Best Way to Pass Half Guard by Giancarlo Bodoni

[@greengreensio]

Brooo.. I've been doing the back step wrong all this time. Thank you for this video. Keep it up the good work

[@joshtpa]

Giancarlo is a beast, and a great instructor. Thanks G!

[@MackTrainingAcademy]

This works so well! Great way to make them choose between the leg locks or the guard pass.

[@grubmab]

That head block has made my knee cuts 10X more effective

[@forwardgrappling]

so that's what the other side of the bjj fanatics room looks like

[@sburri01]

Stay where you are @BJJFanatics

[@anthonysiu6010]

This is sooooooo useful!!!

[@aw8one]

What about options from getting out of lock down?

[@derrickrobinson7269]

Classic backstep - knee slice dilemma

[@Karate_Jon]

Gold.

[@TheDomLouis]

White belt question: after the back step, that locks a triangle around their leg, is there a berimbolo available there too? Or is Giancarlo facing the wrong way for that?

[@giancarlobodonibjj]

Facing the wrong way for berimbolo - we go over “ashi bolo” a lot in my Leg Lock counters instructional which is basically a berimbolo variation off of an opponents leg entanglement. In this scenario when you back step you have the leg entanglement.

[@TheDomLouis]

@@giancarlobodonibjj thanks for clarifying!

[@benkelly7182]

2nd in honor of Craig Jones

[@TheDomLouis]

😂

[@josephs.7496]

Doesn’t that backstep open you up to having your back taken via Jedi Mind Trick? Your opponent would just need to catch your inside knee with their knee

[@thos1618]

Yes. I think the Jedi Mind Trick is less effective in NoGi though.

[@TheDomLouis]

Damn, Plácido has gone from a tad chubby to hench!!

[@DanielJBarnett]

Step 1, be juiced to the gills