Lesson 8C – Fundamental Guard Sweeps (1 of 3): Elevator Sweep Today’s Class Times – 12:15pm & 7pm (By Reservation) If you can maintain the mount, you should. If you can’t maintain the mount, use the guard to control your opponent. The guard is the safest position for punch protection and submission attacks. There are also opportunities to quickly stand up to escape. From within the guard, larger opponents tend to believe that if they drive their weight forward, they can submit you with their body weight. This is not true. Because they are inside your legs, their weight is distributed in so many different places that it is very easy to survive the pressure. In fact, any time a larger opponent is driving all their weight forward from within your guard, there is a good chance that they are actually creating an opportunity for the Elevator Sweep. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to sweep your opponent from the bottom position to regain the top position. First, we’ll teach you the Standard Variation of the Elevator Sweep. Then we’ll teach you what to do when things don’t quite go as planned. #jiujitsudenver #denverjiujitsu #denverkravmaga #kravmagadenver #coloradojiujitsu #jiujitsucolorado #coloradokravmaga #kravmagacolorado #selfdefensedenver #denverselfdefense #selfdefensecolorado #coloradoselfdefense #coloradoselfdefenseclass #denverselfdefenseclasses #dtc #denvetechcenter #greenwoodvillage #greenwoodvillageco #greenwoodvillagecolorado #coloradolife #denverlife Krav Maga Jiu Jitsu Muay Thai Self Defense Classes Martial Arts MMA (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmftZzjuCdr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=