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

Name: Essential Connections: Chest To Chest Half Guard Passing by Giancarlo Bodoni
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SKU: GBECCTC-01
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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!

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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

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