Learn the fundamentals and concepts that can help you simplify the half guard position so you can focus on solving the biggest problems and avoiding pitfalls
Watch these systems in action as Gordon rolls live in the gym and then breaks down each roll - for you to see what he’s doing and hear why he’s doing it. This guard passing system has shown to be effective in no-gi grappling, gi jiu-jitsu, MMA, and beyond - and Gordon shows it in ways that students of all levels can understand.
- INTRO
- OVERVIEW
- CHEST TO CHEST AND THE CRANIAL SHIFT
- CARRYING BODY WEIGHT
- BACKTRACKING AND LEG RIDING
- THE BATTLE FOR INSIDE POSITION
- 2 GENERAL WAYS OF GETTING CHEST TO CHEST
- UPPER BODY DEFENSIVE FRAMES
- STUFFING, RISING, HIP SWITCH/SPRAWLING METHODS
- STUFFING METHODS VS NO SHOULDER POST
- RISING METHODS VS NO SHOULDER POSTS
- HIP SWITCHING TO OVERBACK GRIP
- BASIC WAYS TO FLATTEN OPPONENT OUT
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH AN UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE VS OPPONENT'S UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH KIMURA
- PASSING WITH A KIMURA
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH A GUILLOTINE
- FAILED GUILLOTINE SWITCH TO SHOULDER CRUNCH
- ANKLE SCOOP VS AN INSIDE KNEE
- FLATTEN THEM OUT USING AN ANKLE SCOOP
- ANKLE SCOOP TO BACKSTEP
- ANKLE SCOOP TO MOUNT
- ANKLE SCOOP TO LEG RIDE
- ANKLE SCOOP FAILS - FLATTEN THEM OUT
- ANKLE SCOOP FAILS - 3/4 MOUNT
- HIP SWITCHING TO REVERSE UNDERHOOK
- PROPER LEG POSITION
- BACKSTEPPING WITH A SCOOP GRIP
- SPIN THE LEG
- INSIDE ELBOW TO 3/4 MOUNT
- HIGH KNEE SHIELD DOUBLE SHOULDER POST
- STUFFING THE LEG AND CLEARING POSTS
- RISING TO CLEAR POSTS
- HIP SWITCHING TO CLEAR POSTS
- HIGH KNEE SHIELD CROSS SHOULDER POST
- CLIMBING THE TREE
- RISING/HIP SWITCH/HAND FIGHTING COMBINATIONS
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - KIMURA ENTRIES
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - DARCE ENTRIES
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - ENTER THE LEGS
- INTRO TO LOW KNEE SHIELD
- TESTING THE LOCK
- PASSING OPTIONS WITH A CRANIAL SHIFT
- PASSING OPTIONS WITHOUT A CRANIAL SHIFT
- OPPONENT EXTENDS LEG - FLATTEN THEM OUT
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- LOW KNEE SHIELD DOUBLE SHOULDER POST
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- LOW KNEE SHIELD CROSS SHOULDER POST
- SPRAWLING METHODS
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- ATTACKS FROM LOW KNEE SHIELD
- RECAPPING KNEE SHIELDS
- DOUBLE LEG
- INTRO TO BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- PASSING FRAMES VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- PASSING WITH A V GRIP
- V GRIP TO SCOOP GRIP
- KNEE DIRECTION DILEMMA
- STEPPING OVER THE MOUNT
- INSIDE ELBOW TO 3/4 MOUNT
- PASSING WITH A HIP SWITCH
- PASSING WITH A REVERSE UNDERHOOK
- ATTACKING FROM BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- INTRO TO PASSING CHEST TO CHEST
- GENERAL HIERARCHY OF HAND POSITIONS
- ELBOW WIDTH AND BASE OF SUPPORT
- DEFAULT LOWER BODY POSITION
- DOMINATING THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HIP
- OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE GOAL SETTING
- THE IMPORTANCE OF A HIGH TRIPOD
- BASIC PASS TO SIDE CONTROL
- BASIC PASS TO MOUNT
- MOUNTING WITH 2 BUTTERFLY HOOKS
