April 6, 2014 - Single Leg X Guard/X Guard/Sweeps and Calf Cutter
Holy crap. I haven't updated this in over two months.
Had some surgery that kept me out for 3 weeks, but have been going about 3 times a week.
Private today with Avery. We worked on single leg x and x guard and transition between the two. Include sweeps and calf cutter.
Avery likes to go single leg x (SLX) every time from open guard, if possible. The next move is to go to the calf cutter when the opponent tries to angle away from the SLX, by dropping the outside leg down into the back of the opponent's knee, turning behind them and gable grip from behind.
If the opponent tries to peel the outside leg off you can transition easily to x guard (XG) by dropping the inside hook to the opposite knee and putting the outside leg's foot in to the opposite hip.
This guy wrote a great blog on SLX.
http://danofearth.com/2014/04/06/marcelo-garcias-single-leg-x-guard-breakdown-and-analysis/















