Practice Log: Bottom Halfguard Attacks & Dogfight

12 Mar, 2024

Instructor: Jared Haymon

Last updated: 6 months ago

Half-guard sweep:

• From bottom half guard
• Keep my top elbow locked to my ribs
  • Other hand can be in a "sleeping" position/protecting head and neck
• When opponent attacks my top elbow (tries to get an underhook, etc.), pull opponent arm across centerline
• Keep feet locked
• reach bottom arm over opponent and grab far lat
• Roll and unlock feet during roll to get to side control

Dogfight:

• From knee shield
• Push my knee through with same side arm to get underhook
  • I.e. follow my knee with my hand like the knee is a battering ram to the underhook
• Get up on my other elbow and get a good base

Back take ideas:

• If opponent wizzer's my underhook
  • Bring my arm to my chest, superman my arm forward
  • take the back
• If no wizzer
  • Shrug arm over head and take back

Knee pick

• Posture up and apply pressure to opponent
• Trap far side knee and push them over
• If they resist and push back
  • Fall backwards
  • lift opponent leg over you
  • take mount

Bottom Half Guard submissions

Omoplata

• From knee shield, the opponent wizzers my leg
• Grab the wizzering hand with my top hand (same size as knee shield)
• Get up into base
• When opponent reacts to having their arm trapped
  • get head under their belly
  • push off their legs to get into omoplata

Triangle

• From knee shield, the opponent wizzers my leg
• Grab the wizzering hand with my top hand (same size as knee shield)
• Get up into base
• Forward roll while holding onto arm to get into triangle

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