Make Z Guard Great Again by Craig Jones

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Are you ready to take your no-gi half guard to the next level? ADCC Runner-Up & submission grappling bon vivant Craig Jones is here with BJJ Fanatics to show you everything you need to know to develop a Z guard that you can rely on, with attacks, defense, transitions, and more that he has made a signature part of his game against elite competition. Learn some of the same secrets he’s used in his successful career on this six-volume series as Craig takes you through his system of attack for his favorite guard.

 

INTRODUCTION

Z-GUARD POSITIONING

Z-GUARD RETENTION

DEVELOPING A DYNAMIC Z-GUARD

INTRO TO PASSING SECTION

HIP SWITCH PASS

HIP SWITCH COUNTER

HEADQUARTERS

DEALING W/ HEADQUARTERS

DR. LACHLAN GILE (PHD/M.D./SHE/HER/HERS) PASS

TACKLE SWITCH COUNTER

THE PROBLEM OF THE WEAVE PASS

WEAVE PASS COUNTERS

JASON RAU: THAT UNASSUMING BASTARD

DEALING WITH THE RAU

KIT DALE PASS

COUNTERING $&^ DALE

KIMURA USE YOUR THUMBS

KIMURA TO ARMBAR

CREATING MOVEMENT

BELLY DOWN VARIATION

ACHILLES TRIANGLE

ACHILLES TO FRONT TRIANGLE

YOKO ONO TRIANGLE

CHOI BAR SET UP/GRIPPING SEQUENCE

CHOI BAR

BEST WAY TO DEVELOP AN ARMBAR

CHOI BAR TRIANGLE

BAITING THE TRIANGLE

OMOPLATA

OMOPLATA TO ARMBAR

OMOPLATA TO THE LEGS

K GUARD BACK TAKE

SINGLE LEG X ENTRY

SWEEP FIRST SUBMIT SECONDS

THE FLAGPOLE GRIP

BASIC REAP

SOME FLASHLY BULL$&@

CRAB TO CROSS ASHI (THE FUN TYPE OF CRAB)

FLOATING Z

STANDING ASHI OVERVIEW

KNEELING OPPONENT

STANDING OPPONENT

THE 3 KEY BATTLES

GOING THROUGH THE WHIZZER

GOING WITH THE WHIZZER

WHIZZER PLAN B

REINFORCED HALF GUARD

$197