Jon Thomas breaks down how to do the BJJ hip bump sweep, when to use it, and how to connect it to other attacks. This is an excerpt from The Closed Guard System https://www.grapplearts.com/closedguard

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This is a 3 volume instructional, available in online streaming, DVD, and/or app format. here’s a breakdown of each volume….

*** Volume 1, Breaking Posture and the Overhook Attack Series ***

HOW TO BREAK POSTURE FROM CLOSED GUARD
• Introduction to the Closed Guard
• Breaking Posture in Closed Guard
• Breaking Posture vs Frame on the Hips, Knee on Tailbone
• Breaking Posture vs One High, One Low Grip
• Breaking Posture vs 2 Grips High in Armpit
• Breaking Posture vs an Extreme Back Lean

THE OVERHOOK ATTACK SERIES
• Setting Up and Controlling the Overhook Grip
• Overhook Grip vs One High One Low
• Basic Triangle Choke Setup
• Triangling When Your Opponent Keeps His Arm Tight
• Triangle by Hooking His Far Arm with Your Leg
• Triangle Choke Finish Details
• The Omo Plata Attack
• Sideways Break Down for the Omo Plata
• Countering the Forward Roll in the Omo Plata
• Countering Strong Posture vs Omo Plata

*** Volume 2, Cross Collar, Arm Across Body, and Hip Bump Attack Series ***

CROSS COLLAR ATTACK SERIES
• Setting Up & Controlling the Cross Collar Grip
• Actually Finishing the Collar Choke
• Triangle Choke from the Cross Collar Grip
• Knee Shield Triangle Choke
• Entering the High Guard
• Armbar from High Guard
• Breaking the Armbar Defense
• Armbar Followups
• Pendulum Sweep

ARM ACROSS BODY ATTACK SERIES
• Setting Up the Arm Across Body Position
• Arm Across Body Back Take
• Arm Across Pendulum Sweep
• Arm Across Armbar
• Cross Guard Omo Plata
• Cross Guard Armbar

HIP BUMP SERIES
• The Hip Bump Sweep
• Hip Bump to Triangle Choke
• Countering the Forward Drive

*** Volume 3, Double Sleeve Attack Series, and How to Get to Closed Guard ***

DOUBLE SLEEVES ATTACK SERIES
• Double Sleeves Grip Concepts
• Quick Triangle Choke from Double Sleeves
• Double Sleeves Roleta Sweep
• Double Sleeves Muscle Sweep
• Transition to Cross Guard
• Transition to X Guard
• Transition to Double Sleeve Open Guard
• Transition to Collar Sleeve Guard
• Transition to de la Riva Guard

HOW TO GET INTO CLOSED GUARD
• Concepts for Closed Guard Entries
• Closed Guard Entry from Double Sleeve vs Kneeling
• Closed Guard Entry from Double Sleeve vs Standing
• Closed Guard Entry from the de la Riva
• Closed Guard Entry from Collar Sleeve
• Closed Guard Entry from Standing
• Closed Guard Entry from Sitting Guard

To attack from the closed guard with sweeps and submissions you need to first need to off-balance your opponent with Kuzushi. This clip is from https://www.grapplearts.com/the-gripfighting-and-kuzushi-formula-with-rob-biernacki-and-stephan-kesting/ and shows you one of the best ways to disrupt his balance, his posture and his alignment in order to set up your own attack.

Without Kuzushi just deploying ‘a technique’ at your opponent from the closed guard is unlikely to work unless he’s a beginner. After all, every technique has a counter. But once his alignment is compromised then he’s much less able to prevent the sweep or submission. Kuzushi kills the counters.

Once he’s off balance with his alignment broken he’ll be much easier to deal with. He won’t be trying to pass your guard. He’ll be so off balance that all he’ll be thinking about is recovering his position.

His frantic reactions to get back into position actually give YOU the opportunity to launch your real attack.

There’s no such thing as magic in BJJ, but properly applied Kuzushi comes pretty close.

In The Gripfighting and Kuzushi Formula you’ll learn exactly how to apply kuzushi to triple the effectiveness of your guard in both gi and no gi, against both standing and kneeling opponents, and from both the closed and open guard.

Grab the The Gripfighting and Kuzushi Formula Here: https://www.grapplearts.com/the-gripfighting-and-kuzushi-formula-with-rob-biernacki-and-stephan-kesting/

Cheers
Stephan Kesting
Grapplearts.com

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