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Half guard — a bottom player trapping one of the top player's legs
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Half Guard

Frame, create space, work to sweep or recover.

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Wrestle Up from Bottom Half Guard
Kevin Johnson · Instagram Reel

Half Guard's first entry is a jailbreak, and it is Kevin Johnson's fifth on the site: the easy wrestle-up from bottom half — build to the elbow, come up into the dogfight, and finish standing over the single leg instead of accepting the bottom. The position everyone calls a consolation prize becomes an attack the moment you decide to stand up with it.

BEGINNER · HALF GUARD · WRESTLE-UP · DOGFIGHT
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Every video is the creator's own, hosted on their channel — Grappling Matrix links out and credits them. Train within your limits and tap early.