Gi Beginner
Rafael Lovato Jr's spider-guard fundamentals: sleeve grips, feet on biceps and the push-pull that bends them over.
Control
Spider Guard Grips
The sleeve grips and bicep feet of spider guard, and the push-pull tension that keeps the opponent bent and off balance.
Also called spider grips, feet on biceps, spider guard control.
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Resources
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YouTube videos
Gi Beginner
Two spider-guard sweeps Chewjitsu uses with white belts who are first playing open guard in the gi.
Gi Intermediate
Rob Biernacki and Stephan Kesting close their spider guard series by shutting down the leg shuck pass: sit up on their push, shrimp, reloop the foot to the bicep and get the grips back.
Gi Intermediate
Jon Thomas' complete shallow-lasso guide, the easier lasso for people who cannot thread a deep hook yet.
Gi Intermediate
Jon Thomas on high-level spider secrets and the triangle/omoplata attacks that follow the grips.