Outstanding! Loved your emphasis on the “shapes to sweep”. This will definitely help my game. Thanks!! PS. One video that’s rare to find on RUclips are TRANSITIONS to BF Guard. It’s a good guard for MMA but my problem is how to get there. The only way I know to get there is to let a guy take me down from standing and NOT give him inside leg control as we’re falling. Do you have any good transitions to BF guard??
Hey Tom! Love this video! I started playing butterfly guard probably around 8 months ago. Have had solid progress a lot of the other white belts really hate playing vs it in my gym so much so that they defend it like crazy. One thing I am having trouble with is the engagement phase. Often I will start a roll and try to establish some control (only do No-Gi), and I find I struggle especially vs stronger guys as I try hard to control a wrist, or get in and get an underhook etc. What are some of the best ways to engage to close the distance? How do I grab the wrists and make them defend to scoot in? Also, I usually find that I have problems where I am getting my wrists grabbed first and then fighting off the back foot.
I’m glad you talked about how to use it in mma. I love Marcelo Garcia, but a lot of it is great in competition, but not all of it applies to a street fight.
hey Coach Tom, I was wondering if you could post a video of a side control attack system. love the videos and if I'm ever in Australia I'll be sure to check out your gym!
Hey tom how do you get a whizzer or underhook in butterfly when they have tight elbows? or do you set it up with a different grip like 2 on 1 or collar tie?
Any suggestions for getting to the butterfly guard position? No one at my current gym really engages on their knees like that or if i start to try and play butterfly they back out and stand up
@@ThaiPham-go6jc thanks man, i usually play alot of half so I'll try it out. Just to clarify though are you suggesting to transition to full butterfly once i have an underhook? Or just play half- butterfly?
@@Oldhandlewasabitcringe It depends, if you are comfortable to transiton to full butterly you can play it that way or you just focus on butterfly guard professor Tom just showed in the video, I think the most important thing about the transition are the hooks (over/under) and that your back is not flat on bottom, so you are lying on the side (shoulder)
What to do when opponent goes for an Ezekiel choke before I can secure good controls for butterfly sweep? I try to elevate my opponent but I end up mounted and choked.
Yo im still new to grappling...so i wanna ask...will sparring bigger heavier guys improve my skills??...because some say its a bad idea because its just going to injure my body
positional sparring will be a good way to improve while limiting injuries will big guys. also with normal size guys by the way. choose a specific technique or position you want to work on, and only work on that, with a big guy you trust. once one of you get out of the aggreed stuff, dont free roll further. stop and restart. slowly let your opponent build resistance so that you both finally can reciprocally work on attack/control & counter.
@@dondawati4345 the trusting part is in this case super important. you should blindly be sure that he will be extremely careful with landing on you when he takes you down. if there's that trust, you should be fine. when in doubt for some takedowns smashing effects, let him do the unbalancing part only.
@@TheGrapplingAcademy thanks for the clarification on that. I see high level guys do it all the time, but if they're secretly favoring a side, that makes sooo much more sense!
Great video. I like the specificitie
A wild jedi has been spotted
Where are your videos bro??
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Jk don't kill me.
@@EmbddedJiuSage he’s got a few
Get a hair cut you dirty Hippie.
Hi Prof. Tom, just wanna let you know I recently got promoted to blue belt. Your videos have helped me a lot. Thanks for everything you do here.
CONGRATS! Great on your blue belt
You will quit soon.
rough rooster don’t be a bitch. OSS 🤙🏾 for life 🥋
Hey, man. You still training?
@@anotherpilgrim8313 yes.
Great video Tom! As a short stumpy guy I've been trying to make butterfly guard my go to low guard and this really helped. Thank you.
Great video!!
tom's looking THICC compared to just a year ago. great stuff as always
Never complicates, always on point.
A quick point I've been taught is if they put all their weight backwards just blast double them, and push them backwards
Just be careful of their knees as we never try to push them straight back!
the handfighting tips were so helpful!
