The other night, we were working on some different sweeps from the bottom of butterfly guard using an arm drag. Now, I titled this as a butterfly/half-guard sweep. And the reason for that is that there is a transition that resembles half guard, which got me thinking that I could also execute the move from [...]
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Some considerations for half guard from the top
So with a long flight to the east coast, I’ve had much time to contemplate things that have been marginally working and somewhat broken in my BJJ game. One of the areas that has frustrated me is my half guard game. Sometimes I nail things and sometimes I get clobbered. I suppose the first thing [...]
Half guard choke from top
Last night we worked on a new submission from the top of half guard. In the position, it feels a lot like you’re in side control, except one of your legs is tied up. To get in the position, lay cross body against your opponent. When I was on the bottom of this position, I [...]