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Now when I work my underhook from Butterfly Guard I tend to, and have been taught, to do a sweep you just need one underhook. Yet what I’ve gathered from Marcelo Garcia is that if you can get both in the percentage to sweep someone becomes much greater.”

Marcelo has a very fluid game and has a lot of routes. I think having double underhooks means he can move out the side doors, giving him two clear routes as opposed to one with an over/under.

“Now in my experience getting double under’s from BG helps but it doesnt feel as easy to sweep someone like that. It feels easier to have one deep underhook and then block the other person’s arm. Am I missing something? Is having both underhooks in that much greater? Just a couple of question I was thinking about. I feel comfortable in my passing with 1 underhook, but if it’s easier with both in I’d like to know how to utilize it, also from BG.”

I personally don’t like it, because if your double under bear hug isn’t HIGH, he’s going to post and you have to have a “follow up sweep game” based on expecting that post. Not that much a big deal, but I prefer to be a bit more pro-active.

“Also do double underhooks help in passing guard? Usually I’ve been taught to have one deep hook in across the body from where you’re passing.”

I think it’s more about not having him take your back. If you land in someone’s guard and have underhooks, you have and ignored his legs and hips and therefore, skipped a step in your guard passing progression.

“Does that mean that if I can get both in while in someone’s half-guard, it should be easier to pass?”

Half-guard or half-mount is a whole ‘nother animal.