One of my weakest points in my fighting game is the jiu-jitsu guard. The section will discuss guard variations, submissions, sweeps, etc.
This is a video of some cool half guard techniques to take the back as well as submit and abuse your opponent from half guard. The first one is the standard taking the back from half guard, but the others are some cool variations of attacks and pass defenses.
Check out the video 3 Half Guard MMA Techniques Here
I found this video on staying active in the guard with American Top Team Fighter / one of the best grapplers in the world: Jeff Monson. It goes over staying active in the guard and using our opponent’s reactions to your benefit. This goes along perfectly with my previous post about technique vs movement. Jeff Monson is showing and explaining on how to move / react / adapt in guard, compared to just learning a technique. His actions in guard will create the openings for the techniques.
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Learning is always the goal in martial arts, whether you are teaching a student or being taught yourself, you are always learning. As martial artists, especially jiu-jitsu and grappling martial artists, we are always fascinated with “learning new techniques”. We want to know how to counter the last technique we just learned and then how to counter the counter we just learned, and so on and so on. Technique is the basis of martial arts training. We are teaching our mind and bodies to execute a series of movements that we will later be able to utilize in a fight. The problem is that sometimes we focus so much on learning new techniques, that we are missing the true lessons behind the technique. The techniques are actually just a tool to increase our knowledge.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, aka “Minotauro” is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion.
He is known for his toughness in the ring along with his amazing grappling ability… especially from the guard and half guard. Rodrigo Nogueira probably has one of the best Mixed Martial Arts Guards out there… if not THE BEST. The only other would be Demian Maia.
He rose to prominence in the Japanese Pride Fighting Championship promotion, where he was the Pride heavyweight champion from November 2001 to March 2003, as well as a Pride FC heavyweight grand prix finalist. He is the first and only fighter to have held Championship titles in both the Pride Fighting Championship promotion and the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. He holds notable wins over Tim Sylvia, Dan Henderson, Sergei Kharitonov, Mark Coleman, Valentijn Overeem, Gary Goodridge, Ricco Rodriguez, Mirko Filipovic, Jeremy Horn, Josh Barnett, Heath Herring, Semmy Schilt and Bob Sapp.
BJJ Champion Luigi Mondelli demonostrates how to go from the Sqider Guard to Omaplata Shoulder Lock Submission.
This is a cool transition from when you are attacking with the Kimura from the Z-guard or knee-across half guard and then transition to an Omoplata. The technique is taught and demonstrated by UFC Veteran Junior Assuncao.
The cross guard or scissor guard is a great open guard attacking position to setup a variety of attacks. In this video Luigi Mondelli shares a simple way of transitioning to an Omoplata attack as well as the side armbar attack.
Learn the details on how to setup the pendulum sweep and other attacks from the pendulum setup position with BJJ Black Belt Luigi Mondelli.
This technique is a way to get back to an attacking position when your opponent has flattened you out in bottom Half Guard. Pan Am BJJ Black Belt Champion Luigi Mondelli demonstrates and instructs.
I love the scissor guard and trying to sweep or submit from this position. I really like the armbar and triangle combination attacks from this technique.
