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...
Stuck in Knee Shield? Try This Unconventional Move by Neil Melanson
Feb 11, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Are you a Half Guard and Knee Shield kind-of-a-Jiujiteiro? That’s awesome! It means that you’re playing a BJJ game that the majority of athletes choose not to play – which puts you...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
High Pressure Knee Cut Pass By BJJ World Champion Ffion Davies
Mar 02, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
If you find yourself stuck in the top Half Guard position way too often, and if you’re a fan of the pressure-passing BJJ game, then you are going to love this Knee Cut Pass – it will solve...
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...
