If you play Half Guard in BJJ then 1 of the guard passes that can absolutely destroy you is the knee cut pass. Also called the cut through or knee slice. This guard pass can rip through a Half Guard position.

And this is the focus of today’s video that answers a question from a Jason who’s having trouble with this exact scenario.

As a Half Guard player myself, in the video I’ll show you 1 of my best ways for stopping standing guard passes when I’m trying to use a bottom half guard position.

Hope the leg pummeling technique helps you.
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Today’s video is a Half Guard sweeps drilling video. This is some of the things I’m working on with my classes and I figured I’d share them with you as well.

In the video you’ll see 7 different Half Guard sweeps or techniques used. And the way we do it is after the sweep or technique is used the other person will regain their half guard and then the sequence restarts. This keeps the action moving and keeps it more engaging for both people.

If you’re a Half Guard player or trying to get better at the position, I hope the sweeping drills help.
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Do you work on something specific during your BJJ rolling? In this video from one of our Friday morning classes I was specifically working Half Guard sweeps and a slick Back Take from Honeyhole.

These techniques were specific to my current goals in Brazilian Jiujitsu.

If you want to stop BJJ training plateaus, I can’t encourage you enough to try and focus on something specific from time to time during your training.

Having specific techniques to work on really helps you sharpen your skills in a particular area.

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What’s the best Guard for a shorter person with strong thick legs?

This is the question I received from a White Belt who is a short powerlifter and has some super strong legs.

Her issue is that when she plays her BJJ game from the bottom she has trouble getting the positions and techniques to work for her.

In my experience with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as someone who has shorter legs for his height, and as someone who has found themselves against people 300+ on more than 1 occasion.

Full guard is generally not going to be the most idea position for someone with shorter legs.

Personally, Half Guard became my go to Guard in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu almost as soon as I began getting exposed to it.

The advantage the Half Guard gives to someone with short legs or who is much smaller than their opponent.

Is. . .

1. You only have to get your legs around 1 leg! Not their entire waist.

2. Being smaller or more stocky. It’s a position in Brazilian Jiujitsu that favors a more compact build.

So if you’re having issues with full guard and you’re on the shorter / stockier side, or maybe you’re opponent is just much bigger.

Than try using the BJJ Half Guard. This will probably open up options to Butterfly Guard and X Guard in the future as well.

In the video I show an entry into the Half Guard from Mount.

Hope the video helps!
-Chewy
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The Half Guard in BJJ is by far one of my favorite positions in Gi or No Gi. There’s so many options, grips and adjustments to mix it up with.

In this video I show a really STRONG grip to use in the Gi.

I put an emphasis on strong because it really locks the person down and creates crazy pressure from the bottom of Half Guard.

I’ve found from years of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu that once someone knows that I’m a Half Guard player.

They tend to try and get away from me.

This Back Strap grip doesn’t allow them to do that.

I’ve used this grip in rolling and competitions with plenty of success.

The gi loops around their back and puts an immense amount of pressure which completely locks the person up. If they try to push back or get away.

It’s usually not an option.

In the video I show one simple option that allows you to get to Back Mount and create a strong angle.

But there are so many sweeps and options you can add into your Brazilian Jiujitsu game with the grip.

So if you’re a BJJ Half Guard player and you’re looking for another option to throw in to your game.

Try the Back Strap grip.

Hope the technique helps!
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This Half Guard technique is by far one of my favorites. And honestly, I think it’s an absolutely beautiful technique for understanding how the Hip Shovel works in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

The Hip Shovel is a movement which in involves getting your hips under someone else’s. This is required to efficiently execute many Half Guard sweeps and transition to positions like X Guard, Deep Half Guard, etc.

In this video you’ll see Steve as my partner. Steve joined us on the Pura Vida BJJ and Surfing retreat this past year.

During our week of training. He was interested in the sweep and learning how to use Half Guard for his Brazilian Jiujitsu game.

So I wanted to make this video with him to help.

The Giggler as we call it within our association, many people call this the “John Wayne” sweep, is so useful. We call it the Giggler because it works off a proper response from the person on top.

It just requires careful timing and being smart not to give away the grips early.

If you’re trying to make your BJJ Half Guard better, I hope this Sweep is useful for you both as a stand alone technique but also understanding the technical aspects of the Half Guard position.

Thanks for watching!
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This Half Guard technique is by far one of my favorites. And honestly, I think it’s an absolutely beautiful technique for understanding how the Hip Shovel works in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

The Hip Shovel is a movement which in involves getting your hips under someone else’s. This is required to efficiently execute many Half Guard sweeps and transition to positions like X Guard, Deep Half Guard, etc.

In this video you’ll see Steve as my partner. Steve joined us on the Pura Vida BJJ and Surfing retreat this past year.

During our week of training. He was interested in the sweep and learning how to use Half Guard for his Brazilian Jiujitsu game.

So I wanted to make this video with him to help.

The Giggler as we call it within our association, many people call this the “John Wayne” sweep, is so useful. We call it the Giggler because it works off a proper response from the person on top.

It just requires careful timing and being smart not to give away the grips early.

If you’re trying to make your BJJ Half Guard better, I hope this Sweep is useful for you both as a stand alone technique but also understanding the technical aspects of the Half Guard position.

Thanks for watching!
-Chewy
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The Reverse Half Guard position can be a terrible position for the bottom Half Guard player.

When used correctly, the reverse Half Guard position provides the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner on top with the ability to put some massive pressure down as well as open up options for submissions as well as guard passes.

And like many escaping scenarios in BJJ. If you’re slow to react. The bad position goes from bad to worse.

So in this video, at the request of one of my Brazilian Jiujitsu students. I’m showing one of my favorite BJJ techniques to counter or escape this nasty Half Guard position which can be incredibly frustrating.

The basic idea of the position is to move the top person around just enough so that you can hip out and get Back Mount. Being able to take the back and escape the threat of a guard pass or submission at the same time is pretty sweet.

A fun story about this is that I show this move to a friend of mine once on the warm up mats during a tournament.

Later that day he actually used this technique successfully to take someone’s back and win his BJJ tournament.

Hope the move helps you too!
-Chewy

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Sometimes in BJJ the Half Guard just isn’t going to work and you’re going to need a different position to switch to.

This is the case especially if you have a good Half Guard. You’ll get known for having a good Half Guard and Half Guard Sweeps. And your opponent will begin to defend against it during rolling or a BJJ competition.

When this happens you have to find a different way.

In Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training or competition. When someone is able to stop my sweeps or attacks from Half Guard. I switch off to Butterfly Guard.

Butterfly Guard links directly to Half Guard so it’s an easy switch as you’ll see in the video.

And along with that, it’s kind of a crossroads to multiple guard positions. From Butterfly Guard I can switch back to Full, X Guard, Spider Guard, Etc. With very little adjustment needed.

In this BJJ technique video I show what I like to do in Brazilian Jiujitsu when I am forced out of my Half Guard. I link this together with a really quick, simple and effective Over Under Sweep from Butterfly Guard.

I hope it’s useful.
-Chewy
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