X-Guard No-Gi: 7 Essential Sweeps & Entries
X-guard no-gi is the highest-percentage bottom sweep in grappling. Learn 7 essential entries, sweeps, and transitions to off-balance bigger opponents.
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Butterfly Guard No-Gi: 7 Essential Sweeps & Grips
Quick Answer: Butterfly guard no-gi is a seated open guard where you sit up, get an underhook or wrist control, and slide your shins under your opponent’s thighs to create hooks that lift and off-balance them. Without lapels to grip, no-gi butterfly relies on inside position, forward pressure, and constant angle changes. The three highest-percentage…
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North-South Choke: 7 No-Gi Setups, Finishes & Escapes
Quick Answer: The north-south choke is a no-gi blood choke applied from the north-south pin, where you trap your opponent’s head and drive your shoulder and biceps into their throat while your chest pins their arm to the mat. It works by cutting off both carotid arteries with pressure instead of a deep collar grip,…
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Guillotine Choke: 7 Best No-Gi Setups and Escapes
Quick Answer: The guillotine choke is a front-headlock submission that wraps an opponent’s neck and squeezes either the windpipe or both carotid arteries. In no-gi it’s the standard punishment for a sloppy takedown attempt: when someone shoots and drops their head, you snap down, lock your hands under the chin, and either pull guard or…
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North South Choke No-Gi: 7 Setups That Force the Tap
The north south choke is the most under-respected blood choke in no-gi grappling, and the proof is on tape: Marcelo Garcia walked through Pride veteran Masakazu Imanari in 2007 by finishing him from north-south after a takedown, and nobody on the roster had an answer for it for the better part of a decade. The…
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Guillotine Choke No-Gi: 7 Setups That Force the Tap
The guillotine choke no-gi is the first real submission most grapplers ever finish, and somehow the one most blue belts still get wrong at brown. It is a front-headlock choke that traps the neck under the forearm while the back of the head locks against the shoulder, and in no-gi it lives or dies on…
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Butterfly Guard BJJ: 7 No-Gi Sweeps That Still Win in 2026
Butterfly guard BJJ still wins matches in 2026 — 7 no-gi sweeps, the Marcelo Garcia underhook system, and how to use butterfly hooks in the heel hook era.
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Crucifix BJJ: 7 No-Gi Entries That Force the Tap
The crucifix BJJ position traps both arms while you keep the back. Here are 7 no-gi entries, finishes, and counters used by ADCC champions.
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Guillotine Choke: 7 No-Gi Variations That Finish Fast
Guillotine choke breakdown for no-gi BJJ — high elbow, arm in, mounted, standing, and the Marcelo Garcia finishing details that actually tap.
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North South Choke: 7 No-Gi Steps to a Marcelo Finish
North south choke broken down: 7 no-gi steps Marcelo Garcia uses to finish ADCC opponents in nine seconds.
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Arm Drag No-Gi: 7 Details for Cleaner Back Takes
Arm drag no-gi details that help you create cleaner back takes, sharper single-leg follow-ups, and better standing entries in modern grappling.
