Dojo vs Street: Jiu-Jitsu Half Guard: BJJ Self-Defense
May 11, 2017BJJEE
The Jiu-Jitsu Half Guard is one of the most common BJJ Guards for training Jiu-Jitsu and Sport BJJ – but it also is a great “Combat BJJ Guard” that can be used in a Self-Defense...
Passing Half Guard when Under Hooked Tutorial
Nov 27, 2016BJJEE
Stuart Cooper, BJJ Black Belt, coach and renowned film maker/documentarian here filmed the fantastic Ari Galo for the Warrior Collective giving a tutorial on passing half guard when under...
Sage Northcutt Explains Quick Tap to Arm Triangle From Half Guard
Feb 02, 2016BJJEE
Bryan Barberena shocked the world with with an arm triangle submission from half guard against Sage Northcutt in the 2nd round. An arm triangle from half guard isn’t usually as...
Statistics: 50% Of Sweeps In MMA Come From Half Guard
Dec 11, 2015BJJEE
According to a survey from Professor X of MMAfightdb.com, who collected data of 90 sweeps recorded in 1438 fights. He found that there were only 0.06 sweeps per fight, which...
Watch: Unstoppable Low Half Guard Pass
Nov 18, 2015BJJEE
Check out this unstoppable low half guard pass by Chris Matakas of Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu Academy. [fbvideo...
Lucas Leite Half Guard – Part 2: Inside vs Outside Attacks Study
Nov 17, 2015BJJEE
A breakdown of the relationship between attacks to the inside and attacks to the outside in Leite’s half guard. Also some sneaky tricks for searching for the back & defending...
2 Very Painful Calf Slicers vs The Half Guard Lockdown
Oct 25, 2015BJJEE
Try these great calf slicer defences to the lockdown. Demonstrated by BJJ black belt James Clingerman, http://www.FightHubHQ.com – Indianapolis Jiu-Jitsu
Ryan Hall: ‘I’m Going To Prove That Deep Half Guard Works in MMA’
Oct 01, 2015BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu black belt and 2009 ADCC bronze medalist, Ryan Hall is part of the cast of The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber which debuted on Wednesday, September 9th. Hall...
(VIDEO) Major Screw Up: BJJ Black Belt Referee Stops Fight After Harmless Guillotine from Half Guard
Mar 22, 2015BJJEE
Last night at UFC Brazil, referee Eduardo Herdy, who is a BJJ black belt and MMA fighter, stopped the Leandro Silva vs Drew Dober fight when Silva had Dober in what looked like a...
Techniques from Russia: Take the Back from Deep Half Guard with Kristian Cestaro
Dec 27, 2014BJJEE
Nice deep halfguard pass and back take by Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu black belt, head instructor of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Moscow – Kristian Cestaro. More information about Kristian Cestaro and...
Gordo The Creator Of The Half Guard: ‘Competition Is Just A Small Part Of Jiu-Jitsu’
Jan 19, 2014BJJEE
Roberto “Gordo” Correa is one of the most important figures in Jiu Jitsu’s panorama. An important competitor in the 1990′s, “Gordo” became a top instructor at the Gracie Barra...
Half Guard Wizard Lucas Leite: “If you’ve never lost, you don’t know what it is to win.”
Oct 29, 2012BJJEE
Multiple time World Champion Lucas Leite is famous for his half guard skills, and fights for the Checkmat BJJ Academy. In 2007 Lucas Leite moved from his native Brazil to the United States where he...
Kill Your Opponent’s Deep Half Guard Like Andre Galvao
Oct 03, 2012BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu star Andre Galvao teaches the deep half guard killer, one of his trademark submission moves
Bernardo Faria on the half guard: “Always insist and believe in the position that you are using”
Jul 24, 2012BJJEE
Nice little interview from about Bernardo Faria’s Seminar tour of the World. Bernardo is famous for being a grinder and stubbornly insisting on his techniques. Here he gives us an insight on...
BJJ world champion Bernardo Faria talks training at Alliance SP, half guard, and his friends in Poland
Apr 18, 2012BJJEE
Bernardo Faria is a World Jiu-Jitsu champion from the Alliance Jiu-Jitsu academy who holds an extensive competitive resume with titles at the world’ top tournaments such as the European Open, Pan...
BJJ Eastern Europe Techniques: Sweeps from the smashing half guard
Apr 05, 2012BJJEE
A couple of of sweeps and concepts from the smashing half guard demonstrated by Zerjal Team purple belt, Luka Radulovic.
BJJ Eastern Europe Techniques: “Bernardo Faria” type sweep from half guard followed by guard pass
Mar 21, 2012BJJEE
Tudor Mihaita, BJJ instructor and owner of Absoluto BJJ in Bucharest, Romania, shows us a great sweep and guard Pass from half guard.
You Have To Try This Technique From Half Butterfly Guard
Jul 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Half Butterfly is a fantastic guard, particularly well-suited for various Leg Lock entries – depending on your training partner’s reaction. Most of us get caught up using our half guard to...
Bruno Bastos Shows How To End Up On Top From Half Butterfly Guard
Jul 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Half Butterfly is a fantastic guard, particularly well-suited for various Leg Lock entries – depending on your training partner’s reaction. Most of us get caught up using our half...
Offbalanced In Half Butterfly Guard? Try Doing This
Jul 16, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
This Half-Guard Sweep is The Most Embarrassing Sweep in BJJ
Nov 09, 2020BJJEE
This simple, effective, embarrassing sweep is funny and awesome… BJJ black belt Gustavo Gasperin shows this really sneaky and funny sweep from knee shield half guard. It’s all about...
How to Stop The Guard Pass? The Half Granby
Jul 06, 2020BJJEE
One of the ways to stop a guard pass is a Half Granby Roll. Bow Half Granby stems from Granby roll which originated in Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia where it was popularized by hall of fame...
Great Deep Half To X Guard Sweep Variation, With Rodolfo Vieira
Mar 29, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
It really doesn’t matter how many techniques you know in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Even if you have been training for a longer time than some of your fellow teammates have been alive; and even if...
Struggling with Your Half-Guard? Do This
Mar 19, 2020BJJEE
John Danaher once said, “the older you are, the more you need to play half guard”. Mr. Danaher is right because the half guard is one of the most frequently used positions at the master...
