This week Shawn Williams taught us some cool butterfly guard passes. Back in November Sean Flannery taught some butterfly passes but they were completely different. Unfortunately…I went to two classes and open mat today and I think I’m pretty tired because my pea brain can simply not remember two out of the three passes we learned today. Here’s the one I do remember.

Leg Spring

1. Rest your head on your opponent’s chest looking off to one side
2. Kick up with the leg on the same side that you’re looking
3. With your other leg jump up and over your opponent’s butterfly hook away from where you’re looking
4. Land on your feet, not your knees
5. Establish side control

When Shawn demonstrated this, he was almost vertical on step 3 with all his weight driving straight down. When I tried this move, I could tell my weight was way off to the side and I wasn’t heavy on my partner at all. Gotta work on that.

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