Foundations III: Half guard

Both sides of half guard and the fight for the underhook.

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Half guard Fundamental
You trap one of their legs between yours. Get an underhook and come up, or sweep.
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Knee shield / Z-guard Fundamental
Half guard with your top shin across their torso, knee high toward their shoulder. The frame keeps their weight off you and sets up sweeps.
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3
Half guard (top) Fundamental
They have trapped your leg. Flatten them, kill the underhook, then free your leg.
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4
Dogfight Intermediate
Both on your knees from half guard, and you have the underhook. Win the scramble by coming up on a single leg or taking the back.
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Seminars for this course

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Full-length seminars on the positions in this course.

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Dean Lister's Bottom Half Guard System

Dean Lister

For Half guard: A full bottom half guard system

Dean Lister's complete free course on playing half guard from the bottom, filmed in Gold BJJ's studio.

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Sweep Theory

Chris Paines

For Knee shield / Z-guard: Knee shield examples in a sweep-theory class

Chris Paines explains how he thinks about sweeps in general, with most examples from half guard and the knee shield. A concept class, not a list of moves.

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