Aspects of the Half Guard (diary entry)

05.03.2024 Hour two of my client's Submission Grappling course moved away from the scissor sweep and looked more generally at the half-guard. We sparred for two minute rounds on specific areas such as moving out of guard/retaining guard, controlling/passing the knee shield/Z-guard and getting behind both shins/stopping an opponent from getting behind both shins. Then we explored some questions regarding attacks and escapes from the half-guard through resistance-based work. This brought us onto the importance of getting past the hips when trying to achieve full mount whilst passing the half-guard. Unless the hips are successfully past the opponent is still capable of escaping.   https://clubbchimera.com/services/