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A High Percentage Triangle Choke Attack from Half Guard
Some people are under the mistaken impression that you can only defend or sweep from the Half Guard. But it’s a big ...
Technique Thursday: Choke from Knee-Slide Pass
This one comes from multiple time World and Pan Am champion, Joel Blanton, recorded by Black Flag Tactical Solutions....
Video: Augusto Tanquinho presents a pass from half guard that ends in ezekiel choke
One of the best ways to use techniques in Jiu-Jitsu is to combine them. Once you’ve created one situation, keep the m...
GM #211: The riddle of the half-guard
Caroline Gracie presents another issue of the best Jiu-Jitsu magazine in the world. This time, we went after world ch...
Technique Thursday: Caio Terra’s Half-Guard to Single-Leg
Lately, I’ve been watching Caio Terra’s 111 Half Guard Techniques. It’s been very eye-opening to me how powerful he m...
Technique Thursday: Kneebar with Dean Lister
With Metamoris coming up this Saturday, it’s only fair that we select an athlete from the fight card to do our Techni...
Video: Five ways to shut down and pass a nasty half guard
The half guard is a move that can be a position of strength for both the bottom player and the top player. Some peopl...
Bernardo Faria talks Worlds and his blue belt half guard against Rodolfo Vieira
A lot of times we remember Jiu-Jitsu athletes in terms of their accomplishments or better yet, their signature moves....
How to Transition from Half to Closed Guard
The half guard is a sophisticated tool in the grappler’s toolbox that can be used to defend, sweep your opponents, or...
3 Ways to Deal With Injuries in BJJ
I’m not going to pretend that injuries don’t suck. They do.
There have been many great athletic careers cut short by...
Video: Learn how to escape side control to a single leg with Oliver Geddes
Go back to basics with a twist. Half guard lover Oliver Geddes, black belt under Roger Gracie, demonstrates a techniq...
Keenan Cornelius’s Inverted Spinning Armbar Explained…
In the No Gi super fight at the 2013 BJJ Expo between Keenan Cornelius and Lucas Leite there was an absolutely specta...