lv.1 curriculum side half guard

7/18/2019 Lv.1 Curriculum Side Half Guard

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Re-Guard Prevention

Heavy Hips: We are on top in side control. Our opponent begins a re-guard

attempt; their knee comes across our body. We will cup their outside shoulder and

pin our head. Our other hand will block the knee and we will drop our hip onto theirknee. Lastly, we will circle our extended leg into the hip ending a smart knee

position. We can use our blocking hand to break the elbow knee wall. Ankle Grab: If our opponent extends their body away from us after getting their

knee across our hip, we will use our outside arm to wrap under their thigh and grab

their ankle/foot. The other hand will block inside our opponent’s same side arm,

and we will walk around the trapped leg, sliding our back knee into the smart knee

position. If our opponent’s knee is too active or long, we can use our front knee to

step around it, then reverse high step to sit into a modified sit-out side control.

Ankle Hug: Opponent attempts re-guard from a modified side control. Their legcomes across our south arm and hips. Wrap under the ankle and onto their hips to

keep their leg trapped. Tuck your head to their belly to prevent the high-low guard.

Tighten your elbow on opponent’s neck t o prevent extension. Move north and slide

your back knee in and back stroke your arm back to the hip.

Escape to Turtle

Standard: We are under an offensive side control. Using our safe hands, we achieve

an under hook on their south armpit. From here, we will shoot the under hook high

as we use our legs to pull us down. Our legs will switch and we will tuck our bottom

elbow. We should slip out the side to end in back control Modified: If our opponent modifies when we achieve our under hook. We will use

a hip bump to get up on our side facing our opponent. Our under hooking hand goes

to the hip as well as our inside elbow. Moving our hips away to become parallel with

our opponent, we will switch our hips and bring our knees into turtle as we attack

the leg. Either pull the leg to the inside, or circle to sit on the leg and take the back. Guard Retrieval: If our opponent sprawls away from our leg attack. We will bring

our outside arm across the hips. Our other arm’s elbow should be down on the mat.

Our outside leg will post up and we will shoot our back knee in across the hip . If our

opponent.



Outside Turtle: If our opponent has only their south hand modified, but their

north hand is still under our head. We will bridge them up, and, as we come down,

we will turn away and get our inside hand clear. We give a push with our north

elbow as we turn away, switch our hips and quickly face our opponent. We will

either attack the leg or retrieve guard depending on our opponent’s distance. Adv. Americana

Rat Trap: From offensive side control, we will make sure both arms are over our

opponent, isolating the arm. We should cup the isolated elbow with our south hand.

Our north hand will wait on our cheek. When they bring their hand around to push

on our neck, we drop the trap and finish the lock.

Shoulder Drive: From the rat trap position, our opponent does not circle the arm

around. They may hug our head out of desperation. We will use our south hand to

peel their neck hug as loose as possible, then, pushing off our south leg, we drive our

shoulder to the mat. As soon as it hits, we attack the wrist and slide back to our

offensive side control.

Armlock Transition: When we lock up the americana our opponent extends their

arm. We will follow all the way out and shoot our south arm in deep all the way to

the elbow pit. Getting the attacked thumb up, we will extend our south arm to finish.

Elbow Cup Armbar

From offensive side control on our opponent, their outside arm is isolated. We willuse our outside arm to bite under their tricep. Coming up to our smart knee

position, we will pull our under hooking elbow across the body and drop it heavy to

the mat. We will use our north arm to put some pressure on their neck. Next, we

slide our inside knee to their armpit and step our outside foot all the way over their

head to behind their hips and use our hand on their neck to grab their pants. Our leg

across their body will slide heel to ribs, then to armpit and we will secure our

control on the arm we are attacking. Lastly, we retract our south leg and extend it

across the body for the armbar position.

Shin Split Position

From our smart knee position, we will use our north hand to bug the neck. When

their hand goes to defend, we will grab the wrist and shoot our top knee over the

bicep. Our north hand stays out for base and our ankle sticks to their elbow.



Kimura

Leg Under-Hook: We are in our shin split position. Our north arm will reach back

and grab the wrist of our opponent’s trapped arm. From here, we will lean forward

to lift the arm off the ground. Our south leg will slide under the arm and our northleg will straighten to come off the arm. When ready, we will step our knee to the far

side of our opponent’s head, essentially sitting on their face. Our north arm will go

under the isolated tricep and we will establish the double wrist grab. Pin the wrist

to the mat and slowly extend the north arm to finish the shoulder lock.

Leg Over-Hook: If our opponent does not allow us to grab the trapped wrist from

the shin split position, we will slide our south leg over the trapped arm. Our north

leg will perform a high step over the head and we will post up on our foot, pulling

our opponent to their side. We will hand off arm control to our north arm while

maintaining good posture. Lastly, establish the double wrist grab and take their

wrist to your foot to finish the shoulder lock. Armbar Transitions: If our opponent straightens their arm at any point during

our low control, we can transition to a straight armlock. If they grab onto their belt,

uniform or other hand, we can spin and sit for an armbar.

