Advanced Half Guard Tactics: Ride The Lightning Sweep

“This is basically an Electric Chair Sweep set up from standing. Ideally you want to have the Lockdown established and the underhooking arm switching to the leg before you ever start to fall to your back. Filmed at 8th Street Gym in Grand Junction, Colorado. Jeff “The Wolverine” Barney, Brian Lamgo, filmed by Cameron Thurgood. www.8thstreetgym.com”

10 Comments

10 responses to “Advanced Half Guard Tactics: Ride The Lightning Sweep”

  1. Dan Hunt says:
    May 22, 2009 at 2:05 am

    What is stopping him from dropping all of his weight on your chest when you pull half guard like that. I think I’d have a broken sternum if I tried this.

  2. Lazy Jits says:
    May 22, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Me likey. It seems a bit clumsy but I’ll try it tonight and see. In tournaments I usually tie up and throw on lock down anyway so it seems simple enough just to throw my arm under his leg on the way down and take advantage of the momentum.

  3. JarnieJ says:
    May 22, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Seems to me if you were sweat’n theres a good chance of slipping straight down into a indian leg lock counter to lockdown. I don’t even want to try this live. (but it looks real cool so I’ll try it anyway:-)

  4. Fellow Niburu Warrior says:
    May 22, 2009 at 10:59 am

    dude this looks sick!!

  5. Dave says:
    May 22, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Good luck tomorrow, Alder-ama.

  6. Alder Hampel says:
    May 22, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    thanks dave, i’ll make sure to pull off something ridiculous just for you. 😉

  7. Alder Hampel says:
    May 26, 2009 at 3:27 am

    There you go dave, ADCC was my wedding gift to you.

  8. dwight roux says:
    June 12, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    This sweep is the sh|t , put in the numbers and you will take big dudes down easily, then once your down there do what ever you feel like. Or you could just double leg and take a knee to the face….. hmmm