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Fabio Gurgel Shows A Super Important Concept For Passing From Half Guard

If you have been doing BJJ for any length of time you have asked yourself this question! Rickson Gracie once said, “the guard is the heart and soul of jiu jitsu”. If you haven’t already...

Fabio Gurgel Reveals His Best Positional Secrets For Passing Half Guard

If you have been doing BJJ for any length of time you have asked yourself this question! Rickson Gracie once said, “the guard is the heart and soul of jiu jitsu”. If you haven’t already...

Getting (A Bit) Older? Closed Guard & Half Guard Should Be Your Go-To’s

Learning martial arts can be a challenging but fulfilling pursuit regardless of age. Martial arts is great because it can improve your health and is a gateway to becoming more active. Other hobbies...

Deep Half Guard: Try These 3 Highly Efficient Sweeps

The Deep Half Guard is one of those Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu positions that is mostly used for sweeps, rather than for submissions. However, if you’re open-minded enough, you can turn the Deep Half into...

Top Lockdown Turk: A Fantastic Half Guard Option

Are you looking for ways to gain even more control over your opponent – especially from top Half Guard? Then try the Top Lockdown Turk! Created by prominent flat-earth proponent Mr. Eddie...

Esgrima Pass: The Mother Of All Half Guard Passes

If you have been doing BJJ for any length of time you have asked yourself this question! Rickson Gracie once said, “the guard is the heart and soul of jiu jitsu”. If you haven’t already...

JT Torres Shows A Great Smash Pass Technique From Half Guard

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Smash Anyone’s Half Guard With This Secret Grip (No, Really – It’s Super Effective)

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

This Buggy Choke Variation From Half Guard Is Super Slick

The Buggy Choke has gained some notoriety in 2021, as it’s been applied across many Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and grappling tournaments and competitions. And perhaps nobody got as “famous” for doing...

Darce Choke From Half Guard – Here’s How To Get It

Alright, let us guess. You’re one of those jiujiteiros that has really long arms, and you simply adore hitting your training partners and opponents with the Darce, don’t you? In fact, we’re...

Coyote Half Guard – Do You Use It? You Will, After Learning This Detail…

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

The “Old School Sweep” From Half Guard Is The First One You Should Learn

Taking down a good wrestler is one thing, but how about once you are on the ground with them? One word for you: Old School Sweep from Half Guard. Yeah… Learning techniques that have a million...

How To Pass Half Guard? Here’s A Super-Efficient Technique

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Ruotolo Brothers Reveal A “Surprise Attack” From Bottom Half Guard

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Catch Them with a Canto Choke From Half Guard by Judo Legend Flavio Canto

The Canto Choke is one of those techniques that consistently finds its way into the highest levels of grappling. Whether it’s Judo or Jiu-Jitsu this classic should be part of every grappler’s...

Here’s How To Counter The Underhook From Half Guard

One of the worst things you could let someone do to you in BJJ is to let them get an underhook… Especially a deep underhook – if that happens, you’re going to be in trouble most of...

These Details Make The Knee Cut From Half Guard Impossible

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Having Trouble Passing Half Guard? Start Using Submission Threats

Uhhh, soooo… You’ve been training BJJ for a bit, and there is (still) this one thought that keeps troubling you: position or submission? Should you go for the position first, before you attempt a...

This Cryangle (Leg, Arm & Neck Triangle) is the Nastiest Half Guard Counter

The… What? Yes – The Disrespectful triangle aka the Cryangle! Yes, this position does feel as disrespectful as it sounds, and you can use it both as a choke in and of itself, as well as a...

These Half Guard Sweep & Reversal Concepts Work Surprisingly Easy

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Use This Body Lock Pass Whenever Your Opponent Has An Underhook In Half Guard

If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may noticed many top grapplers having incredible success with a certain type of pass: The bodylock pass which is also known as the double over pass....

Try This Half Guard Sweep – With A Kimura Set In Place

The Kimura would be known as the Reverse Ude Garami, or the Double Wrist Lock in Catch Wrestling circles. There are a lot of different names and sources to what we now know as the Kimura Lock. The...

Here’s How To Do The Brabo Choke From Half Guard

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has two main types: gi and no-gi. Technique-wise, submissions specific to gi BJJ require adjustments when applied in no-gi. This is primarily because of the availability of...

Here’s How To Kneebar Someone Immediately After a Half Guard Sweep

As a beginner it’s quite often the hardest to figure out how a sweep works. Submissions are somewhat easier. You grab onto the isolated limb and apply pressure but working a sweep quite often...