FELIPE COSTA – HALF GUARD MASTERY

1. Half Guard Concepts & How to Behave
The hard hitting black belt details for setting up and keeping distance and knowing exactly where to put every part of your body for optimal control.

2. Knee Shove Escape to Back Control
Use this hip move right way you will stop you from getting flattened like a pancake and end up on their back.

3. Half Guard Sweep
Here you get a highly effective slick sweep off the previous back-take when your opponent bases out.

4. Overarm Escape / Sweep
All things connect in this half guard sequence and this sweep will give you an answer for when you get stuck ½ way coming up for the back.

5. Clockwork Sweep
This clockwork sweep is all technique no strength a simple hip switch gets you a super smooth sweep.

6. Butt Kick to Back Control
Here is what to do when aggressive guard passers are pushing heavy pressure on a knee cut pass to a slick escape where you end up in control from the

7. Butt Kick to Back Control Variation
Cool variation of the last technique when the guy sits back and makes himself super heavy on the knee.

8. Inside Turtle Pass to Side Control
Sometimes you end up a step behind and here is a great way to stop the guy once his knee has passed your legs and get you into the top position and pa

9. Set Up To Technique 7 & 8
Look at all three options to end up on top you have and how to mix them all together with some insane details and technique.

10. Hip Switch Sweep to Side Control
Switching the hip and reversing the ½ guard from the knee cut pass is an effective way to confuse people and get the pass.. In this technique you get

11. Baby Hold Sweep
Split second arm and hip movement catches your opponents off guard and gets you into a super leveraged position to get a sweep from the half guard.

12. Ugly But Effective Sweep
Everything doesn’t have to be pretty to be effective… missing the sweep when the guy reverses the half guard leaves you flattened with only a few op

13. Costa Sweep
Felipe’s favorite high percentage sweep from the reverse half guard. Must watch packed with important and highly coveted technique details. Super sl

14. Inverted Half Guard Sweep
Stretch and move hips for perfect placement with yet another slick variation to get out of a bad situation and end up on top from reverse half guard.

15. Half Guard Prevention + Bonus
Awesome secret bonus move.