So you’ve decided to pull guard, so why not sweep right away afterwards?
The risk you run when pulling guard is to get your guard passed right away.
Here is How To Pull Guard Without Getting Passed Immediately
Some high level practitioners have made a name by cartwheel jumping over a guard pull for a spectacular highlight reel move:
This Guard Pull Interception HL Will Blow Your Mind
How about pulling guard by grabbing the belt?
In Judo, your are not aloud to grab the opponent for a long time whereas in BJJ, it’s all good. You can basically grab the belt as long as you want.
When you grab the opponent’s belt in the front, you are killing their hips and not allowing them to close the distance.
In this video, BJJ black belt Mick Hall shows a guard pull with a belt grab which immediately transitions to a nice sweep.
Try this, it might surprise your opponent and give you a nice 2 points.
If you like this style of belt grab, try this nice belt grab Ouchi Gari/Inside Trip by Travis Stevens. Very hard to stop this.
The belt grab is a superior grip.
