Options from Half Guard Top
From Half Guard Top, you can:
- Try Knee Cut Pass — Slide knee across the opponent's far thigh into side control. Most reliable pass at white…
- Try Smash Pass — Drop weight to fold opponent's legs to one side. Pressure-heavy, slow, but suffocating ag…
- Try Long Step Pass — Switch hips by stepping the far leg deep behind, then settle the near knee inside. Effect…
- Try Leg Drag Pass — Drag opponent's top leg across the centerline, follow with hip pressure. Strong against r…
- Try Over-Under Pass — One arm underhooking, the other overhooking the far leg. Heavy pressure pass, common at b…
- Move to Side Control (pass completed) — Cross-side pin. Chest-to-chest pressure, near and far underhooks/crossfaces available. To…
- Move to Mount (pass to mount) — Sit on opponent's torso, knees pinching their sides. Dominant position — submissions abun…
- Submit with Kimura — Figure-4 grip on the opponent's arm, rotate it behind their back to attack the shoulder. …
- Submit with Americana — Figure-4 grip, pin the wrist and rotate the shoulder into a key-lock. Classic white-belt …