Cross Guard
Position
Gi only
A gi guard built on the cross-sleeve grip: from closed or open guard, controlling the opponent's far sleeve across their body kills their posture on one side and opens windshield-wiper sweeps, back exposure, and triangle entries.
Quick Reference
Key principles
- · The cross grip folds their posture toward the trapped side
- · Their free hand can't defend both the sweep and the back
- · Leg positioning steers while the grip does the breaking
Execution
- 1 Secure the cross-sleeve grip and break their posture toward it
- 2 Angle your hips out to the gripped side
- 3 Use the windshield-wiper leg action to off-balance
- 4 Sweep, expose the back, or feed the leg over for the triangle
Common mistakes
- × Holding the cross grip square-on, which they posture out of
- × Letting the trapped arm re-post before the leg action starts