North-South

Basic Transition: We are in a modified side control on top of our opponent. We

begin to walk our body north. As we clear their inside arm, we will take our north

elbow over their outside arm. Both elbows are in their armpits, our belly in on their

head. We begin to walk our hips to the cross side and remove the previously south

and take it elbow to ear. We end in modified side control on the opposite side. One Thumb Choke: We begin the north south transition. When we clear their

inside arm, our south arm will reach under it and grab the collar. We walk back into

our side control and circle back to our head control with our north arm. Lastly, we

drive our north blade across the neck, turning their head away from us, thumb in.

We drop our hip and elbow and push north to finish.

One Thumb Choke Details: If they defend with their inside arm, we will go for

the choke, pin the defending wrist with our choking hand and cut our south knee

over it to finish as usual. If they use their outside hand to defend the neck, we will

use our head to pin their arm, slice hand from the outside-in, and insert the thumb

to finish. If they block our north arm from re-controlling the head, we will open the

hand as much as we can, shoot our head in the hole and back stroke our arm to the

head control to finish as usual.



Two Thumb Choke: We are on top in side control. We will modify our south

hand, but our north hand will go thumb inside the collar. We begin to walk north

and step up with our north leg so we can drop the knee to block our opponent’s

head. Our head will switch sides and our back leg does a large back step. Insert the

second thumb palm down. Transition back to N/S and frame the head with knees.Pull hands to hips to finish.

Two Thumb Choke Details: If his inside hand begins to block, we can drop our

knee at the head to the hip and our outside knee can shoot into the shin split

position. Thumb insert and finish as usual.

Adv. Knee on Belly

Moving Around: From the basic KOB position on top of our opponent. Our outside

hand goes to chest, and our inside hand goes below our same side knee. With our

weight on our hands, we will perform a set up step with our south foot, taking toes

to their shoulder. Our north foot will swing all the way around to the cross side hip,

and our back leg will perform a back step to end out wide.

Moving Across: Lean forward, hands on mat or neck, Begin to slide knee across,

and throw the back leg over on top. Wind shield wiper the bottom foot off and set it

out wide.

Cross Collar Choke: Just like from the mount or guard. We will insert our outside

thumb to the cross side collar. Put neck pressure to distract and shoot the other

hand, palm up into the other side of the collar. Drop head, lower hips and pull hands

to hips to finish.

Baseball Choke: From KOB position, we will insert our outside thumb into the

collar. Our other hand will shoot fingers into the other side of the collar. Pivoting on

our thumb-in fist, we will step around and over the head, knees down. Our head

should be on the outside of their hip. Expand chest and pull hands to hips to finish.

Baseball Choke Details: If they block with the inside arm to their ear, we will use

our south knee to cut through it. If they block with their outside arm to the ear, we

will swim in and drop our elbow immediately. If their inside arm block the elbow

from dropping, our south knee will pin the blocking hand and expend the arm to

break the grip, and then cut the elbow down.



Americana Counters

Heavy Elbow: Our outside wrist is pinned, but they do not have the double wrist

grab. Prevent the double wrist grab by turning towards the attacked arm, using our

inside foot to bridge our weight into the elbow. Our same side knee can come up toadd an extra layer of defense. Our inside hand will reach over and grab their pinning

wrist, lifting it and allowing us to pull our pinned wrist in towards our shoulder.

Once free, our hand hides under their north armpit. Outside Turtle Fake: If we cannot reach the pinning wrist with our inside hand.

We will reach it over and switch our hips as if going to an outside turtle escape. When they base out, we will turn back into them immediately.

North Reach: If our opponent does achieve the double wrist grab, the best defense

is a tap. In desperation we can bridge up and shoot our hand north as we come

down form our bridge. Turning into our opponent, we would bring the hand back toour chest in safety position. Our inside hand does not grab, it helps to frame on our

opponent’s hips during the bridge

Armbar Counters

Block and Sit: As our opponent spins for the armbar, we will tuck our un-attacked

elbow before their heel gets to our armpit. As they sit, we will slip the leg off our

head and sit up into our opponents guard, both hands come in. Figure 4: If possible, we want our attacked arm to grab the bicep of our safe arm as

our opponent begins to sit. Our safe arm anchors under their north thigh and we are

momentarily safe. We escape by hipping away, turning towards our opponent, and

extending the safe arm. Sit in or push yourself on top of their north leg. Back Roll: If our opponent does not grab our pants as they step around, we will

initiate a back roll during their sit. Knees go over the un-attacked shoulder.



