Half Guard Passes

Danaher on setting the crossface as the first job of half-guard passing, before any knee extraction.

Danaher passing half guard: crossface, flattening and freeing the trapped knee without giving up the underhook.

Matt Arroyo shows a simple way to break the lockdown and free your leg when a 10th Planet style half guard player has stretched you out.

Lachlan Giles on controlling the bottom leg and switching base so the half guard player cannot recover, the key idea behind all his half guard passes.

Lachlan Giles flattens the half guard with crossface and underhook, frees the knee to mount and finishes with an arm triangle. A complete top half guard sequence.

Roger Gracie's half/butterfly pass that ends in mount, keeping the head low and the hips following.

Fundamental half guard pass: underhook and crossface, walk the trapped knee free, then knee cut or back step, with a rolling back take option when they turn away.

Two ways to free your leg and pass when the bottom player has the 10th Planet lockdown: pin the lockdown leg and sprawl, or drop to the tripod and slide through.

How to pass the half butterfly guard when the bottom player has a hook inside your thigh.