[Caleb_Z]

This is my first post, I have been training in Jiu-Jitsu for about 2 months, and the one thing that always gets me is the Hip High Sweep, about 90% of the time I'm mounted but some times I'm able to defend it by muscling the the person down. I was curious as to what the actual technical defense is for it?

[L1l3v1l]

Put your palms on their hips and straighten your arms while posturing to remove yourself from the danger of most submissions and most sweeps (including that specific one).

[StevieSparkZ]

The Hip Bump sweep is what I think you are referring to, at least thats what we call it here. The defense that usually works for me is keeping the person down. Do not allow the person to sit all the way up and cross your center and throw their arm over your shoulder.

Another thing that works real well is what Brian McLaughlin did repeatedly to Ryan Hall in their 2nd match. As soon as Ryan sits up Brian had his head buried directly into Ryans chest and just guided him back down.

[Caleb_Z]

Thank you very much!

[StevieSparkZ]

I don't know how to embed youtube vids but here is the match where Brian keeps doing the 2nd thing Im talkin about.

YouTube - Brian McLaughlin vs Ryan Hall - Superfight

[RadBoy]

[RadBoy]

Here ya go.

[Will_N.O.]

Originally Posted by StevieSparkZ

The Hip Bump sweep is what I think you are referring to, at least thats what we call it here. The defense that usually works for me is keeping the person down. Do not allow the person to sit all the way up and cross your center and throw their arm over your shoulder.

Another thing that works real well is what Brian McLaughlin did repeatedly to Ryan Hall in their 2nd match. As soon as Ryan sits up Brian had his head buried directly into Ryans chest and just guided him back down.

The first part of this is right on...if you're in someone's guard, you cannot let them sit up on you. It's not just the hip bump, you can also get pulled down for the scissor sweep, cross-collar choked, etc. There are a lot of things that can happen if someone gets their head up next to yours while you are in their guard, and they are pretty much all bad.

Ask you instructor, or even any blue belt, how to position your hands in guard to control this.

The second part of this is also true, but comes with a caveat: if your opponent figures out that you are going to push him down with your head, he may well feint the hip bump in order to get you to break your own posture, which opens up triangles etc.

[juijitsufan]

dont lean to far forward or too far back key is to keep your base and posture

after only 2 month you probabaly have nierther base or good posture

once you work on that the hip bump wont work again

also hands on his hips he can not rise up if you controlling his hips

[Zankou]

You can take the back as a counter to the hip bump sweep. It's a lot of fun.