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Xande teaches how to set up the butterfly guard sweep your opponent with the hook sweep or enter into the half guard from a failed sweep to take your opponent's back with the classic back take.
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Xande covers an extensive number of options from the half guard position including 2 entries into the half guard from three quarters guard or butterfly guard, how to control your opponent in the half guard and get up to your knees for the sweep, and how to set up 5 variations of different half guard sweeps including the knee pick sweep, knee pick variation, classic back take, switchback sweep, and taking the back against a strong whizzer from the half guard position.Add to Favorites 1470 Remove From Favorites 4102 days ago
Jeff Glover teaches how to transition into the deep half guard from underneath the mount or half guard. We learn how to recover the half guard or quarter guard from the mount and then swing our head in underneath our opponent to establish the deep half rather than shrimping out to establish the traditional half guard.Add to Favorites 1279 Remove From Favorites 4102 days ago
Jeff Glover teaches how to establish the deep half guard when your opponent attempts to transition to the mount from side control. You can often catch either one of your opponent's legs during the transition to establish the deep half.Add to Favorites 1331 Remove From Favorites 4103 days ago
Jeff Glover teaches a counter sweep from the deep half guard when your opponent tries to stuff your head to go for the negative side pass. In this sweep, we anticipate our opponent's attempt to neutralize the deep half guard and use the lapel grip to control and elevate their leg to achieve the sweep.Add to Favorites 1454 Remove From Favorites 4103 days ago
Jeff Glover teaches the front side sweep from the deep half guard with a transition right into the double under pass. This sweep goes in combination with the deep half back side sweep. If your opponent defends against the back side sweep, immediately switch for the front side sweep and vice versa to continuously attack the sweep.Add to Favorites 1587 Remove From Favorites 4104 days ago
Jeff breaks down in more detail on how to use your backside hook in the Deep Half guard to elevate your opponent's leg to create the necessary space to spin out from under your opponent to attack the back or finish with a sweep. Using this sweep in combination with the front side homer simpson sweep will help overwhelm your opponent's defense and achieve a successful sweep.Add to Favorites 2113 Remove From Favorites 4104 days ago
Jeff Glover teaches a basic entry to the deep half guard from the butterfly guard and how to control your opponent in the position. He teaches that there is always a back and forth dynamic in the deep half in that you can always threaten a sweep to the front or back side of your opponent. Using these sweeps in combination will help you overwhelm your opponent's defense to achieve a successful sweep.Add to Favorites 2068 Remove From Favorites 4159 days ago
Xande talks about how his guard has only been passed by two people in two decades of jiu jitsu competition and how being able to frame and always stay safe will allow you to build up to an impassable guard. In this lesson we learn how to set the frame and use it to create the space and mobility needed to recover your guard. We learn that after setting the frame and/or shield on our opponent, we can greatly increase our mobility by using our other arm to frame against the ground with our elbow or hand for maximum mobility.Add to Favorites 1024 Remove From Favorites 4243 days ago
Xande explains how to defend against and escape when your opponent gets the esgrima underhook or tries to pin you with an overhook from the half guard. The major concept of the escape is to set up your defensive frame with your arm and shrimp your hips to the side before your opponent can settle into a good offensive position.Add to Favorites 1403 Remove From Favorites 4337 days ago