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Learn the fundamentals and concepts that can help you simplify the half guard position so you can focus on solving the biggest problems and avoiding pitfalls
- Gordon “The King” Ryan is a multiple-time ADCC champion who is the most dominant and technical no-gi grappler on Earth, and this is your chance to learn his dominant half guard passing system!
- Use step-by-step systems to attack the knee shield, butterfly half guard, lockdown half, deep half, and more.
- This system will show you how to attack the guard with control of your opponent in ways that translate to no-gi, gi, MMA, and beyond.
- This is one of the most complete half guard passing systems ever created for grappling, and now you can learn every detail from the best grappler on Earth.
- See actual rolling footage from the gym as Gordon puts this system into action and then breaks down exactly what he was doing so you can see the techniques in motion.
Course Content
Volume 01
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Intro | 0 |
| Overview | 1.39.00 |
| Chest to Chest and the Cranial Shift | 6.52.00 |
| Carrying Body Weight | 10.04.00 |
| Backtracking and Leg Riding | 14.32.00 |
| The Battle for Inside Position | 20.15.00 |
| 2 General Ways of Getting Chest to Chest | 24.05.00 |
| Upper Body Defensive Frames | 28.12.00 |
| Stuffing, Rising, Hip Switch/Sprawling Methods | 33.14.00 |
| Stuffing Methods Vs No Shoulder Post | 36.30.00 |
| Rising Methods Vs No Shoulder Posts | 45.37.00 |
| Hip Switching to Overback Grip | 49.05.00 |
| Basic Ways to Flatten Opponent Out | 51.32.00 |
| Countering a Bridge With an Underhook | 1.04.58 |
| Countering a Bridge Vs Opponent's Underhook | 1.09.53 |
| Countering a Bridge with Kimura | 1.14.10 |
| Passing with a Kimura | 1.21.34 |
| Countering a Bridge with a Guillotine | 1.28.40 |
| Failed Guillotine Switch to Shoulder Crunch | 1.35.29 |
| Ankle Scoop Vs an Inside Knee | 1.40.52 |
| Flatten Them Out Using an Ankle Scoop | 1.44.44 |
Volume 02
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Ankle Scoop to Backstep | 0 |
| Ankle Scoop to Mount | 3.39.00 |
| Ankle Scoop to Leg Ride | 6.40.00 |
| Ankle Scoop Fails - Flatten Them out | 12.51.00 |
| Ankle Scoop Fails - 3/4 Mount | 15.52.00 |
| Hip Switching to Reverse Underhook | 22.46.00 |
| Proper Leg Position | 25.29.00 |
| Backstepping with a Scoop Grip | 28.45.00 |
| Spin the Leg | 34.20.00 |
| Inside Elbow to 3/4 Mount | 37.53.00 |
| High Knee Shield Double Shoulder Post | 42.08.00 |
| Stuffing the Leg and Clearing Posts | 43.26.00 |
| Rising to Clear Posts | 48.23.00 |
| Hip Switching to Clear Posts | 52.53.00 |
| High Knee Shield Cross Shoulder Post | 55.23.00 |
| Climbing the Tree | 58.22.00 |
| Rising/Hip Switch/Hand Fighting Combinations | 1.00.31 |
| Attacking From High Knee Shield - Kimura Entries | 1.10.59 |
| Attacking From High Knee Shield - Darce Entries | 1.16.09 |
| Attacking From High Knee Shield - Enter the Legs | 1.24.22 |
Volume 03
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Intro to Low Knee Shield | 0 |
| Testing the Lock | 2.52.00 |
| Passing Options with a Cranial Shift | 5.11.00 |
| Passing Options without a Cranial Shift | 13.57.00 |
| Opponent Extends Leg - Flatten Them Out | 20.28.00 |
| Rising Methods | 23.15.00 |
| Hip Switching Methods | 26.13.00 |
| Low Knee Shield Double Shoulder Post | 27.30.00 |
| Rising Methods | 28.40.00 |
| Hip Switching Methods | 32.06.00 |
| Low Knee Shield Cross Shoulder Post | 34.31.00 |
| Sprawling Methods | 35.21.00 |
| Rising Methods | 38.12.00 |
| Hip Switching Methods | 44.28.00 |
| Attacks From Low Knee Shield | 47.08.00 |
| Recapping Knee Shields | 49.21.00 |
Volume 04
