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Essential Connections: Chest To Chest Half Guard Passing by Giancarlo Bodoni

Revolutionize Your Passing With ADCC Champ Giancarlo Bodoni’s 6-Part Series On Chest To Chest Half Guard Passing!
  • Learn one of the highest percentage passing systems used in the sport of Jiu-Jitsu, with ADCC 2022 breakout star Giancarlo Bodoni!
  • Develop consistent methods of FORCING your opponent into disadvantageous half guard positions.
  • Defeat lower body connections with leg pummeling that can be impossible to defend, while punishing opponents with crippling upper body grips!
  • Further shutdown opponents with a variety of controls including head and arm, shin pin, cross face, body locks, and more.
  • Solidify passes with controlling methods that will have you snuffing out any hope of your opponent regaining their guard!
  • Troubleshoot common encounters when half guard passing including knee shield, underhook half guard, half butterfly, and even deep half!                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Course Content

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Volume 1

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Intro 0
Chest To Chest Passing Intro 1:13
Benefits Of Half Guard Passing 4:11
General Strategies For Forcing Half Guard 11:34
Baiting Half Guard With Loose Passing Threats 21:13

Volume 2

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Forcing Half Guard From Inside The Legs - Leg Pummel To Half Guard 0
Threatening Folding Pass To Force Half Guard 10:06
Going Straight Into A Head Block 17:12
Forcing Half Guard From Body Lock - Basic Body Lock Entries Kneeling 26:53
Basic Body Lock Entries Standing 36:10
Sprawling Method 45:31
Far Side Knee Cut 53:43
Overview Of Goals For Top Half Guard 1:06:48
Overview Of Different Upper Body Grips 1:10:16

Volume 3

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Controlling The Head And Shoulders - Setting A Cross Face 0
Setting A Head And Arm 7:17
Shin Pin Vs Inside Bicep Tie 14:03
Shin Pin Vs Inside Wrist 20:19
Head Block Vs Inside Bicep Tie 27:19
Near Side Undertook 34:02
Overback 41:11
Proper Body Positioning 53:47

Volume 4

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Solidifying Passes - Stages Of Extracting The Trapped Leg 0
Forcing 3/4 Mount To Pass 6:07
Passing With A Head And Arm 21:57
Switching To A Head Block 36:03
Double Under Hook Guard Pass 55:51

Volume 5

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Troubleshooting - Beating A Scorpion 0
Knee Shield - Clearing The Upper Body Frames 7:28
Knee Position And Clearing The Knee Shield 19:25
Under Hook - Under Hook Early Stage 28:46
Under Hook Mid Stage 32:34
Under Hook Mid Stage - Lower Leg Shift 39:36
Under Hook Late Stage 45:23

Volume 6

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Half Butterfly - Step Over 0
Leg Pummel To Far Side Knee Cut 8:09
Body Lock To Far Side Knee Cut 11:57
Deep Half Guard - Early Prevention 18:09
Recovering From Deep Half 24:06

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PART 1

  • INTRO
  • CHEST TO CHEST PASSING INTRO
  • BENEFITS OF HALF GUARD PASSING
  • GENERAL STRATEGIES FOR FORCING HALF GUARD
  • BAITING HALF GUARD WITH LOOSE PASSING THREATS
  • PART 2

    FORCING HALF GUARD FROM INSIDE THE LEGS

  • LEG PUMMEL TO HALF GUARD
  • THREATENING FOLDING PASS TO FORCE HALF GUARD
  • GOING STRAIGHT INTO A HEAD BLOCK KNEE CUT
  • FORCING HALF GUARD FROM BODY LOCK

  • BASIC BODY LOCK ENTRIES KNEELING
  • BASIC BODY LOCK ENTRIES STANDING
  • SPRAWLING METHOD
  • FAR SIDE KNEE CUT WHEN YOU CAN'T BEAT THEIR HOOK
  • OVERVIEW OF GOALS FOR TOP HALF GUARD
  • OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT UPPER BODY GRIPS
  • PART 3

    CONTROLLING THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS

  • SETTING A CROSS FACE
  • SETTING A HEAD AND ARM
  • SHIN PIN VS INSIDE BICEP TIE
  • SHIN PIN VS INSIDE WRIST
  • HEAD BLOCK VS INSIDE BICEP TIE
  • NEAR SIDE UNDERTOOK
  • OVERBACK
  • PROPER BODY PLACEMENT
  • PART 4

    SOLIDIFYING PASSES

  • STAGES OF EXTRACTING THE TRAPPED LEG
  • FORCING 3/4 MOUNT TO PASS
  • PASSING WITH A HEAD AND ARM
  • SWITCHING TO A HEAD BLOCK
  • DOUBLE UNDER HOOK GUARD PASS
  • PART 5

    TROUBLESHOOTING

  • BEATING A SCORPION
  • KNEE SHIELD

  • CLEARING THE UPPER BODY FRAMES
  • KNEE POSITION AND CLEARING THE KNEE SHIELD
  • UNDER HOOK

  • UNDER HOOK EARLY STAGE (CHIN OVER ELBOW, GO BACK TO CROSS FACE)
  • UNDER HOOK MID STAGE (NEAR SIDE UNDER HOOK WHEN THEY ARE ON AN ELBOW)
  • UNDER HOOK MID STAGE - LOWER LEG SHIFT (KNEE TO THE FAR HIP)
  • UNDER HOOK LATE STAGE (BACK STEP, RE PUMMEL)
  • PART 6

    HALF BUTTERFLY

  • STEP OVER
  • PUMMEL THE FOOT TO FAR SIDE KNEE CUT
  • BODY LOCK TO FAR SIDE KNEE CUT
  • DEEP HALF GUARD

  • EARLY PREVENTION
  • RECOVERING FROM DEEP HALF
  • $197


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