3X ADCC trials champion, and world renowned BJJ instructor Tom DeBlass is back with the second installment of his best selling half guard instructional
- Master the half guard game that’s kept the most elite guard passers at bay during nearly two decades of competition at the highest levels
- Learn the secrets of creating impassable half guard structure and an intelligent top game that will serve anyone at any level for the duration of their BJJ journey
- Address and shutdown the most common half guard passing attempts like the knee slice and the leg weave - Learn guard recovery options that will protect and beef up your half guard approach
- Learn to properly utilize the gi in combination with the half guard so that you can effectively navigate the half guard exchange
3X ADCC trials champion, and world renowned BJJ instructor Tom DeBlass is back with the second installment of his best selling half guard instructional
Master the half guard game that’s kept the most elite guard passers at bay during nearly two decades of competition at the highest levels
Check Out The Trailer To This Series!
What Will You Learn?
In Half Domination 2.0, world-renowned BJJ instructor and highly decorated BJJ competitor Tom DeBlass will share the secrets of his ICONIC HALF GUARD so that you can master the same skills DeBlass has been using for years to pass, frustrate, tame, and shut down even the most ferocious guard players and passers.
The half guard is commonly a staple in the arsenals of the best in the world. It offers exciting and effective pathways to MULTIPLE TRANSITIONS, SUBMISSIONS, AND REVERSALS. DeBlass’s half guard is legendary and has been one of his greatest resources for shutting down athletes at the highest levels of BJJ competition. In fact, in 18 years of competition, DeBlass has NEVER GIVEN UP A GUARD PASS to side control and this is largely due to his incredible half guard game!
So, What's On This Series?
In 4 parts you'll cover everything from how to secure and use the PROPER GRIPS, getting crafty with the different utilities of the gi, to sweeping with intelligent reversals and transitioning into other exciting forms of guard like deep half, x-guard, and ashi garami. DeBlass will treat you to some great SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES, attacking chokes, limbs and even the legs. He’ll show you how to RECOVER THE HALF GUARD so that you can stay in the fight, even after you've put yourself at risk of being passed and he’ll even flip the script and show you how to pass the half guard in the gi with his most HIGH PERCENTAGE AND RELIED UPON half guard passing procedures!
The gi makes a huge difference when you're dealing in the half guard and with the release of Half Domination 2.0, DeBlass has provided us with the opportunity to cultivate a half guard game that's complete, utilizing the gi and its special components. This is a series that will serve you regardless of your rank or time served in BJJ and if you were a fan of the first Half Domination release, wait until you see what DeBlass does with the gi!
So, What Exactly Do You Get?
Part 1:
- Intro/Cross Collar Grip Used As a Shield/Taking Advantage of Opponent’s Center Line Being Off-Kilter to Reverse
- Cross Collar Lapel Grip/Knee Shield Removal/Near-Side Low Lapel Grip to Choke
- Cross Collar Grip Entry to Far Leg/Focus on the Lower Pants Grip/ Preventing Being Smashed or Sprawled On
- Entry to X-Guard/Ashi/Back Exposure/Initiated from Far Leg Underhook
- When Partner Tripods/Switching from Knee Shield to Butterfly Hook/ Attacking Choke/Possible Back Exposure/Possible Omoplata
- Addressing Knee Slice When Partner Presses You to Weak-Side Half Guard by Effectively Elevating and Transitioning to Deep Half Guard
Lapel Grip Feed Through
Part 2:
- When Opponent Is Playing Defensive/Hip Heisting to Neck Threat and Lapel Choke
- Lower Pant-Leg Grip to Ashi/X-Guard/Back Exposure
- Addressing the Body Lock from Half Guard/Turning Defensive into Offensive/Trapping Arm Into an Umpa Reversal
- Lapel Grip Feed Through to the Near-Side Undertook/Focusing on Reverse Lockdown to Prevent the Knee Slice
- Addressing Knee Slice with Regaining Control of Our Bottom Leg Controlling Their Shin and Controlling Far Pant Leg into a Reversal
- Entering Deep Half Guard, Near-Side Hand Attacking Same-Side Leg/Coming Out the Back Door/Seesaw/Waiter Sweep
Part 3:
- Recovery when Smashed/Using Grips to Create Space to Reframe/Using Butterfly Hook or X-Guard Entries/Knee Lever to X-Guard/ Exposing Feet
- Getting to Top Half Guard from De La Riva Guard/Closed Guard/Spider Guard
- Addressing Hip Switch
- Addressing Leg Weave by Gripping Sleeve, Shin to Bicep Reversal/ Achilles Lock
- Controlling Sleeve from Leg Weave to Reverse Omoplata/Sleeve Control Reversal/Re-guarding
- Controlling Top Position in the Half Guard, Right-Hand Belt Grip/Left Hand Controls Bottom Leg Used to Free Trapped Leg, then Pinning Partner’s Bottom Leg Progressing into a Guard Pass
Addressing Hip Switch
Part 4:
- Crushing Half Guard by Separating Partner’s Legs and Stepping Your Leg Up/Simultaneously Controlling Hip by Threatening a Gi Choke to Eventually Pass
- Cross Collar Sleeve Control/Bottom Leg Control, Pass
- Knee-Slice Pass to Bottom Leg Control Using Effective Free Leg Sprawling/Switching Between Pushing and Pulling of Bottom Leg to Eventually Pass
- Knee Slice to Step-Back So We Take Back the Offense and Maintain Dominant Top Position While Putting Partner to Weak Side
- Over-Under Pass to the Kneebar
- Half-Guard Pass to Clock Choke
- Closing
