Hybrid Half-guard

Introduction

With the success of our earlier program on the hybrid open guard, Helio Soneca is back, this time with a hybrid guard between the half-guard and the vale-tudo and butterfly guards. Helping him out is his student, fellow world champion (but at brown) Leandro Slaib.

Half-guard to the back

To kick off the program, Soneca teaches the important position of going from the half-guard to the back, using the underhook. Note that he uses the contraction and relaxing of the legs to stimulate the behavior by his opponent that will make this sweep work.

Half-guard to arm drag

This time the opponent doesn't take the bait, and Soneca has to work to get the position. He does this by distancing himself at the same time he rocks the passer's base, which enables him to employ the arm drag.

Half-guard to arm drag variation

Here Leandro Slaib's reaction is to hug Soneca's left leg, but Soneca teaches you what to do to make this movement unable to contain the arm drag.

Half-guard roll-up sweep

In this lesson, Soneca teaches an alternative to the arm drag setup. This time he focuses on his opponent's left side, destabilizing the base and executing a sweep based on the rolling of both fighters.

Half-guard roll-up sweep variation

With the same idea from last position, Soneca is unable to complete the movement at first because Leandro now reacts and uses his left arm as support on the ground in order not to roll. The world's 1996 light featherweight champion doesn't waste the trip, though -- he pulls the sleeve, overcoming the defense.

Vale-tudo guard to Kimura

In this lesson, Soneca shows how to go from the half-guard to a vale-tudo guard, which leaves his opponent's right side at the mercy of a range of attacks — starting with the kimura.

Vale-tudo guard to Triangle

Now Helio Moreira performs the same transition from the half-guard to the vale-tudo guard, but this time the appropriate attack is the triangle.

Vale-tudo guard to Armlock

With the same setup, this time Leandro Slaib doesn't try to force the posture, so Soneca opts to attack the arm.

Vale-tudo guard to Omoplata

In the fourth attack option from the same situation, Soneca locks the omoplata in place and spins for the arm attack, given that Leandro managed to look the other way, making a direct attack on the arm difficult.

Half-guard to butterfly sweep

Butterfly to throw-it-in-the-trash

Half-guard to straight knee lock

Half-guard to knee slice pass