Dean Lister's Bottom Half Guard System (Full BJJ Instructional)

Level up your half guard game with this complete instructional from black belt Jiu Jitsu legend Dean Lister. Chapters and timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:52 Bottom Half Guard & Shove By Technique
10:08 Arm Position Fundamentals
17:46 Head Takedown
23:02 Hookshot & Whizzer Sweep
26:56 Countering the Whizzer with an Arm Drag
30:43 Arm Lock Counter to a Head Grab
32:52 Knee Lock
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[@LilPoopy69]

the stillness of your assistant is unnerving.. great content!

[@sacco6274]

Robot like

[@jakobnowell7282]

He literally doesn't blink! wtf!

[@brandonthink]

looking for this comment lol

[@dcsteele]

Uke is a chill blue that is nervous with the camera and a legend.

[@murco7658]

I love the way Dean delivers these tutorials. He's so chill and enthusiastic, it's infectious

[@nooodls1]

I have never done bjj. I’m 40 and was a really good wrestler from 8yrs to 17yrs old. This is exactly the pace I was taught at. Makes me want to find a local bjj shop that’s not going to hurt me and help me get physical again. love this stuff

[@JosephBojang]

I started at 40 with no wrestling background, you’d be a boss in the gym. I love when wrestlers come in and help me get better. Y’all know the secrets of a great base.

[@draal420]

As a former wrestler, who is now a BJJ Black Belt.. I say do it! Best decision i ever made in my life!!

[@John-qz2sy]

Do it. You wont regret it.

[@patrickpham6854]

There’s a “white belt” at my gym that’s also a wrestling coach. He’s in his 50s and I’m 23 and he absolutely rag dolls me. I can say 100% even if I tried with everything I got he’d can still rip my arms off if he feels like it. So please take it easy once you do start lol

[@bigoso404]

Started at 43 with no wrestling experience. 44 and a blue belt now and loving it

[@HankusMaximus]

I can’t believe this is free

[@phredbookley183]

I've been digging what you guys put out. Clearly GoldBJJ means you're the gold standard! Thank you for the content!

[@TheStudiolight]

So much insight from Dean’s experience. Thank you!

[@yourjeepguy9514]

Thank you for posting!

[@TjoeHolland718]

So many useful concepts. Huge thanks for your time and expertise. Really enjoying all your videos.

[@Wealthforthe99Percent]

Dean never disappoints 🔥

[@2KM158]

Great explanation, Thank you! This gave me several new perspectives on the half guard

[@RemcoBakker548]

thnx for sharing the Shove By technique, very helpful!

[@katokianimation]

Yes! Bjj white belt here. Few months ago I made a resolution. I was stalling too much in closed guard so I promised to myself I won't use it and focus more on open guards. So in the last few months I worked on my butterflyguard and half guard game. So thank you. Tha is very useful to my journey

[@jedsanford7879]

white belt here also. spam dela riva into single leg x. at white belt its a literal gold mine. I X sweep purples at my gym :D Black belts prevent it solely with knee position tho lmao.

[@notnoaintno5134]

The blu belt sitting statueqsue at the begining 😂😂

[@GoldBJJ]

Scary sitting next to the boogeyman!

[@orestisnalmpantis]

Thanks for this !

[@corbanverdejo]

Nice explanation of the approach to the position!!! As a long limbed practicioner this was very interesting. Thank you!!!

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

God bless this man, infectious enthusiasm

[@hkaszowi]

THIS IS GOLD!

[@djchile1]

🔥💯👊🏽 great video I will be trying this tomorrow. I’m always stuck on half guard.🙏🏽

[@gypsysundance]

Another lister gold moment ....thank you

[@mattwest2054]

Hey,just started bjj but been using “shove bys” automatically already cool to see it being taught here. Love the content available Dean 🙌

[@awallerfamily]

This was a great video. Learned a lot. Thanks for posting. The shove by I have used alot while rolling and learned it from practicing aikido. In aikido its referred to has ikkyo.

[@ptb2314]

this is awesome

[@jedsanford7879]

I like the way Dean teaches. really good principles.

