Before I shot video, I took these photos of the basic long distance and deep half guard sweep that I use. This is the same one that I show in the first video.

Basic long distance half guard posture. Knee in the hip to maintain space and turn my on my side. Ankles crossed, left over right. Left hand on the shoulder, forearm framing the neck. Right hand controlling the far arm at the wrist or biceps.

He cannot underhook me when my arm is framing his neck. He also can’t overhook…

Two concepts that are very important for half guard, x-guard and butterfly guard.

Concepts: hips under hips and leg on the shoulder.

My training partner Trog filmed a few of his best half guard sweeps.

Rocking sweep from deep half guard and brabo counter sweep.

Half guard versus standing: reverse and normal De la Riva, “footlock” guard, x-guard and Saulo’s sweep.

From each of these guards, you have a wide variety of sweeps. The important concept here is linking the guards together.

Hip movements for going underneath: backroll, swinging and pendulum.

Try drilling the leg and hip movements solo and with a partner to get a feel for them. You’ll find that when they resist one direction, they usually leave themselves open to the other.

The second part of the long distance and deep half guard videos.

Pass prevention: scissors, hugging, stacking and reverse scarf (Marcelo) pass counters. Backroll sweep.