Purple belt · Sweep · Key
Waiter sweep from deep half guard
You go deep under their hips, lift their free leg like a tray, and tip them over. Use it when they lean forward or post heavily on your half guard.
Step by step
- From half guard, when they post or lean forward, dive under their hips.
- Get to deep half: their trapped leg is over you, your legs lock around it, and you hug that thigh with both arms.
- Free your inside arm and reach under their free leg at the shin or ankle.
- Lift that leg up like a waiter holding a tray while your legs push their trapped leg up and away.
- They tip over backward. Roll to your knees, still holding their trapped leg, and come up on top.
Details that make it work
- Stay tight under their hips. Distance takes the lift away.
- Lift and push at the same time.
Common mistakes
- Reaching for the free leg before you are deep under them.
- Letting their trapped leg go as they fall, so they recover guard.
Drill it
10 entries into deep half, then 10 waiter sweeps each side.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Half guard pass: flatten & free the leg Pass · Half guard top
- Half guard top: crossface & flatten Control · Half guard top
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