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Mount to Deep Half Guard Escape

February 18, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Mount escape to deep half guard

Here is one of my favorite  ways to escape the mount position. It relies on briefly achieving quarter guard which is essentially the mount position where you have one of his feet trapped between your legs and then transitioning to the deep half guard. This wouldn't necessarily be the first escape you would use in an MMA or self defense situation (since it exposes your face to punches) but in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Deep Half Guard, Escapes, Mount Escape, Techniques, Video

Range and Distance in Guard

December 14, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Long range to close range guard in BJJ

There's just something about jiu-jitsu that leads to a proliferation of styles of guard.  From Z Guard to X Guard and from Spider Guard to Half Butterfly there are many, many different forms of closed, open and half guard, and new variations pop up all the time. How do you know which type of guard to use when? The Concept of Range in the Guard There's an organising principle that brings order … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: 50/50 Guard, Butterfly Guard, Closed Guard, Concepts, de la Riva Guard, Deep Half Guard, Guard, Guard Retention, Open Guard, Reverse de la Riva guard, Rory Van Vliet, Video, X Guard, Z Guard

The 6 Ranges of Half Guard

October 2, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

6 ranges of half guard

The half guard is one of the three fundamental classifications of guard (closed, open, half).  It can be used as both an offensive and a defensive position. There are many different variations of half guard, and one way to categorise those variations is by how far away you are from your opponent's hips. If there's a big space between your hips and his then you're at long range.  If your hips … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Deep Half Guard, Half Butterfly, Half Guard, Rob Biernacki, Roberto Gordo Correia, Video

How to Train BJJ with an Injured Neck

January 11, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

How to train BJJ with a sore neck

Necks are delicate things.  Seven small stacked cervical vertebrae protecting all the nerves in your spinal cord and held together with a multitude of flimsy ligaments and muscles. Yet in BJJ we stress the neck continuously. We attack it with chokes, crucifixes, and cranks.  We stack our opponents, turn their heads with crossfaces, and scissor his head with our legs.  We also use our head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Health & Nutrition Tagged With: BJJ, Butterfly Guard, Chokes, Closed Guard, Deep Half Guard, Guard Passes, Injuries, Neck Cranks, Rubber Guard, Spider Guard

Base, Posture and Structure, the 3 Most Important Concepts in BJJ

August 12, 2016 by Stephan Kesting

Base, posture and structure - the 3 most critical bjj concepts

The idea that overall body alignment in BJJ can be broken down into 3 components (base, posture and structure) was introduced to me by Rob Biernacki. And I have found these 3 concepts to have hugely practical applications on the mat. There is power in definitions and distinctions because it allows you to clarify your thinking and problem solving processes. So let's take a look at base, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, For Beginners, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Concepts, Deep Half Guard, Rob Biernacki, Technical Standup, Video

Podcast EP28: How Bernardo Faria Won Double Gold at the BJJ Mundials

July 5, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

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In this in-depth interview I talk with Bernardo Faria, the 99kg BJJ fighter who recently took gold in not only his own weight class but also in the absolute division of the 2015 BJJ Mundials. Some of the highlights of my talk with Bernardo Faria included... His mindset going into big tournaments How he developed and refined his highly individual BJJ gameplan What he's learned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Conditioning, Interviews Tagged With: Bernardo Faria, BJJ, Competition, Deep Half Guard, Gi, Gi vs No Gi, Interviews, Marcelo Garcia, No Gi, Omoplata, Takedowns, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Wrestling

4 Tips to Pass ANY Guard

February 26, 2013 by Stephan Kesting

Passing the guard of a skilled opponent is one of the hardest things to do in BJJ. If you don't believe me, take a look at high level BJJ and submission grappling competition like the Mundials or ADCC. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Butterfly Guard, Closed Guard, Deep Half Guard, Guard Passes, Half Guard, Open Guard, Spider Guard, Techniques, Video, Z Guard

How to Pass Deep Half Guard

November 26, 2012 by Stephan Kesting

In the last 5 years the Deep Half Guard position has taken the BJJ and submission grappling world by storm.  And every serious grappler now needs to know how to neutralize and pass the Deep Half Guard. This position is a variation of the half guard.  If someone manages to get settled into this position underneath you then they're right under your center of gravity, can compromise your balance, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Female Grapplers, Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos Tagged With: Deep Half Guard, Emily Kwok, Grapplearts DVDs, Guard Passes, No Gi, Submission Grappling, Video

Straight From Brazil: A Deep Half Guard Sweep Photo Demonstration

April 12, 2012 by Stephan Kesting

This technique is being demonstrated by Oscar Daniotti, a BJJ black belt under Ricardo de la Riva in Brazil. He is the chief editor Faixa Preta Digital, an online BJJ magazine available in both English and Portugese. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Deep Half Guard, Gi, Guard Passes, Half Guard, Techniques

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