Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A Work in Progress: Options From Top Half Guard

These are the top half guard techniques that have worked well for me, as well as ones I am working on.

In my Brazilian jiu jitsu training, I have spent a lot of time trying to pass half guard. One day, my teammate brown belt Chris White asked if I had ever thought about trying to submit from top half, rather than just trying to pass. That way, he said, the person on the bottom would be kept guessing. His attention would be split between trying to prevent a pass and defending attacks.

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