- SIDE CONTROL TO MOUNT INTERFACE
- PASSING TO SIDE CONTROL VS EXPLOSIVE BRIDGE
- MOUNTING VS EXPLOSIVE BRIDGE
- MOVING TO HANTAI SANKAKU
- MOVING TO USHIRO SANKAKU
- 5 FINISHES
- KNEE WEDGE TO BUTTERFLY HOOK
- FAR HIP KNEE WEDGE
- PASSING TO THE UNDERHOOK SIDE
- BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD GENERAL THEORY
- PREVENTING A BUTTERFLY HOOK IN A HIGH TRIPOD
- HIP SWITCH PASS VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- TOP POMMEL/FRONT POMMEL DILEMMA
- KNEE SLIDE TO LEG RIDE
- FAILED POMMELS - DOMINATE THE FAR HIP
- PASSING WITH ONLY A CROSSFACE
- PASSING BEFORE THE POMMEL
- FAR FOOT GRAB
- BACKSTEPPING OUT
- PASSING TO MOUNT
- LEG RIDING
- THE TRUE UTILITY OF THE FAR FOOT GRAB
- PASSING TO MOUNT VS BUTTERFLY HOOK
- KNEE POST/INSIDE ELBOW AND UNDERHOOK DILEMMA
- INTRO TO A NEAR HIP POST
- TRANSFERRING TO A HEAD BLOCK
- PASSING WITH OVER UNDERS
- CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS/DISCUSSING HEAD POSITION
- RECAPPING CHEST TO CHEST PASSING
- INTRO TO OPPONENT'S OFFENSIVE UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING AN INITIAL UNDERHOOK
- POMMELING BACK TO AN UNDERHOOK
- OVERBACK/CHEST TO CHEST DILEMMA
- OVERBACK/CHEST TO CHEST DILEMMA
- DARCE STRANGLE
- THE DARCE DILEMMA
- ATTACKING GUILLOTINE
- GUILLOTINE DILEMMA
- GUILLOTINE/DARCE DILEMMA
- KEEPING OPPONENT FLAT BY DOMINATING THE FAR HIP
- 3/4 NELSON
- KNEE SLIDE TO FRONT HEAD
- ENTER THE LEGS
- INTRO TO LOWER LEG SHIFT
- PREVENTING/PEELING A SCOOP GRIP AND DOMINATING THE FAR HIP
- BACKSTEPPING
- PASSING OPTIONS
- PASSING OPTIONS PART 2
- ATTACKING WITH KIMURA
- FAKING A BACKSTEP TO DOMINATE FAR HIP
- FAKING A BACKSTEP TO KNEE SLIDE
- FORCING DEEP HALF
- STOPPING A ROLL
- PEELING SCOOP GRIP
- OVERBACK VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD WITH AN UNDERHOOK
- ADDRESSING AN ATTEMPTED SUMI GAESHI
- CLEARING A KNEE
- INTRO TO SCORPION/SCOOP SCORPION
- POMMELING LEGS WHEN CHEST TO CHEST
- PREVENTING SCOOP GRIP
- PEELING A DEEP SCOOP
- COUNTERING A ROLL THROUGH
- COUNTERING A PASSOVER
- INTRO TO DEEP HALF GUARD
- GENERAL GOALS
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOWER LEG SHIFT, SCORPION, DEEP HALF GUARD AND ASHI GARAMI
- PREVENTING A BUTTERFLY HOOK AND SCORPION
- PEELING A SCOOP GRIP
- MOVE TO STANDING PASSING
- COUNTERING A PASSOVER
- TOP KNEE DOWN - DENY ANKLE EXPOSURE
- EXPOSING AN UNDERHOOK
- KIMURA CONVERSION
- KIMURA CONVERSION VS THEIR UNDERHOOK
- ATTACKS FROM KIMURA
- LIFTING ELBOW TO DOMINATE FAR HIP
- COUNTERING AN INSIDE KNEE
- STEP OVER THE HEAD - ENTER THE LEGS
- STEP OVER THE HEAD - STUFF THE SWEEP
- STUFFING THE SWEEP VS BUTTERFLY HOOK
- COUNTERING A FULL BUTTERFLY HOOK
- INTRO TO PASSING WITH NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
- NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK VS CROSSFACE
- ENTERING A NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
- PASSING TO MOUNT/FAR HIP
- PASSING TO NEAR HIP
- CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS
- INTRO TO BODY LOCK PASSING
- THE WHY - HIP CONTROL VS CRANIUM CONTROL
- LOCKING UNDER BOTH ARMS
- PASSING WITH A BODY LOCK
- PASSING WITH A TIGHT WAIST
- ARM-IN BODY LOCK
- PASSING FROM ARM-IN BODY LOCK
- OUTRO
- ALEX
- JACK
- CHRISTOS
- ALEX
- JACK
- ALEX
- JACK
- CHRISTOS
- ALEX
- JACK