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Double Leg | 0 |
| Intro to Butterfly Half Guard | 1.09.00 |
| Passing Frames Vs Butterfly Half Guard | 3.14.00 |
| Passing with a V Grip | 9.10.00 |
| V Grip to Scoop Grip | 14.07.00 |
| Knee Direction Dilemma | 16.49.00 |
| Stepping Over to Mount | 18.46.00 |
| Inside Elbow to 3/4 Mount | 22.13.00 |
| Passing With a Hip Switch | 27.40.00 |
| Passing with a Reverse Underhook | 31.18.00 |
| Attacking From Butterfly Half Guard | 33.44.00 |
| Intro to Passing Chest to Chest | 38.06.00 |
| General Hierarchy of Hand Positions | 40.09.00 |
| Elbow Width and Base of Support | 44.08.00 |
| Default Lower Body Position | 49.25.00 |
| Dominating the Inside and Outside Hip | 53.31.00 |
| Offensive and Defensive Goal Setting | 56.13.00 |
| The Importance of a High Tripod | 1.00.28 |
Volume 05
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Basic Pass to Side Control | 0 |
| Basic Pass to Mount | 7.33.00 |
| Mounting with 2 Butterfly Hooks | 10.54.00 |
| Side Control to Mount Interface | 15.36.0 |
| Passing to Side Control Vs Explosive Bridge | 18.00.00 |
| Mounting Vs Explosive Bridge | 23.43.00 |
| Moving to Hantai Sankaku | 27.51.00 |
| Moving to Ushiro Sankaku | 34.00.00 |
| 5 Finishes | 37.48.00 |
| Knee Wedge to Butterfly Hook | 47.00.00 |
| Far Hip Knee Wedge | 49.48.00 |
| Passing to the Underhook Side | 53.20.00 |
| Butterfly Half Guard General Theory | 59.11.00 |
| Preventing a Butterfly Hook in a High Tripod | 1.03.06 |
| Hip Switch Pass Vs Butterfly Half guard | 1.07.49 |
| Top Pommel/Front Pommel Dilemma | 1.12.39 |
| Knee Slide to Leg Ride | 1.21.40 |
| Failed Pommels - Dominate the Far Hip | 1.25.33 |
| Passing With Only a Crossface | 1.28.22 |
| Passing Before the Pommel | 1.34.13 |
| Far Foot Grab | 1.38.20 |
| Backstepping Out | 1.41.10 |
| Passing to Mount | 1.44.12 |
Volume 06
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Leg Riding | 0 |
| The True Utility of the Far Foot Grab | 4.09.00 |
| Passing to Mount Vs Butterfly Hook | 7.28.00 |
| Knee Post/Inside Elbow and Underhook Dilemma | 11.00.00 |
| Intro to a Near Hip Post | 15.04.00 |
| Transferring to a Head Block | 17.57.00 |
| Passing with Over Unders | 21.26.00 |
| Converting to Double Unders/Discussing Head Position | 26.50.00 |
| Recapping Chest to Chest Passing | 37.57.00 |
| Intro to Opponent's Offensive Underhook | 41.45.00 |
| Countering an Initial Underhook | 45.25.00 |
| Pommeling Back to an Underhook | 49.41.00 |
| Overback/Chest to Chest Dilemma | 52.35.00 |
| Darce Strangle | 57.16.00 |
| The Darce Dilemma | 1.00.30 |
| Attacking Guillotine | 1.03.10 |
| Guillotine Dilemma | 1.07.11 |
| Guillotine/Darce Dilemma | 1.08.50 |
| Keeping Opponent Flat by Dominating the Far Hip | 1.11.12 |
| 3/4 Nelson | 1.20.47 |
| Knee Slide to Front Head | 1.24.06 |
| Enter the Legs | 1.27.14 |
| Intro to Lower Leg Shift | 1.30.26 |
| Preventing/Peeling a Scoop Grip and Dominating the Far Hip | 1.33.05 |
| Backstepping | 1.39.38 |
| Passing Options | 1.41.59 |
| Passing Options Part 2 | 1.42.57 |
| Attacking with Kimura | 2.13.33 |
| Faking a Backstep to Dominate Far Hip | 2.18.50 |
| Faking a Backstep to Knee Slide | 2.21.08 |
| Forcing Deep Half | 2.24.01 |
| Stopping a Roll | 2.26.21 |
| Peeling Scoop Grip | 2.29.01 |
| Overback Vs Butterfly Half Guard With an Underhook | 2.31.39 |
| Addressing an Attempted Sumi Gaeshi | 2.33.41 |
| Clearing a Knee | 2.28.38 |
Volume 07
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Intro to Scorpion/Scoop Scorpion | 0 |
| Pommelling Legs When Chest to Chest | 2.31.00 |
| Preventing Scoop Grip | 6.06.00 |
| Peeling a Deep Scoop | 13.09.00 |
| Countering a Roll Through | 16.12.00 |
| Countering a Passover | 20.42.00 |
| Intro to Deep Half Guard | 33.21.00 |
