Are you ready to take your no-gi half guard to the next level? ADCC Runner-Up &submission grappling bon vivant Craig Jones is here with BJJ Fanatics to show you everything you need to know to develop a Z guard that you can rely on, with attacks, defense, transitions, and more that he has made a signature part of his game against elite competition. Learn some of the same secrets he’s used in his successful career on this six-volume series as Craig takes you through his system of attack for his favorite guard.

 

The Z guard/knee shield offers a lot of diverse pathways for offense in submission grappling, with options for armbars, kimuras, choi bars, triangles and more. Craig shows some of his favorite and most effective entries into leg locks, including how he gets into cross ashi, backside heel hooks, and outside heel hooks for some of his most common fight-finishing techniques. Turn your half guard into a minefield of submission threats using Craig’s help.

 

Develop a real Z guard that can withstand pressure and attack as Craig explains all of the most common passes that you’ll see against the knee shield, and then exactly how to counter them so you can stay in good position. It’s not enough to get a good guard, you have to keep it - so learning these maintenance tips can make a huge difference in your game with counters to weave passes, pressure, HQ passing, and more.

 

Across six full volumes, Craig delivers a winning system that creates one unified plan of attack from his best guard. The Z guard is one of the most effective and modern positions in no-gi, because of the connection and diversity of offense, and now it can be yours on this series from one of the best in the game.

 

 

IN THIS COURSE

 

PART 1

 

• INTRODUCTION

 

• Z-GUARD POSITIONING

 

• Z-GUARD RETENTION

 

• DEVELOPING A DYNAMIC Z-GUARD

 

PART 2

 

PASSING Z-GUARD

 

• INTRO TO PASSING SECTION

 

• HIP SWITCH PASS

 

• HIP SWITCH COUNTER

 

• HEADQUARTERS

 

• DEALING W/ HEADQUARTERS

 

• DR. LACHLAN GILE (PHD/M.D./SHE/HER/HERS) PASS

 

• TACKLE SWITCH COUNTER

 

• THE PROBLEM OF THE WEAVE PASS

 

• WEAVE PASS COUNTERS

 

• JASON RAU: THAT UNASSUMING BASTARD

 

• DEALING WITH THE RAU

 

• KIT DALE PASS

 

• COUNTERING $&*^ DALE

 

PART 3

 

ATTACKING FROM Z-GUARD

 

• KIMURA USE YOUR THUMBS

 

• KIMURA TO ARMBAR

 

• CREATING MOVEMENT

 

• BELLY DOWN VARIATION

 

• ACHILLES TRIANGLE

 

• ACHILLES TO FRONT TRIANGLE

 

• YOKO ONO TRIANGLE

 

PART 4

 

• CHOI BAR SET UP/GRIPPING SEQUENCE

 

• CHOI BAR

 

• BEST WAY TO DEVELOP AN ARMBAR

 

• CHOI BAR TRIANGLE

 

• BAITING THE TRIANGLE

 

• OMOPLATA

 

• OMOPLATA TO ARMBAR

 

• OMOPLATA TO THE LEGS

 

PART 5

 

• K GUARD BACK TAKE

 

• SINGLE LEG X ENTRY

 

• SWEEP FIRST SUBMIT SECONDS

 

• THE FLAGPOLE GRIP

 

• BASIC REAP

 

• SOME FLASHLY BULL$&@*

 

• CRAB TO CROSS ASHI (THE FUN TYPE OF CRAB)

 

• FLOATING Z

 

• STANDING ASHI OVERVIEW

 

PART 6

 

TRANSITIONING FROM Z-GUARD

 

• KNEELING OPPONENT

 

• STANDING OPPONENT

 

• THE 3 KEY BATTLES

 

• GOING THROUGH THE WHIZZER

 

• GOING WITH THE WHIZZER

 

• WHIZZER PLAN B

 

• REINFORCED HALF GUARD

 

 

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