Butterfly guard in use at the 2013 No-Gi World Championship. Photo: Erin Herle

In no-gi, the butterfly guard is a go-to move. It sets up many options from sweeps to submissions, back-takes and more.

Here are two ways that you can be on the attack in the butterfly guard and submit your opponent:

Ricardo Almeida offers a way to submit with the guillotine or the anaconda choke:

If you’re on the opposite end of the butterfly guard and you want to get around it, here is a way to defend:

Robson Moura teaches how to escape the butterfly guard:

Try these moves and let us know if your butterfly guard defense and attacks have improved!

Rafael Mendes gi-less at ADCC 2011, in Nottingham, England / Photo by John Lamonica/GRACIEMAG.com

The IBJJF No-Gi Pan is coming up September 29 at New York’s Nat Holman Gymnasium, and a number of big-time Jiu-Jitsu aces are confirmed to be there, like Caio Terra, Renan Borges, Jonatas Novaes and Daniel Wanderley, among others.

The deadline for getting in on the action is September 21, so click here to make sure you get to show off your Jiu-Jitsu in the city that never sleeps.

For some extra motivation, watch Rafa Mendes teaching his favorite No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu move step by step:

Rafael Mendes sem paletó no ADCC 2011, em Nottingham. Foto: John Lamonica/GRACIEMAG.com

O próximo Pan Sem Kimono da IBJJF rola no dia 29 de setembro, no Nat Holman Gymnasium, em Nova York. Grandes feras do Jiu-Jitsu já estão confirmadas, como Caio Terra, Renan Borges, Jonatas Novaes e Daniel Wanderley, entre outros.

O prazo final para você disputar a competição é 21 de setembro. Portanto, clique aqui e mostre seu Jiu-Jitsu na cidade que nunca dorme.

Para se inspirar, veja Rafa Mendes ensinando passo a passo seu golpe preferido no Jiu-Jitsu sem kimono:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGL9KWUwZA