Deep Lasso Guard
Also called: deep lace guard, deep lasso, lasso
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The chapter
Lasso guard ties one of their arms to one of your legs: the leg threads over the arm and under the armpit, so their sleeve-side arm can't post, can't grip freely, and can't leave. Everything the guard does — sweeps, omoplatas, back takes — is a punishment for how they try to free that arm.
It isn't a stalling guard. Played deep, the same hook feeds back takes, berimbolos, and inverted omoplatas — the control that stops the pass is the same control that starts the attack.
Depth is the dial. Shallow lasso keeps your knee pointing out, which leaves the leg free to generate sweeping force; deep lasso sinks the hook behind their back, trading that mobility for a grip on their whole shoulder line. Knowing which one you're in tells you which attacks are live.
Playing bottom
One trapped arm runs the whole guard — thread it early, keep them bent over it, and read their escape attempt: pulling away feeds the omoplata, driving in feeds the sweeps and the back.
Control the sleeve, put a foot on the hip, and thread the other leg over their gripping arm and under the armpit. From closed guard it goes in as you open; from de la riva it goes in the moment they grip your sleeve.
WhenAs your closed guard opens, or the instant they take a sleeve-side grip — the arm they grip with is the arm you lasso, and a lasso thrown early beats the pass that would have beaten it.
The free hand takes a collar — cross or same side — and pulls down hard, keeping them bent over your guard while the lasso leg stays heavy.
WhenThe moment the lasso is set. An upright opponent can start clearing the hook; a broken posture pins your foot into the bicep, and the guard holds itself.
Free foot threaded to their hip, both sleeves controlled; bring the trapped arm across your centerline so it can't post, then lift with the lasso knee and dump them over the trapped shoulder.
WhenThey kneel in close or lean their weight over the lassoed side. If they could still post that arm, bring it inside first — the sweep is the arm control, not the lift.
The lasso leg is already halfway to their shoulder: as the trapped arm straightens, swing the leg through over the shoulder, cross your legs, and sit up onto it.
WhenThey long step away or yank the trapped arm back to strip the lasso — their pull is what swings your leg into the omoplata for free.
When they drive their weight forward into you, swing the free leg like a pendulum and use their push to roll them over the lassoed side, coming up into mount or side control.
WhenThey push back into you or try to stuff the lasso leg — their forward pressure is the sweep's engine, so the harder they drive, the lighter they get.
As they drive in to pass, work your lasso-side knee over their knee line; once it clears, slide around the hip and come up on the back.
WhenThey commit forward into the guard and their knee line becomes beatable — knee over knee first, then come around. This is the deep lasso's signature exit.
Also worth knowing
- Sit up to single leg XWhenThey stand up out of sweeping range — control the far lapel, kick the hip out, and come up onto the near leg.
- Wrist lockWhenThey plant a hand near your hip with space around their back — scoop the arm up, two fingers in, and drive the knee down.
- Two-on-one tripod sweepWhenThey drop to their knees and base out wide against the lasso — trade the lasso grip for a two-on-one and tripod them over instead.
Why you keep failing here
“Good passers get ahead of my lasso leg and drag it.”
WhyThrowing the lasso late means threading behind a pass that already started — the entire counter-game to this guard is staying ahead of the leg, and a slow lasso hands them exactly that.
FixThrow it before the passing engagement, off the opening of closed guard or their first sleeve grip — not once they're already at your knee line.
“From half guard or a knee shield I can never get to my lasso.”
WhyA knee shield jams your own legs between the bodies — with the legs stuck there, there's no free path over their arm.
FixGet to a longer-range guard first — foot on the hip or de la riva — and thread the lasso from there instead of forcing it through the shield.
“When they back all the way away, I'm left holding a sleeve doing nothing.”
WhyThe lasso only works on an arm that's connected to your legs — a fully disengaged opponent leaves nothing to sweep and nothing to lock.
FixKeep double sleeve control, build up onto your elbow, and technical stand up — chase them on your feet, not scooting on your butt.
“I attack the lasso side and they just switch directions and pass the other way.”
WhyEverything committed into one lasso lets the passer pummel their leg into it, change direction, and shin block their way around the open side.
FixKeep the free foot employed — on the hip or in the far bicep — so both sides of the guard stay closed while the lasso does its work.
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