What Can I Say?
Only a huge thank you !!!
Clear, simple, efficient I love it and will put it in my game tomorrow...
Thank you again !
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OMG this is gold! So many options. My brain exploded multiple times in this video, especially with that neck snap-down flip-over technique.
Absolutely one of the best breakdowns from attacking from butterfly guard. Very impressive. Oss.
can’t believe this video is free, amazing stuff
Thanks!
Rock star quality; clear, concise and cool!
Great branching of techniques and explanations of when to use them. Thank you.
Nice !!! Thank you 🙏. We are going over this in class today with Votaw and i wanted to get a leg up on it 🙃… Love the video!!!
Holy crap! This video is gold!!!
The way Coach Tom low key comments about destroying someone’s knee in 8:26 😳
Amazing stuff. I am working butterfly guard now and this has opened so many options I did not think about. Thank you.
'Butterfly guard is not an ambidextrous sweeping position at a high level' - understood and thank you sir.
What great timing! We've been working on butterfly guard at my school the past few weeks! Thanks!
Loving your teaching style professor, learning loads,🤙🏻
I must say the quality of your videography has jumped up significantly by several notches :)
Great concepts. I recently got into more no gi and quickly learned that I needed to up my butterfly game... thanks for this great content!
Your content is so helpful 👏👏👏👏👏
Amazing! Thank you!
Hey absoloutly AWESOME coaching wow
and now my KNEEEEEE will kick him over lol - thank you coach Tom. another fantastic seminar.
awesome stuff
That cylinder tip just blew my mind. Was getting stuck here. Thank you so much for this vid. Love ur content.
Outstanding!
Loved your emphasis on the “shapes to sweep”. This will definitely help my game.
Thanks!!
PS. One video that’s rare to find on RUclips are TRANSITIONS to BF Guard. It’s a good guard for MMA but my problem is how to get there. The only way I know to get there is to let a guy take me down from standing and NOT give him inside leg control as we’re falling. Do you have any good transitions to BF guard??
Thanks brotha! Ossss
Good stuff. You got a subscribe and thumbs up from this guy.
Heaps of Information Professor Tom!! Thank you!
Hey Tom! Love this video! I started playing butterfly guard probably around 8 months ago. Have had solid progress a lot of the other white belts really hate playing vs it in my gym so much so that they defend it like crazy.
One thing I am having trouble with is the engagement phase. Often I will start a roll and try to establish some control (only do No-Gi), and I find I struggle especially vs stronger guys as I try hard to control a wrist, or get in and get an underhook etc. What are some of the best ways to engage to close the distance? How do I grab the wrists and make them defend to scoot in? Also, I usually find that I have problems where I am getting my wrists grabbed first and then fighting off the back foot.
I’m glad you talked about how to use it in mma. I love Marcelo Garcia, but a lot of it is great in competition, but not all of it applies to a street fight.
This guy's explaining ju jitsu using topology ! liked
Good work brother
Man….this is just what I needed
You have given me butterfly guard hopes.
Amazing
Thanks again love your stuff.
I just had a wrestler join my gym and this will definitely help me counter some of his natural tendencies. Thank you!
You'll be dead once he learns basic submissions.
Carlos Machado is amazing
7:33
Wow. Thank you professor.
I like this, i try this and i win with this perfect lesson
Thank you
definitely a hole in my game. good looks professor
thAnks bruh
wery nice thank you!!! ill try to do in the gym!!!
when playing with the overhook, what do you do to stop him from body locking you? just keep him off balance?
Angle is key but also I don’t fear the body lock just sweep them!
Excellent 👍👍
Really good stuff! We are also under the Machado lineage with Sensei Erik Paulson....great viideos!
Thanks, a really great into to butterfly guard!
Thank you your the best sir
This is fantastic stuff!
At 4:40 that’s called a powerhalf
hey Coach Tom, I was wondering if you could post a video of a side control attack system.
love the videos and if I'm ever in Australia I'll be sure to check out your gym!
