Blue belt · Sweep · Key
Wrestle-up from seated guard
From seated guard you come up onto them with an underhook or a leg and turn it into a takedown. Use it when they lean in to pass or reach to grip you.
Step by step
- When they lean in, get an underhook (or wrap a leg).
- Post your free hand behind you and come up onto a knee, driving your head into their chest.
- Switch to a single leg: grab behind their knee, keep your head tight.
- Come up to your feet and finish the single leg.
Details that make it work
- The window is when they reach for you: they're leaning forward with weak base.
- Underhook and come up in one motion.
Common mistakes
- Coming up with your head outside their body.
- Hesitating halfway up.
Drill it
Partner kneels, you start seated: 10 wrestle-ups each side.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Single leg (run the pipe) Takedown · Standing
- Side control: pins & pressure Control · Side control
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