Gracie Combatives

Lesson 11: Elevator Sweep (1x11)

Air date: Nov 14, 2008

If you can’t maintain the mount, use the guard to control your opponent. While trapped in your guard, unskilled 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 will learn two variations of the Elevator Sweep starting with the Standard Variation.