| General Goals | 36.03.00 |
| Relationship Between Lower Leg Shift, Scorpion, Deep Half Guard and Ashi Garami | 38.38.00 |
| Preventing a Butterfly Hook and Scorpion | 41.08.00 |
| Peeling a Scoop Grip | 44.23.00 |
| Move to Standing Passing | 45.29.00 |
| Countering a Passover | 47.54.00 |
| Top Knee Down - Deny Ankle Exposure | 54.04.00 |
| Exposing an Underhook | 56.51.00 |
| Kimura Conversion | 1.00.00 |
| Kimura Conversion Vs Their Underhook | 1.01.06 |
| Attacks From Kimura | 1.02.57 |
| Lifting Elbow to Dominate Far hip | 1.09.02 |
| Countering an Inside Knee | 1.11.35 |
| Step Over the Head - Enter the Legs | 1.14.36 |
| Step Over the Head - Stuff the Sweep | 1.18.04 |
| Stuffing the Sweep Vs Butterfly Hook | 1.21.37 |
| Countering a Full Butterfly Hook | 1.24.30 |
Volume 08
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Intro to Passing with Near Side Underhook | 0 |
| Near Side Underhook Vs Crossface | 2.28.00 |
| Entering a Near Side Underhook | 8.08.00 |
| Passing to Mount/Far Hip | 11.18.00 |
| Passing to Near Hip | 15.49.00 |
| Converting to Double Unders | 19.12.00 |
| Intro to Body Lock Passing | 20.57.00 |
| The Why - Hip Control Vs Cranium Control | 21.39.00 |
| Locking Under Both Arms | 27.13.00 |
| Passing With a Body Lock | 32.03.00 |
| Passing With a Tight Waist | 40.43.00 |
| Arm-In Body Lock | 46.46.00 |
| Passing From Arm-In Body Lock | 49.16.00 |
| Outro | 53.32.00 |
Volume 09
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Rolling with Alex | 0 |
| Rolling with Jack | 11.57.00 |
| Rolling with Cristos | 18.55.00 |
| Rolling with Alex | 28.14.00 |
| Rolling with Jack | 35.01.00 |
Volume 10
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Rolling Commentary with Alex | 0 |
| Rolling Commentary with Jack | 5.13.00 |
| Rolling Commentary with Cristos | 10.14.00 |
| Rolling Commentary with Alex | 14.49.00 |
| Rolling Commentary with Jack | 19.59.00 |
Use This Complete System For Passing Half Guard With Greatest Grappler Alive Gordon “The King” Ryan’s New 10-Volume Series And See How He Has Built His Signature Style For Dominating This Ultra-Popular Position - Including Never-Before-Seen Techniques That He Has Used To Beat Everyone On Earth
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What Will You Learn?
Get everything you need to simplify and destory the half guard with this foolproof passing system from multiple-time ADCC Champion Gordon “The King” Ryan, as he shows you how he has developed his top half guard game into one of the most fearsome in grappling. Learn these techniques and tactics on this 10-part series with options for dealing with any kind of half guard you will see in training and competition.
Master useful passing and submission options for half guard and its variations, including deep half, butterfly half, knee shield, lockdown, and more. Use the chest-to-chest half guard position to control the head, impose pressure, and pass with steady success into dominant positions and submission attacks, with the same techniques that Gordon has used in elite competition.
Watch these systems in action as Gordon rolls live in the gym and then breaks down each roll - for you to see what he’s doing and hear why he’s doing it. This guard passing system has shown to be effective in no-gi grappling, gi jiu-jitsu, MMA, and beyond - and Gordon shows it in ways that students of all levels can understand.
Pass the guard with some of the strongest methods in grappling, including knee slides, body locks, leg pummels, and more that you can combine into a single system that can smash the guard. Find great submission attacks with entries into systematic joint locks and strangles, including darces, kimura, leg locks, and more.
So, What Exactly Do You Get?
