The Building Blocks of Bottom Half Guard by James Finizio

• Go over the fundamentals of frames and recovering your guard from bad positions.
• Gain a list of high level moves that you can use as escapes or attacks if your partner progresses to the ¼ mount.
• Check out a series of submissions from bottom half guard such as arm locks, kimura’s, and knee bars.
• Understand all the aspects of what makes sweeps successful from bottom half guard and start implementing these principles into your game.
• Enter the x-guard and review more advanced sweeps and transitions such as the hitchhiker reversal and the superman escape.
• Never get smashed from the bottom again and build up your repertoire with some of the most effective techniques on the market.

• INTRODUCTION
• INTRODUCTION TO FRAMES
• GREEN FRAMES
• YELLOW FRAMES
• RED FRAMES
• HOOKING AND GOALS
• RECOVERING FROM RED
• OUTSIDE GAS PEDAL ESCAPE
• INSIDE GAS PEDAL ESCAPE
• 1/4 MOUNT RECOVERY
• 1/4 MOUNT RECOVERY TO KNEE BAR
• 1/4 MOUNT RECOVERY TO PASS
• KNEE CUT RECOVERY

• STRAIGHT ARM LOCK FROM RED
• BENT SHOULDER LOCK FROM RED
• STRIPPER SWEEP
• TRIANGLE FROM RED
• GO BEHIND
• KIMURA SWEEP
• THE TORQUE SWEEP
• HEAD & ARM
• COUNTERING THE BACK-STEP
• COUNTERING THE SHOE LACE BACKSTEP
• LEG PINCH REVERSAL

• BOW & ARROW SWEEP
• HALF GUARD ANKLE GRAB REVERSAL
• SEESAW TO BUTTERFLY HOOK
• HITCHHIKER REVERSAL
• SCISSOR SWEEP
• HALF BUTTERFLY BACK TAKE
• ZAP RUDER
• ENTERING X-GUARD
• SWING DANCE SWEEP
• SUPERMAN ESCAPE

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