half guard

Some tricks, clues and minor details to help you finish that kimura from inside your opponent's half guard with Ulpiano Malachias

If you have seen the Lockflow.com logo, then you know we love leg locks. In this video, I show a few of my successful leg attacks that I have used from half guard. Let us know how they work for you!

Prof. Vinicius Pedrosa and Prof. Renato Migliaccio from Sampa Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial arts demonstrate four ways to submit your opponent from half guard.

Four positions that you can add to your game and Improve.

I remember years ago, the half guard was nowhere near an attacking or an offensive position.  It was either a means to stall the fight or a way for you to work your way back to full guard.

In this day and age, the half guard is just as prevalent and almost used more with some people then any other guard out there.

Now just like closed guard and open guard where it seems like you have countless amounts of variations to work with, the half guard also has a vast amount of variations as well.

Back in the day, we had one of the great sambo masters come to my academy, the Freestyle Fighting Academy.

It was more by accident that we managed to get him to teach an amazing leg lock seminar. Lot of weird and funny behind the scenes stories as well, LOL!

This sambo master was a UFC veteran of the old school - Oleg Taktarov!

He showed this leg lock from the bottom half guard which is super sneaky and easily done after going for a sweep, check it out

Ok now that charity week is over, we can get back to sending out some more content for you to help you improve your grappling game.  We raised over $5,300 with all of our efforts in just  one week towards the fight against Cystic Fibrosis! Such a  great feeling to be able to help those in need.

For those who know me, they know that guillotines are one of  my top submissions.  I love them and I hit them from so many  different positions and so many different situations. 

The Dragon Tail or more commonly called Back Stepping is a great way to add depth to your game, especially against an opponent who likes to use the Underhook. 

The Squeeze Pass is a powerful pass against the half guard. It is great for those who like to pass slow and tight. Using this pass effectively will shut down your opponents half guard game and allow you to focus on passing. 

VT1 Gym brings you the next video of techniques and strategies for our half guard series. This week head coach Liam Resnekov shows some important details to counter the cross face, which will allow you to recover closed guard or attack the back.

The Foot Wedge half guard pass is a very common fundamental pass that many people use at all level. 

In this video I talk about some concepts to make the foot wedge half guard pass set-up more effective. You can use the foot wedge to work for a knee cutter pass or even drop down into mount.