Andrew Wiltse Teaching Half Guard Fundamentals

[@richkrupansky1339]

More videos with teaching fundamentals from different positions please. Love your teaching style

[@AlanGodshaw]

"Listen, honey. I'm not shy." Greatest response ever!

[@kenkaz7128]

I love the humor more than anything . I see its a way to highlight key details. As an Aussie I just give everything a stupid nickname.. lol people are too serious.

[@kdub10009]

Which is one of my favorite things (among many) about Aussies!

[@Dillonhudson9]

I’m one of the shitty half guard players Andrew refers to that does a bunch of the little things wrong. I was able to use this and make some adjustments and get it to start working immediately after the drilling in a live session. Good stuff here!

[@David-dw2iq]

so used to seeing some type of knee shield when he locked his legs my brain went "your doing it wrong". Going to need you to drop a gi halfguard dvd on fanatics. Please and thank you

[@sharkbite9389]

A month later and this video has been literally game changing for me

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Sometimes I have to fight off my feeling when I hear 99% of half guard players are dogshit knowing I'm Def in that bracket and not in the 1% lol Truth hurts! Good video - gonna start applying these tidbits!

[@dimpap9659]

Love the Banjo Kazooie Gamesong in the Background.. loved that game as kid.

[@zodiac154]

This is so good that I almost don't want to link my training partners. Hilarious, too. Wizard stuff

[@melonhead849]

I needed this for my game. Thanks Andrew and the rest of the team. You guys are my favorite group of grapplers

[@Brian_White]

When you switch to the overhook leg grip at 15:10 are you still squeezing your thighs together?

[@Hawlk12]

How are people not cracking up hearing him. This dude is so funny😂😂

[@burdygurr]

My half guard is 100% better because of Andrew Wiltse private lessons going over alllll this shit. I might still suck but I suck so much less than others because of his perspective on half guard. So important to learn his ways on this.

[@coreydagod9317]

Had a ton of eye opener moments from this video. Good to see you back brother. The WNO competitors definitely hard gulped when they heard you was back. PSF for life. 🤙

[@liferjiujitsu4666]

This is really good information can’t find this anywhere. Your thought process is unbelievable. Daisy fresh wizards 🧙‍♂️

[@McLeodJJ]

so happy to see content coming out consistently again. All of your videos help a ton

[@Tleaf]

That Shayne guy said you suck and can't tap him. Feel free to tap him many many times :)

[@AndrewWiltse]

Ohhh did he now? Be right back. Gotta run to the gym for uh... reasons.

[@mumenjoestar5178]

Hey Andrew, thanks for the lesson; please keep up the good work! You mentioned in the video that you only play the lockdown when you are exhausted. Why do you choose to not use the lockdown as often? Isn't lockdown also very good at lifting people's knees off the ground, whipping people side to side for sweeps (electric chair and dogfights?), and preventing people from blasting past your half guard? As a tiny ass rooster white belt, I enjoy playing half guard, and I was never taught to properly "squeeze" the leg in a traditional half guard. So after multiple times of getting smashed and my guard passed, I found that the lockdown made it easier for me to control the bigger guys in my guard and prevent them from using their size and strength to blast through my half guard. Your half guard fundamentals video taught me very important details that I've never learned before, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could help and share your thoughts. Thank you!

[@AndrewWiltse]

I don't think so. Lockdown leverage is at the end of your legs mostly. Triangle leverage is a lot closer to your core. I don't think lockdown is useless, it was actually my main hakfguard for like 8 years because I had eddy bravos DVD before I ever had training partners and stuff. I just think this style im showing is more effective

[@mumenjoestar5178]

@@AndrewWiltse Thank you for the reply! I can’t wait to try the triangle leverage hold on the mats! Oh btw do you mind sharing what DVD you watched?

[@Felix-nk1hq]

8:04

[@sharlah4057]

I love how the brave volunteer already has a bandage on his head ... Nothing stops him!

[@peteypablo09]

Turtleneck rashguard 17:55

[@thiscouldbefunsportsandoth7483]

My favorite Andrew quote, listen honey I’m not shy

[@huskylord123]

Came for the half guard lesson.....stayed for the Shaggy groin show in the top right.

[@saugalog4148]

godamnit, I'm one of those shitty half guard players. time to put away the knee shield and go back to basics...

[@SauceMario]

Never seen half guard taught this way. It's excellent and makes a lot of sense to me. Something I'll definitely work on developing and teaching as well.

[@Sean-xr1xj]

Dude in the background lmfao 4:30

[@robindifo4972]

4 days in a row and another one tomorrow, Let’s go. Also I suck at half guard to this is awesome

[@AndrewWiltse]

I'll take a day to recover my vocal cords probably, then make the teaching rant video. Then a rolling video maybe this weekend

[@Stahlvanten]

0:21 The Irish man steps up and make it happen!

[@jongrappler287]

honestly i think the voice over worked better, maybe have a lazy purple belt transcribe on the side and then voice over

[@Arpeggi18]

Is that gordan ryan in the background?

[@jg1000c]

never seen this whip up before, who other than Andrew uses half like this? Look exposed for a toe hold.

