Danaher's half-butterfly arm drag into an overhead sweep when they post to stop the hook lift.
Sweeps
Sweeps
Old school, plan B, John Wayne, roll-under and dogfight sweeps once you have the underhook.
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Half guard to a roll into the legs, Crevar's path from a failed sweep into an entanglement.
Danaher's half-guard game: underhook, knee shield and the sweeps that follow once you are not flat.
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.
Jordan Preisenger's John Wayne sweep from half guard, a compact version of the far-leg hook and roll.
Chewjitsu's effortless half-guard sweep, using the underhook so it does not feel like a strength move.
Switching to butterfly from half guard when the knee shield is getting smashed.
Stephan Kesting on the roll-under sweep as a follow-up when the opponent drives you flat to stop your first underhook sweep. Clear on the timing and the hand on the knee.
Vitor Shaolin Ribeiro teaches his signature Shaolin sweep from half guard with the knee across the chest, including how to keep the knee alive as the top player tries to smash it.
Brian Glick with Shintaro Higashi on the John Wayne, including the knee-lever detail that makes the roll light.
Dogfight fundamentals: getting your shoulder under the hip so the opponent's own weight tips them over, with old school one way and plan B the other depending on how they base.
Lachlan Giles breaks down the underhook half guard sweep he considers the most important one, with details on gripping under the leg and using the bottom leg to elevate.
Lachlan Giles' John Wayne from a high knee shield: hooking the far leg and rolling them over when they sit back to pass.
The knee lever sweep from half butterfly guard: when the passer wins the underhook and drives in, cut the heel back and lift the knee to tip them over.