Passing The Coyote/Dog Fight Half Guard
Jan 14, 2021BJJEE
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...
Half Guard Sweep When Your Opponent Defends the Old School Sweep
Dec 27, 2020Carl Fisher
As the old saying goes, BJJ is like a game of chess, you have to be a few moves ahead of your opponent and this video shows you one way of doing this; attacking with the Old School sweep can set you...
Lightning Quick Heel Hook From Top Half Guard by Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares
Dec 27, 2020BJJEE
If you’ve made that leap of faith into the dark arts of Leglocks, then figuring out how to get the infamous Heelhook from everywhere should be your focus. One great example, is from Half Guard...
Counter the Half Guard with the Perfect Rolling Kneebar by Victor Hugo
Dec 03, 2020BJJEE
A kneebar (also known as legbar, kneelock or hiza-juji-gatame) is a leglock that can hyperextend the knee. The basic kneebar technique is similar to that of an armbar. The practitioner will trap the...
Counter The Deep Half Guard with a Surprise Rolling Back Take by Felipe Cavalcante
Sep 17, 2020BJJEE
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...
3 Effective Ways to Pull Half Guard Followed Right Away By a Sweep
Sep 10, 2020BJJEE
If you’re going to pull half guard, why not sweep right away afterwards? 1.Gile Huni of Kimura BJJ Serbia shows a an easy takedown: Half guard pull straight into a sweep for an easy 2 points!...
Adem Redzovic Shows a Kimura Trap against Underhook Half Guard
Aug 28, 2020BJJEE
Adem Redzovic is a third degree BJJ black belt and the co-owner of Team Redzovic in Chicago, one of the biggest BJJ Academies in the USA. Adem Redzovic conducted a series of seminars in Sarajevo,...
Understanding Various BJJ Styles: Pressure, Dynamic, Half Guard…
Aug 16, 2020BJJEE
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...
The Most Important Concepts For The Best BJJ Half Guard by Bernardo Faria
Aug 07, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by 5x BJJ World Champion Bernardo Faria, who is known for his half guard and smashing passing style. He achieved a phenomenal double gold medals in the BJJ Mundials in 2015. Be sure to...
The Perfect Crossface- A Crucial Skill to Pass Half Guard by John Danaher
Aug 03, 2020BJJEE
What is the infamous ‘Crossface’? When you are in top side control, cup their head with your hand and start “crossfacing” with your shoulder. Their head should be pointed away from your...
A High-Percentage Triangle Choke from Half Guard
Jul 26, 2020BJJEE
Brandon Mullins together with Stephen Kesting teaches his signature triangle choke from the half guard. When your opponent underhooks your arm, you can enter the butterfly half-guard position or...
Garry Tonon Shows a Perfect Kimura System from Half Guard
May 29, 2020BJJEE
Garry Tonon is known for his exciting and dynamic game which includes acrobatic takedown, flying leg locks, guillotines and kimuras from everywhere. In this video, Budo Jake asks him to teach a...
This One-Armed Kimura is a Powerful Finish From Top Half Guard
May 29, 2020BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu is limitless. There are always new techniques being developed. Everybody knows the Kimura, the powerful shoulder lock but how about this Kimura variation? The Kimura would be known as the...
How to Stop a Half Guard Player From Even Starting Their Game
May 20, 2020BJJEE
Half guard can be one of the best and worst places to start initiating a guard pass. Some people have made a career from forcing half guard and smashing people from there. This is a common method of...
Lachlan Giles Has A Secret Detail For Improving Your Half Guard Squeeze
May 05, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Ever been in a situation where you think that you have your opponent right where you want them… Only for them to escape within the next second, in such an easy manner that it kind of feels...
5 Essential Rules For A Killer Half Guard
Apr 27, 2020BJJEE
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...
Marcus Buchecha Has an Easy Half Guard to Back Take Sequence
Apr 02, 2020BJJEE
Multiple Time IBJJF and ADCC World Champion Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida shows a powerful Half Guard technique that he uses frequently and transitions into a back take sequence. Buchecha...
That’s Gotta Hurt: Leg Torsion to Half Guard Sweep
Apr 02, 2020BJJEE
Prof. Ivan Tomasetti, BJJ black belt from Italy (multiple time world champion in Bjj and ranked in Judo & Sambo) shows how to sweep from half guard faking a kimura, then transitioning to a...
Getting Crushed In Half Guard? Use Your Lockdown To Release Pressure
Mar 29, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Yeah… You were supposed to frame when you’re in the Half Guard, remember? Well, obviously you didn’t. Your opponent found their way with an underhook and is now crushing you with...
Andre Galvao Shares Half Guard Passing Secret
Mar 25, 2020BJJEE
Andre Galvao is one of the most impressive competitors of all time. The Atos headcoach and ace recently released an interesting video titled “HALF GUARD PASSING SECRET!!!! Atos Jiu Jitsu...
Deep Half Guard: All The Basics That You Need To Know
Mar 22, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
The Deep Half Guard! It’s a position that will improve your BJJ game immediately, if only you learn how – and why – to use it. Teco Shinzato, a BJJ World Champion, explains the essentials...
Buchecha Shows a 4 Linked Submissions From Knee Shield Half Guard
Mar 19, 2020BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha was giving a seminar at the famous Frota Academy in Zurich Switzerland a few years together with Braulio Estima. Whilst there, famous BJJ videographer captured the moment when...
Stop Getting Beat by the Under Hook in Half Guard
Feb 18, 2020BJJEE
Half guard can be one of the best and worst places to start initiating a guard pass. Some people have made a career from forcing half guard and smashing people from there. This is a common method of...
Roberto “Gordo” Correa On How He Developed The Offensive Half Guard
Feb 12, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Roberto “Gordo” Correa is an important and legendary figure of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A part of the old school generation, he has trained under Jean-Jacques Machado and has received his...
