Pulling Half-Guard, Understanding the Knee Shield + Revisiting Half Guard Distance
For the half-guard players who need options to get into it and attack more effectively
Hey there, hope you’re crushing your training week!
This email is going to be for the half-guard players who are looking for ways to be more effective and more dangerous from the half-guard position.
I don’t know how…
But despite having a body type more suited for open guard play, I actually excel in half-guard. I think it’s an excellent guard and allows me to be lazy more often than not because I’m able to control really well from the position.
In this paid email, I’m going to show you how to pull to the half guard position. I learned this when I was a blue belt and didn’t use it much until I was a purple belt. At that point, I was trying to figure out how to pull reverse DLR (Which is incredibly similar).
Because this email is a little advanced, I always included a video from a lesson I did this week: In it, I talk about understanding the knee shield.
The knee shield can be a good control position that allows you to counter your opponent’s move from the top (if you know what your opponent is looking for).
I’ll talk about how to frame (to keep your glute med from burning out), and how to attack dependent on how your opp wants to pass.
The last bit here is a little video clip from an old subscription in case you need a refresher. This will be a video supplement for How to understand distance management in the half guard position.
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Alright, are you ready? Let’s dive deep into Half Guard
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