My mind is blown 🤯
Coach Tom looking like he's been working out more than normal 💪 great video, keep it up
I see that Texas flag up there, Aussie. Liking your content in all your instruction. Applying it to the mats.
Is the 4:35 technique legal in IBJJF? Would the hand on the neck be considered a can opener?
its legal brah. can opener is illegal because it is a crank, and your opponent has no escape option.
@@kingnatre ok, i see now.
Obrigado! Oss!
Nice Butterfly series
Hey tom how do you get a whizzer or underhook in butterfly when they have tight elbows? or do you set it up with a different grip like 2 on 1 or collar tie?
Professor Tom link so I can buy a rashie from you.
I see you have grappling dummies in the background,. What brand are they? Thanks
3:34
4:26, 4:41
9:21, 9:27
That flip to darce is gone be juicy in the gym.
9:30 That's a Throw-by, not Duck under.
I miss Tom's videos
Cool, this is just what I needed tbh.
I am from Melbourne, can I this dojo address, please ...
Any suggestions for getting to the butterfly guard position?
No one at my current gym really engages on their knees like that or if i start to try and play butterfly they back out and stand up
Try to play half guard, people on top are usually on one the knee, and it's easy to get over or underhooks from there
@@ThaiPham-go6jc thanks man, i usually play alot of half so I'll try it out.
Just to clarify though are you suggesting to transition to full butterfly once i have an underhook? Or just play half- butterfly?
@@Oldhandlewasabitcringe It depends, if you are comfortable to transiton to full butterly you can play it that way or you just focus on butterfly guard professor Tom just showed in the video, I think the most important thing about the transition are the hooks (over/under) and that your back is not flat on bottom, so you are lying on the side (shoulder)
looks like professor has been hitting the weights put on some size
What to do when opponent goes for an Ezekiel choke before I can secure good controls for butterfly sweep? I try to elevate my opponent but I end up mounted and choked.
Don’t let him get an Ezekiel grip! Control his arms and sweep him!
Yo im still new to grappling...so i wanna ask...will sparring bigger heavier guys improve my skills??...because some say its a bad idea because its just going to injure my body
positional sparring will be a good way to improve while limiting injuries will big guys. also with normal size guys by the way.
choose a specific technique or position you want to work on, and only work on that, with a big guy you trust. once one of you get out of the aggreed stuff, dont free roll further. stop and restart. slowly let your opponent build resistance so that you both finally can reciprocally work on attack/control & counter.
@@tokinabo well to be more specific, i wanna drill takedowns and takedown defense with this guy whos 20 kg heavier
@@dondawati4345 the trusting part is in this case super important. you should blindly be sure that he will be extremely careful with landing on you when he takes you down. if there's that trust, you should be fine. when in doubt for some takedowns smashing effects, let him do the unbalancing part only.
@@tokinabo i see....thnx for the advice brotha
Watching this for judo. A lot of modern judo practitioners have been using this in their game, so what the hell
Gotta get myself an Aussie rashguard.
The 1 dislike is from the guy who's ACL he tore
Can we call that a half butterfly guard?
This is all aimed at training and competitions and not on fighting and defence agaist attack on the street.
Doesn't Gordon Ryan himself play an ambi-ish butterfly guard though?
Any decent competitive black belt who uses butterfly will go to both sides but we all have our favorite side!
@@TheGrapplingAcademy thanks for the clarification on that. I see high level guys do it all the time, but if they're secretly favoring a side, that makes sooo much more sense!
the one dislike is from Tom
Looks like one chi master has disliked this video!
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His arms are like my thighs.....jesus christ....but love ur videos !
disappointed he didn't say flap his wings like a butterfly
Step 1: Brazilian supplements
Step 2: Lift heavy
"prof. Tom"? Kinda arrogant
Loving your teaching style professor, learning loads,🤙🏻
Thank you