PART 1
- INTRO
- OVERVIEW
- CHEST TO CHEST AND THE CRANIAL SHIFT
- CARRYING BODY WEIGHT
- BACKTRACKING AND LEG RIDING
- THE BATTLE FOR INSIDE POSITION
- 2 GENERAL WAYS OF GETTING CHEST TO CHEST
- UPPER BODY DEFENSIVE FRAMES
- STUFFING, RISING, HIP SWITCH/SPRAWLING METHODS
HIGH KNEE SHIELD
- STUFFING METHODS VS NO SHOULDER POST
- RISING METHODS VS NO SHOULDER POSTS
- HIP SWITCHING TO OVERBACK GRIP
- BASIC WAYS TO FLATTEN OPPONENT OUT
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH AN UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE VS OPPONENT'S UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH KIMURA
- PASSING WITH A KIMURA
- COUNTERING A BRIDGE WITH A GUILLOTINE
- FAILED GUILLOTINE SWITCH TO SHOULDER CRUNCH
- ANKLE SCOOP VS AN INSIDE KNEE
- FLATTEN THEM OUT USING AN ANKLE SCOOP
PART 2
- ANKLE SCOOP TO BACKSTEP
- ANKLE SCOOP TO MOUNT
- ANKLE SCOOP TO LEG RIDE
- ANKLE SCOOP FAILS - FLATTEN THEM OUT
- ANKLE SCOOP FAILS - 3/4 MOUNT
- HIP SWITCHING TO REVERSE UNDERHOOK
- PROPER LEG POSITION
- BACKSTEPPING WITH A SCOOP GRIP
- SPIN THE LEG
- INSIDE ELBOW TO 3/4 MOUNT
- HIGH KNEE SHIELD DOUBLE SHOULDER POST
- STUFFING THE LEG AND CLEARING POSTS
- RISING TO CLEAR POSTS
- HIP SWITCHING TO CLEAR POSTS
- HIGH KNEE SHIELD CROSS SHOULDER POST
- CLIMBING THE TREE
- RISING/HIP SWITCH/HAND FIGHTING COMBINATIONS
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - KIMURA ENTRIES
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - DARCE ENTRIES
- ATTACKING FROM HIGH KNEE SHIELD - ENTER THE LEGS
PART 3
LOW KNEE SHIELD
- INTRO TO LOW KNEE SHIELD
- TESTING THE LOCK
- PASSING OPTIONS WITH A CRANIAL SHIFT
- PASSING OPTIONS WITHOUT A CRANIAL SHIFT
- OPPONENT EXTENDS LEG - FLATTEN THEM OUT
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- LOW KNEE SHIELD DOUBLE SHOULDER POST
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- LOW KNEE SHIELD CROSS SHOULDER POST
- SPRAWLING METHODS
- RISING METHODS
- HIP SWITCHING METHODS
- ATTACKS FROM LOW KNEE SHIELD
- RECAPPING KNEE SHIELDS
PART 4
- DOUBLE LEG
INTRO TO BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- INTRO TO BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- PASSING FRAMES VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- PASSING WITH A V GRIP
- V GRIP TO SCOOP GRIP
- KNEE DIRECTION DILEMMA
- STEPPING OVER THE MOUNT
- INSIDE ELBOW TO 3/4 MOUNT
- PASSING WITH A HIP SWITCH
- PASSING WITH A REVERSE UNDERHOOK
- ATTACKING FROM BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
CHEST TO CHEST PASSING
- INTRO TO PASSING CHEST TO CHEST
- GENERAL HIERARCHY OF HAND POSITIONS
- ELBOW WIDTH AND BASE OF SUPPORT
- DEFAULT LOWER BODY POSITION
- DOMINATING THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HIP
- OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE GOAL SETTING
- THE IMPORTANCE OF A HIGH TRIPOD
PART 5
- BASIC PASS TO SIDE CONTROL
- BASIC PASS TO MOUNT
- MOUNTING WITH 2 BUTTERFLY HOOKS
- SIDE CONTROL TO MOUNT INTERFACE
- PASSING TO SIDE CONTROL VS EXPLOSIVE BRIDGE
- MOUNTING VS EXPLOSIVE BRIDGE
- MOVING TO HANTAI SANKAKU
- MOVING TO USHIRO SANKAKU
- 5 FINISHES
- KNEE WEDGE TO BUTTERFLY HOOK
