any half guard secrets?

find the weight.

Zodiac: I look at it like this:

MMA: It's Half-Mount

Grappling: It's Half-Guard.

Check out the thread "Half-guard fundamentals?" in the saved threads.

Dammit Stephan! You've explained in thirty seconds what it took me 2 years to figure out on my own.

You could have said something sooner!

Any other fundamentals you'd like to share.

R-Mon

Stephan,

AWESOME advice! Your omoplata tapes are great!

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kashk & andre are on the right track...and to do this your head must always be lower than his i.e. below his chin. If you end up (as Royce did under Yoshida) with your back flat on the ground, the battle is half lost.

OK - here are 2 bridge escapes to the lockdown. Your right
leg is between your opponent's legs

1 - bridge to your right: hook his right leg with your right leg
(so he can't simply pass to mount or sidemount) and bridge
as hard as you can to your right (towards him). You will ber
bridging off of your left foot only.

Your right arm either blocks his left knee (keeping it close to
your bodies so he can't post) or traps his left elbow (so he
can't post). Your left arm shoots straight up, towards the
cieling, so that your bicep sort of strikes him in the face.

2 - Bridge to your left: hook his right leg with your left leg (vs
your right leg above) and bridge to your left (away from him)
using your right foot to push off the ground. Your left arm
clamps down on his right arm (to prevent him posting) and
your right hand pushes into his left hip to help him over.

Obviously if your opponent is roughly your own skill level you
are going to have to link your techniques together to get them
to work with any regularity.

Stephan Kesting
www.grapplearts.com

ttt

exjudoka,

When you say, 'hook his right leg with your right leg (so he can't simply pass to mount or sidemount)' what do you mean? Hook as in Butterfly hook? Or just right leg over his right leg?

Thanks again.