The Game Changing Detail That Most People Miss in the Coyote Half Guard
Apr 29, 2022BJJEE
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...
Countering the Old School Half Guard Sweep
Mar 18, 2022Carl Fisher
Wimbledon BJJ instructor Carl Fisher,aka the Northern Monkey,follows up on a previous post on the website,which was sweeping your opponent with the high percentage Old School half guard sweep. In...
This Half Guard to Back Take Sequence Works Well in a Street Altercation
Mar 16, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
When it comes to being in a street fight, it’s best that you avoid being on the ground. For, if you end up there, there’s no telling if the “other person’s” friends will...
Opponents Keep Back-Stepping Your Half Guard? Try These 2 Counters
Mar 04, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
So you’ve finally started playing Half Guard. Fantastic! You’ve set out on the road with a lot of possibilities in training and competition. However, you’ve probably soon found out...
Using the Kimura To Defeat The Half Guard by Rafael Lovato Jr
Feb 09, 2022BJJEE
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...
Stuck in Top Half Guard? Attack The Kimura – And You’ll Pass The Guard
Jan 20, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Do you find yourself stuck in top Half Guard a lot? As in, your training partners get a rather tight “grip” on you and you can’t seem to free yourself, no matter what you try to do?...
This Simple Kneebar from Top Half Guard Works Like Magic
Nov 04, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Most people, when “stuck” in top Half Guard, are looking to make their way to pinning the opponent down to the floor. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that; on the contrary,...
How To Do Islam Makhachev’s Rare Choke From Top Half Guard
Oct 31, 2021BJJEE
Islam Makhachev (20-1) put on a grappling clinic back in March 2021 in a third-round submission win over Drew Dober (23-10, 1 NC) at UFC 259 inside the Apex in Las Vegas. Makhachev shocked the UFC...
Surprise Them With This Calf Slicer from Deep Half Guard
Oct 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Setting Up the Kneebar From Top Half Guard with Sleeve Grip by Dean Lister
Oct 06, 2021BJJEE
A household name in almost any BJJ community, Dean Lister is a 3 time ADCC World Champion and, perhaps more importantly, one of the jiujiteiros who are most responsible for the last decade’s...
How To Master The Half Guard In BJJ
Oct 06, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
This Brutal Modified Bow & Arrow Stops The Deep Half Guard
Sep 08, 2021BJJEE
The Deep Half Guard! It’s a very powerful position that will control guard passers immediately. The general principle of using Deep Half Guard is that your one arm is in, that your hips are in as...
Rolling Kimura Finish from Top Half Guard by Leandro Lo
Sep 06, 2021BJJEE
The Kimura Trap is a powerful tool that you can use in all sorts of situations; one that will enable you to both defend yourself when you need to, as well as to move in for an attack when you see an...
Sneaky Calf Slicer From Half Guard Lockdown by Tom DeBlass
Aug 02, 2021BJJEE
Created by prominent flat-earth proponent Mr. Eddie Bravo, the Lockdown system is an IBJJF legal half-guard series of techniques that offers multiple defensive and offensive options from the guard....
Sweep Them Every Time Using The Deep Half Guard
Jul 21, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
Roger Gracie’s Favorite Kimura Set Up from Half Guard
Jul 19, 2021BJJEE
The knee shield/Z-Guard is a conservative half guard game where you keep your shield up and never let your opponents come too close. Bottom half guard players that like to either play knee shield or...
When is Half Guard Better than Closed Guard?
Jun 11, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. Back in the day, half guard was seen as a position that was halfway to...
Everything You Need For an Effective Half Guard with Jake Mackenzie
May 29, 2021BJJEE
The half guard position has been going through a renaissance lately primarily through the popularity and prevalence of half guard being used by world class practitioners like Bernardo Faria and Tom...
You Need To Know These Things about Knee Shield Half Guard Retention
May 20, 2021BJJEE
The knee shield/Z-Guard is a conservative half guard game where you keep your shield up and never let your opponents come too close. Bottom half guard players that like to either play knee shield or...
Surprise Knee Bars To Set Up From Half Guard
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
Gordon Ryan Explains The Offensive No Gi Half Guard Game
Mar 15, 2021BJJEE
Most of us get caught up using our half guard to try to control the weight and pressure our opponents are able to inflict on us, while we are desperately trying not to let them pass our guards. Many...
Using The BJJ ‘Old School’ Half Guard System To Easily Sweep More Powerful Opponents
Mar 15, 2021Carl Fisher
When you train Jiu-Jitsu, facing a wrestler can be a daunting task. They have great grappling conditioning, are very scrappy, have great base, and are very aggressive. Wrestlers have strength,...
Clark Gracie: How To Reset & Sweep Opponent When Smashed in Half Guard
Jan 21, 2021BJJEE
Clark Gracie shows on Adem Redzovic and “Open Guard Translated” fans a “Reset” and sweep option when your opponent gets passed your 1st and 2nd “line of defense”....
You Should Learn The World’s Most Effective BJJ Half Guard System
Jan 15, 2021BJJEE
In an ocean of systems, you’ve got to be picky about the ones you’ll use. After all, not all of them are created equal – and so you should choose the ones that will boost your BJJ game...
