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Originally Posted by Frodo
The closed guard is underrated. You have to get a competent closed guard. The pendulum, flower, scissor, and hook sweeps are very basic sweeps which work very well. Getting good at these sweeps will improve the rest of your jiu-jitsu. Noobs often find that they need the newest Eddie Bravo move and that those basics don't work. More and more, I find that they do work well - I just didn't have the timing or a few details right back when I started jiu-jitsu.
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good point...i looked at it from the view that "he's probably thinking what i used to think". I used to never use any other guard than closed guard for the longest time, I just didn't see the need for it. But I think going outside of the closed guard to learn a few sweeps from other guards helps you understand the principles of what it takes to sweep somebody. You start to feel shifts of weight more and things like that. The sweeps you named need to be learned by everyone as a base.
P.S. You really think the closed guard is UNDERrated?