[@BarloDoe]

The Banjo Kazooie nostalgia 😭

[@Cropsykills]

I've only just got comfortable with playing in half guard but I'm really enjoying it. This video is going to be invaluable to me.

[@johnperry3130]

tHE BANJO KAZOOIE MUSIC WAS AMAZE

[@zacheryweeks6008]

Hard case newbie here. Always get stuck in bottom half guard. Tried this out today and worked first try. Love these vids! Keep ‘em coming!

[@poet_fanfaras]

I was under the impression that clamping on the thigh was old school half guard, I have been playing with the bottom leg like vine because i'm lazy af and knee bumping but I haven't make it work like advertised. I'm gonna try and cut some blood flow now.

[@harrynevitt895]

Is this the same for the gi?

[@davidcondit388]

Great instruction!

[@PheseantNetsuke]

level of detail is insane

[@edguy52]

banjo kazooie ftw

[@nagatothagod]

bro... these are gold. ty for the content and really missed your videos. I hope you are feeling better and looking forward for more teaching and sparring videos.

[@koenie17]

This is gold 🔥🔥

[@rkade3765]

More of these videos please!!!!! Almost felt like I was in an evening class at daisy fresh.

[@bjjboston.teamforsa]

Nice job with the fine details! Missed you when you came to Boston and Team Flo!

[@AndrewWiltse]

Next time!

[@MichaelJames707]

🙏🏼

[@alzil9181]

I'm trying to work this technique in class but my training partners keep smashing me like a bunch of dickheads

[@jinxit]

same, i'm going back to knee shield

Super ;)

[@erickandtheourbacks1072]

Your game is flawless… honestly you are the Gordon Ryan of 2022 and on. I would pay big bucks to watch you roll with Marcelo Garcia

[@matt7360]

Great content! I thought the Andrew voice over commentary was better! Haha that's like double the work though 🤷‍♂️

[@leglocksandcrabrides]

Free bird

[@JefffRushton]

Was getting caught in guillotine and front headlock from half guard. I hope this helps!

[@brandonthink]

Humour + Education = Best Learning Experience

[@erickandtheourbacks1072]

11:59 epic lmao I bet you would kill it doing stand up your dry sense of humor is awesome

[@jinxit]

Is it possible to drill this first movement (squeeze and move overhead) without a partner?

[@VladimirChukanov]

I am a simple guy, I see a video of Andrew Wiltse explaining bjj I click !)

[@amirkazemi2517]

that guy with restless leg is ruining this excellent video

[@isaacgarcia2979]

Bro those mats need changed

[@PhysicalTherapyAndFitnessPLLC]

When the mats look like that you know the jiu jitsu is good.

[@bigcintheD214]

Some say fat. Others would say thick. Lol

[@mattweagley]

Thank you so much for filming this class and posting it on your channel, Andrew. I've seen videos of other people teaching this sweep, but I feel like most of them rush to get to the sweep itself and overly simplify how to effectively control the opponent first and get to the position. The step-by-step progression you show and all the details you provide about gripping and body position, as well as what can go wrong, are fantastic! I'd love to see more no-gi half guard material from you, whether it's more KZbin videos... or a full-length instructional through BJJ Fanatics 😁

[@matt7360]

Love the random lesson on the R word @ 9 minutes 😂

[@jaytamati4120]

I'm trying this tonight. "Bye. Have a great time."

[@user-nk3re4dj5h]

Out of curiosity at 14:26 what's to stop him from knee cutting?

[@danielandrews8142]

Will you be doing a half guard instructional?

[@AndrewWiltse]

Oh yes. Very soon

[@danielandrews8142]

@@AndrewWiltse no gi, gi or both in the pipe line?

[@AndrewWiltse]

I was thinking no gi, but I can do both.

[@ashwinchidambaram4100]

What do you do if they try to backstep into saddle

[@Jimmy_jpeg]

Andrew I’ve watched this lesson a few times and the concepts have paid off for me. Is it fair to say you seldom ever play a knee shield, or would you only use it in transition / to create space while you work to get your tight lock? Thank you!!

[@AndrewWiltse]

It would be reactionary and not used for long. Unless I've got the world's tightest clamp and I'm trying to push them backwards or invert. I occasionally use a high knee shield under their shoulder for a quick lift to deep underhook half guard.

[@91zax]

As a shitty half guard player, thanks for the gold

[@FlowithdaGo]

What's the popping sound?

[@dirkbrouns5293]

Solid class - like you teaching style a lot.

[@braydonbell6493]

Good to see you back teaching technique we needed it!

[@levibrinkerhoff2450]

Dude thank you for this

[@artnos]

A lot of great details thank you

[@davidtobias6893]

How does this fit into a deep half or the basic halfguard sweeps?

[@davidtobias6893]

nvm. i see.

[@chillsjiujitsu]

a lil sus

[@mastermasih]

loved this!

[@meanmach5896]

Great video Andrew!

[@gregjar7281]

Great stuff.. ;)

[@FullTechnic]

Thanks!!

[@tra1in1]

OSS! Awesome 💪

[@frankcooper8171]

would you recommend drilling this in gi too?

[@AndrewWiltse]

Yes.

[@03toyotacorolla]

noice

[@robirhodes7411]

OSS

[@mohamedelmaaroufi5502]

Your teaching method is awesome man, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Ossss