- FAR HIP KNEE WEDGE
- PASSING TO THE UNDERHOOK SIDE
- BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD GENERAL THEORY
- PREVENTING A BUTTERFLY HOOK IN A HIGH TRIPOD
- HIP SWITCH PASS VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD
- TOP POMMEL/FRONT POMMEL DILEMMA
- KNEE SLIDE TO LEG RIDE
- FAILED POMMELS - DOMINATE THE FAR HIP
- PASSING WITH ONLY A CROSSFACE
- PASSING BEFORE THE POMMEL
- FAR FOOT GRAB
- BACKSTEPPING OUT
- PASSING TO MOUNT
PART 6
- LEG RIDING
- THE TRUE UTILITY OF THE FAR FOOT GRAB
- PASSING TO MOUNT VS BUTTERFLY HOOK
- KNEE POST/INSIDE ELBOW AND UNDERHOOK DILEMMA
- INTRO TO A NEAR HIP POST
- TRANSFERRING TO A HEAD BLOCK
- PASSING WITH OVER UNDERS
- CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS/DISCUSSING HEAD POSITION
- RECAPPING CHEST TO CHEST PASSING
- INTRO TO OPPONENT'S OFFENSIVE UNDERHOOK
- COUNTERING AN INITIAL UNDERHOOK
- POMMELING BACK TO AN UNDERHOOK
- OVERBACK/CHEST TO CHEST DILEMMA
- OVERBACK/CHEST TO CHEST DILEMMA
- DARCE STRANGLE
- THE DARCE DILEMMA
- ATTACKING GUILLOTINE
- GUILLOTINE DILEMMA
- GUILLOTINE/DARCE DILEMMA
- KEEPING OPPONENT FLAT BY DOMINATING THE FAR HIP
- 3/4 NELSON
- KNEE SLIDE TO FRONT HEAD
- ENTER THE LEGS
- INTRO TO LOWER LEG SHIFT
- PREVENTING/PEELING A SCOOP GRIP AND DOMINATING THE FAR HIP
- BACKSTEPPING
- PASSING OPTIONS
- PASSING OPTIONS PART 2
- ATTACKING WITH KIMURA
- FAKING A BACKSTEP TO DOMINATE FAR HIP
- FAKING A BACKSTEP TO KNEE SLIDE
- FORCING DEEP HALF
- STOPPING A ROLL
- PEELING SCOOP GRIP
- OVERBACK VS BUTTERFLY HALF GUARD WITH AN UNDERHOOK
- ADDRESSING AN ATTEMPTED SUMI GAESHI
- CLEARING A KNEE
PART 7
SCORPION
- INTRO TO SCORPION/SCOOP SCORPION
- POMMELING LEGS WHEN CHEST TO CHEST
- PREVENTING SCOOP GRIP
- PEELING A DEEP SCOOP
- COUNTERING A ROLL THROUGH
- COUNTERING A PASSOVER
DEEP HALF GUARD
- INTRO TO DEEP HALF GUARD
- GENERAL GOALS
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOWER LEG SHIFT, SCORPION, DEEP HALF GUARD AND ASHI GARAMI
- PREVENTING A BUTTERFLY HOOK AND SCORPION
- PEELING A SCOOP GRIP
- MOVE TO STANDING PASSING
- COUNTERING A PASSOVER
- TOP KNEE DOWN - DENY ANKLE EXPOSURE
- EXPOSING AN UNDERHOOK
- KIMURA CONVERSION
- KIMURA CONVERSION VS THEIR UNDERHOOK
- ATTACKS FROM KIMURA
- LIFTING ELBOW TO DOMINATE FAR HIP
- COUNTERING AN INSIDE KNEE
- STEP OVER THE HEAD - ENTER THE LEGS
- STEP OVER THE HEAD - STUFF THE SWEEP
- STUFFING THE SWEEP VS BUTTERFLY HOOK
- COUNTERING A FULL BUTTERFLY HOOK
PART 8
NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
- INTRO TO PASSING WITH NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
- NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK VS CROSSFACE
- ENTERING A NEAR SIDE UNDERHOOK
- PASSING TO MOUNT/FAR HIP
- PASSING TO NEAR HIP
- CONVERTING TO DOUBLE UNDERS
- INTRO TO BODY LOCK PASSING
- THE WHY - HIP CONTROL VS CRANIUM CONTROL
- LOCKING UNDER BOTH ARMS
- PASSING WITH A BODY LOCK
- PASSING WITH A TIGHT WAIST
- ARM-IN BODY LOCK
- PASSING FROM ARM-IN BODY LOCK
- OUTRO
PART 9 – ROLLING
- ALEX
- JACK
- CHRISTOS
- ALEX
- JACK
PART 10 – ROLLING COMMENTARY
- ALEX
- JACK
- CHRISTOS
- ALEX
- JACK
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