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I have a brown belt at my BJJ school that always reverse sits to pass when I have him in half guard and smoothly crushes through me. What is a good defense for this or counter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpTuRXCTV0
Thank for your time and help,
Morgan
I guess what type of half guard are you playing around with when this happens ? this would be a better way to start the trouble shooting for you . Are you trying to get lock down or any type of deep half stuff. more info the better . keep on rolling
That's my favorite way to kill someone's half guard game, it's difficult to deal with, the key is to not let him turn and settle in. A guard will prevent the turn, the combo of a good lockdown and te threat of the appollo helps a lot as well.
No doubt getting crushed under the reverse sit sucks balls! The GGBJJ Youtube channel also has a video about preventing the reverse sit & covers 1 sweep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hmWnJi-zc.
I found the advise to frame the knee very helpful when preventing the reverse sit. I'm not sure what type of bottom 1/2 guard you like to play but maybe try something different than whatever you are playing that opens you up to this technique. The lockdown game is my goto 1/2 guard for sure, however I have found it to be more effective once I started switching things up by using other bottom 1/2 guards as needed. It keeps me less predictable & if I keep getting smashed, flattened out, or reverse sat w/ my lockdown game I switch to 93 guard to keep more space & this also makes it easier to frame that knee.
I'm sorry for not clarifying Joe, I'm using the lockdown.
Thank you very much for the help Michael and especially you Eddie.
Caio has some good counters on his 111 half guard DVD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morgan
The Apollo sweep section on MTS 20 is not playing. Is there another video that shows this? I get the arm triangle from the bottom with the lock down, but have trouble finishing. Would love to see the sweep, as I feel trapped if the triangle is not working.
Half my jiu jitsu life has been spent playing half guard, this reverse sit can be a bitch. When I feel them go for it, I abandon half guard, frame out and shrimp off their hips. Not too sophisticated but I've been stuck under that reverse sit many times and that's one thing that's working for me.
I guess this could work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdrq703j-A
Very nice ideas here. Thanks.
Kroyler Gracie said in a gi seminar that he's poured a lot of time in being the guy on bottom. He showed us a shaolin sweep where he gets to his side, pinches his knees, creates space to frame the top guys head and swim out of the cross face, to eventually make your way to control the top guys cross facing hand. You'd then shove that hand between your crotch and do a backward somersault. Looks really slick if you can get it, and I've surprised some people with it, even in no-gi. Especially in no-gi. The only difference between gi and no-gi is that gi may allow you to get caught holding the grip, and you'll still get the sweep. In other words, the guy could have caught on and started struggling but your grip is already locked in. You could almost leisurely have your hand make its way down to your genitals. No-gi almost requires you to punch yourself in the penis or vagina in order to pull it off, while simultaneously doing a backward somersault. It's done faster. But it does work. That was the only sweep he showed though, so I sought him out 1-on-1 to dive headfirst in this reverse half-guard passing position and how to counter it. Literally. I was shocked when I saw this post. I'm like "Holy shit that's LiTerally the reason I went to go see him". Think we've met up 3 times so far. He's about 100 miles outside of Chicago up in Elkhart, Indiana, so anyone near should check him out. But I digress. Here's what I found:
The biggest detail is straightening out your knees. If you're the guy on the bottom, you want to trap your half-guard above his knee cap then immediately lock your knees in place. What this does is create a pinch between your kneecaps. If you experiment with it, you will see that the guy on top has a considerably harder time pushing his knee out. Like everything tho, it's a race. If he switches his hips quick enough as they showed in the video, and he has the cross-face, it leaves you with less room to straighten out your legs. This means that his hips are less likely able to elevate above your hips, which could be the precursor to a lot of Shaolin-type stuff or deep-half. At this point, experienced guys pretty much got the pass. But if you have the underhook, you might just be able to create some space by locking your knees. The idea here is distance management using the pinch on his thigh with your kneecaps as pivot points. You're ultimate goal is to do something about the cross-face so your chest isn't pinned. From my experience, the best you can hope for against a skilled, heavy black belt is to work to a butterfly hook or time an oompa and come on top. My instructor is 250 and I'm 180, so it's definitely a game I'm losing today, but going in with the idea that if I can find an answer for him, I can find an answer for anyone. Wishful thinking though, often times. Not to be a defeatist, though. I have been able to create some space with the knee pinch, and I feel that it's only a matter of time before human ingenuity kicks in and over time keep throwing in wrenches that guys don't necessarily have an answer for.:confused:
Play with it though. The knee pinch principle alone is worth the 300 clams I've shelled out so far.