll and if not, take the back.

Max also showed me a sweep from 50/50 guard, grab the lapel on the grape vined side with your opposite hand, obtain ipsilateral sleeve control with your other hand. Pull your opponent toward you as you shift your legs to the outside, rolling your inside knee to the floor, but preventing your opponent from going belly down.  Free their leg and move it to the opposite hip, now hip switch out and take the back.

Three Half-Guard Sweeps

"Pump Handle" Half-Guard Sweep

From the same side under-hook half-guard, prop yourself on your free elbow or hand  and grab their far  gi such that your body is snug with theirs.  Now use your prop hand to grab their far sleeve.  Use your top leg to overhook their near leg, then transition to your knees, dragging their leg away from them.   Pass their far arm, which you gripped earlier, between their legs to your other hand, creating a "pump handle".  Use your freed hand to grab cross collar and pull turning them on their side and allowing you to obtain cross-side position.

Half-Guard to Far Single Leg

From the same position as above but your opponent has placed you in a whizzer, switch your top leg to overhook their near leg.  Now use your pivot hand to hip switch, pulling your lower leg free.  Drop your underhook hand to grab their far leg's toes and your pivot hand checks their knee, drive forward to place them on their back.

Inside Arm Wrap Half-Guard Sweep

If your opponent is savvy to the above, grab their sleeve with your under-hook hand, wrapping their arm around your elbow.  Overhook their leg with your top leg, then pivot out freeing your bottom leg.  Reach for their far knee with your free hand, most likely they will straighten this leg, i.e. "sprawling" to prevent being taken down.  Now dive underneath pushing on this leg to sweep them over you to low cross-side position.