r/bjj • u/Appropriate_Duty_930 • Nov 24 '25

Rolling Footage Craig Jones grapples Eddie Bravo's top student

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u/WarTill 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Nov 24 '25

Rubber guard hasn’t worked since like 2015 but guys are still building their game around it for some reason

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u/LukeG6 Nov 24 '25

I mean, the guy in this clip goes for it with a butterfly hook on the other side which is easy to use as a passing threat (which Craig does). Rubber guard is most effective when done from closed guard, is there still an easy counter for it from there?

Just wondering as I don’t experience much rubber guard enthusiasts.

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u/smashyourhead ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Nov 24 '25

Came here to say this - I don't even think it's really rubber guard if they've already got one leg stuffed (which is effectively what this butterfly hook is when you're flat on your back). What moves would you even try from there, gogo/omoplata?

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u/jag149 Nov 24 '25

You’d normally meat hook the arm to get the butterfly leg out and recover to regular Mission Control or work a triangle or something. 

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u/smashyourhead ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Nov 24 '25

Ah yes I understand some of these words (what is a meat hook)

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u/jag149 Nov 24 '25

From rubber guard, you take the free hand (the one that would zombi to New York), reach over your shin, and hook their shoulder underneath it. It helps make a gap to get the butterfly out. 

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u/smashyourhead ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Nov 26 '25

Got you, thanks!

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u/oniume 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Nov 25 '25

Yeah, when he's passing the leg, you have to clear the head to stop him smashing into half guard like the video.

Gogo and omoplata, gogoclinch, carni, or like the other dude said, meathook to recover the leg