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Master the Lockdown Half Guard
Brandon Mccaghren
A full seminar on the lockdown half guard
Brandon Mccaghren's full lockdown half guard seminar, recorded at Chewjitsu's school in Louisville.
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Lockdown
A half guard where you triple-wrap their trapped leg with both of yours and stretch it out. Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet staple: it kills their base and sets up the old school sweep, the electric chair and back takes.
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Essentials
A half guard where both your legs wrap their trapped leg and you stretch it out. The lockdown takes away their base so they can’t pressure you, and it feeds Eddie Bravo’s half guard sweeps.
Your goals
- Lock both legs around their leg, feet hooked
- Stretch their leg with the whip-up
- Win the underhook and get your head tight to them
What they want
- Free their trapped foot
- Crossface and flatten you to pass
Key principles
- Lockdown first, then the underhook
- A stretched leg means no base for them
Common mistakes
- Locking the legs while lying flat
- Forgetting the underhook and getting crossfaced
Techniques to learn
Each one opens its own page and video.
Where it leads
- Moves from here
- Deep half guardDogfightHalf guard (top)Half guard
- Escapes
- Escape the kimura
- In courses
- Half guard set
- Seminars
If this happens…
- they try to pull their leg outWhip-up: extend your legs to stretch them and kill their base
- they post their free leg wideElectric chair sweep (a groin-stretch sweep: apply it carefully)
Seminars
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Advanced detailsTransitions, threats, reactions, troubleshooting and a sparring drill
1. Overview
A half guard where you triple-wrap their trapped leg with both of yours and stretch it out. Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet staple: it kills their base and sets up the old school sweep, the electric chair and back takes.
Key controls
- Both legs wrapped around their trapped leg, feet hooked
- Stretch their leg by extending yours (the whip-up)
- Underhook on the far side
- Head tight to their chest so they can’t crossface you
In this position
4 transitions · 2 sweeps · 0 submissions · 3 reactions · 2 troubleshooting fixes · 1 sparring exercise · 3 techniques
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