Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Danaher's half-guard game: underhook, knee shield and the sweeps that follow once you are not flat.
Control
Underhook and Frames
Getting onto your side, winning the underhook, and using frames so you are never flattened and crossfaced.
Half Guard Bottom · Half Guard
The other side: Half Guard Top
Techniques in this topic
Resources
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YouTube videos
How To Build The Perfect Half Guard Game For No Gi by John Danaher
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
The no-gi half-guard version of Danaher's system, built around the underhook and coming up to the dogfight.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Tom DeBlass on the frame he uses in bottom half guard to stop the pass before it starts. Simple and suits beginners.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Rob Biernacki shows the layered upper-body frames (hand, elbow, wrist, torso) that stop a top player getting chest to chest and crossfacing you, then how to convert that space into an underhook or knee shield.