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How The Dynamic Half Guard Can Help You

As you probably know, many top grapplers go to the Half Guard position when they face their toughest oppenents. They use the Half Guard to sweep their way into the top position or submit them from the bottom.

The difficulty for someone trying to learn the Half Guard is that it is often taught as individual techniques, without including an overall strategy of what to do. Having an strategy in grappling is much more powerful than knowing individual techniques, for the following reasons:

It gives you an easy way to build powerful combinations to sweep or submit your opponent
It makes it easier to remember techniques, because they fit together in logical sequences
It provides a framework to contextualize any new techniques you learn
It gives you counters to your opponent"s techniques
It provides a "big picture" while grappling, so that you are never lost or confused
The Dynamic Half Guard has many techniques, drills and variations (over 100 in all). The difference is that every technique is presented as part of a larger context. This means that you will develop the ability to combine techniques, flow from one attack into another, and put your opponent into progressively worse positions until he is either swept or submitted.