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Arm shove to omaplata might be my new jam! Thanks again, Dean. Ossss!

[@arikiteiba]

Thanks for share the knowledge bud, I'm a black belt , I've been training Jiu-Jitsu about 14 to 15 years and I've learned a lot of good things here, congrat big monster ❤

[@GoldBJJ]

It takes a wise man to stay curious and always open to learning! Respect!

[@trema10871]

The man!!Awesome

[@jonathanosullivan6388]

Thank you for the lesson 🤙

[@GoldBJJ]

Any time!

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[@yourjeepguy9514]

So much great information for both advanced and beginner players, and the mma aspect is amazing. Thanks! We are so lucky to have this online.

[@GoldBJJ]

thank you for the kind words!

[@OOUGGE]

Thankyou

[@kcwliew]

Gold - I love the looks his uke gives - the look of 'yep that shit works'...

[@sclay757]

Did the shove by today after watching your video once and I hit it on 3 different people lol. Like you said most people aren't used to seeing it done so they let you get it and feel comfortable until it's too late. Thank you Dean!

[@GoldBJJ]

That's awesome!! Love to hear it!

[@sclay757]

@@GoldBJJ yessir how do you typically set it up? Or do you just go right into it quickly?

[@AwestrikeFearofGods]

@@sclay757 In the video he mentioned that it works best when their arm is already close to your body.

[@sclay757]

@@AwestrikeFearofGods thank you sir/ma'am!

[@sacco6274]

Would love to train with Dean. One Of My favorite grapplers and clearly an awesome teacher. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@jimiller1988]

Dean, we need some no gi systems. Thanks for all the free stuff, I would never ignore 50% of your body!

[@herohunted85]

BJJ for the win!

[@bshasnki100]

I see why he chose the name Gold. So entertaining and effective.

[@iamdeerskinn]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mattsuran1270]

Came for Dean, stayed to see the other guy not move. Seriously I thought he was a dead but then he blinked.

[@patrickwojo]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@awallerfamily]

The knee bar entry at the end was executed beautifully by Puellos vs Guida in the UFC. It was really really good execution and guida wasn't 1 of 4 to not roll.

[@senditffh7919]

Dean, is a very intelligent person and my good friend Josh neer has spoken very highly of him. He is fluid in different languages. He trained under Fabio and I remember watching Dean back in probably 2001/2002 and remember how he was killing it on the jiu-jitsu scene. I look forward to meeting him one day.

[@GoldBJJ]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

[@DannyAmerican]

Fucking love Dean Lister. What a legend

[@GoldBJJ]

Thanks for watching!

[@erickovarik4868]

Basically, a half spider guard..beautiful.

[@impalea]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@scorpio1666]

fuckin hell, the blue belt is looking at me and he doesn't even blink! :)

[@zenshinacademy4096]

I have a super simple idea about the word "wrong". Nothing is wrong if it works. Simple

[@GoldBJJ]

Yes!

[@Kanotoa]

If Dean say it isn't wrong that's good enough for me

Where can i get this Google Gi?

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[@mattshort4001]

that guy didn't move an inch while you were talking

[@GoldBJJ]

Hahaha!

[@Bogan81]

My man is a statue, calm as a hindu cow

[@GoldBJJ]

Hahahaha!

[@wungchipeimarchang7392]

Cc

[@ericgirard-realtor9813]

This is a tai chi move, I swear

[@GoldBJJ]

Haha! Dean makes it look easy.

[@hunterlewis731]

Tell your uke it’s okay to blink lol

[@MrJetlagfever]

russian looked like a bear

[@briansolly]

why does he have a brazilian accent

[@listerdean2332]

I have a slight (or maybe larger apparently) speech impediment. It’s how I was born, I hope you understand. Wishing you the best

[@brandonthink]

@@listerdean2332 I thought it was cos you're fluent in portuguese

[@listerdean2332]

@@brandonthink also;)

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To much blablabla

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[@smiley-qb3nt]

I like that you keep it geared for a fight and not fancy sport stuff . I still have your real world submissions vol. 2 so hard to find . Great material

[@nonenobody3565]

YOU TALK TO MUCH