Single Thumb Choke Defenses

Under-Hook & Isolation Prevention: A tucked inside elbow and hand at safety

position will prevent the under-hook and isolation of the inside arm. Look for the

outside turtle as they try to isolate the arm. Inside Arm Recovery: If our opponent isolates our inside arm, but has not yet re-

established the head control, we will use our isolate arm to push our head under

their hips, coming into a line with our opponent and allowing us to swim our isolate

arm back into the mix so we can protect our neck. This can also be done as they are

going from the head control to reach for the choke.

Two Thumb Choke Counters

Thumb 1 Defense: We are under side control. Our opponent seeks to insert their

outside thumb into our same side lapel. We will prevent its entry by keeping an

inside hook on their outside arm with our inside arm. If they establish the 1st thumb,

we will defend with an inside arm frame on our ear. Keeping an active defense, look

for a blade on the neck and re-guard or high low shots. Thumb 2 Defense: If our opponent spins we need to keep both hands up. Our

new inside hand should be at our collar preventing the second thumb’s direct entry.

If they insert their thumb while our hand is still at the collar, we shoot our inside

hand to frame at the ear. As we defend, we should see to bump and swim our

outside arm under to help defend. Keeping an active defense, look for a blade on the

neck and re-guard or high low shots.

BaseBall Choke Counters

Basic Prevention: Our opponent is in KOB position on top of us; they are

attempting to establish their second grip, palm up on our outside lapel. We must

keep our hands and elbows in aa tight safety position. If they achieve the grip, we

will quickly use inside hand to push out on their elbow so our outside hand can

swim to the inside and frame at our ear.

Emergency Escape: If our opponent achieves the grips, has a tight elbow, andbegin to move to N/S to finish, our inside hand will frame at the ear under their grip.

As they rotate, we will pop their arm over our head and turn to face them.



Half Guard – Sweep/Roll Combo

Back Take Failure: Under half guard, we achieve the outside arm under hook and

an inside hook on their head locking arm. When we attempt to take the back, our

opponent reaches for a deep over hook on our under hook. Taking our head evencloser to their hips and staying up on our side, we will establish an outside leg trap

and use it to extend our opponent’s outside foot away from their hips. Their other

foot should be very close to our inside knee. Our inside hand will reach under and

grab their ankle. Our outside hand will release the back and reach around to take

control of the ankle. From here, we will kick our inside leg out and go knee to

shoulder to hand post. We drive into our opponent to finish. Our inside hand can

post to support weigh, or grab their same side knee to help the finish. Heavy Opponent: When we begin to pick the ankle under our opponent, they may

begin to sprawl out on us. This will begin to flatten our shoulders and kill our

sweep. We will release the ankle and reach for an under hook on their same side

thigh. We pull them towards us with our arm on their back, and turn our hips to the

sky. Pushing off our toes, we roll them over.

Smart Opponent: Our opponent prevents our original sweep and our roll with

balanced weight distribution. We will switch back to an inside leg trap. Our outside

leg will lift and drive down to give us momentum to shoot our inside elbow out to

post under us as we turn towards our opponent. We then use our outside foot to lift

our hips and slide our inside leg out. Now in a kneeling battle with our opponent, we

can attack the knee to drive them over, or, if their deep over hook is too powerful,

we will limp arm out of their hook, attacking the back immediately after.

Half Guard – Adv. Butterfly Hook

Basic Sweep: Under half guard, we achieve the outside arm under hook and a

butterfly hook on their trapped leg. From here, we will Get our head low near our

opponent’s hips and turn up on our shoulders towards them. When ready to sweep,

we will switch our inside hook on our opponent’s Head control arm to reach under

and suck their elbow down. Releasing our inside trap on their leg, we will bridge

towards our opponent and follow them with little hops and a sticky hook. Sweep Failure: When we begin to bridge, our opponent bases out their outside

arm, stopping the sweep. We will reach our inside arm to their same side thigh and

reverse our hips and push them over for a roll over the top.



Roll Failure: Our opponent prevents the roll with hand base. Our outside arm will

push our opponent towards the roll to make them base out more and create space.

We will quickly hip between our opponent’s legs, insert our other leg to the top of

our opponent’s thigh and end in X-Guard.

Half Guard – Reverse Pass

Standard: On top of half guard, our opponent achieves an under hook. The under

hook is too deep for a sitting pass, so we will tripod up slightly and perform a large

back step with our free leg. Our under-hooked arm becomes a headlock and our top

arm controls our opponent’s outside leg. Pulling their knees to the ground in front of

us, we will slide out hips north, pushing their legs down as we pull our toes out.

Tripod Transition: When we attempt our reverse pass, our foot gets stuck and we

cannot pull it out of their wrapped legs. First attempting to get our leg out with the

assistance of our free leg pushing on their bottom thigh, the foot is still stuck. Our

free leg will then step over to a full mount. If our opponent still will not release our

leg, we will look for the under hook, and begin a tripod pass to finish in side control.

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