Professor Alexandre "Cafe" Dantas Top Half Guard Submissions
If a World Champion and 4th degree GB black belt asked you what you wanted him to show you, what would be your request?
GB Online did just that with Professor Alexandre Cafe Dantas asking the members "What position would you most like to see from Professor Cafe?"
Jiu-Jitsu students' most popular answer was the Half Guard. Not only did Professor Cafe agree to share his favorite Half Guard techniques, he doubled the techniques and taught BOTH Top and Bottom Half Guard techniques - each position with its own video series.
This week Professor Cafe focuses on submissions from Top Half Guard. He demonstrates that you can attack nearly every part of the opponent's body - neck, arms, shoulders and legs from the Top Half Guard.
Check out Professor Alexandre "Cafe" Dantas Half Guard Submissions from the Top here
Typically, as Jiu-Jitsu students, we are taught to pass the Half Guard to advance to Side Mount. That is one of the main strategies certainly, but as Professor Cafe shows in the Top Half Guard submission video series, it is not the only option.
Professor Cafe takes advantage of the top position in applying pressure to the opponent and making them uncomfortable. When the bottom fighter is uncomfortable, they fatigue rapidly, and expose themselves to submission attacks when they try to escape the pressure.
Professor Cafe shows the following chokes, Armbars, Kimura, and Knee Bar variations from Top Half Guard:
Knee Bar from Top Half Guard
Spinning Knee Bar from Top Half Guard
Arm Triangle - Darce Choke From Top Half Guard
Kimura Counter To The Under Hook
Kimura To Straight Armbar
Brabo Choke From Top Half Guard
Gift Wrap From Top Half Guard
Straight Armbar - Ude Gatame from Deep Half
Kimura Counter Kimura From Top Half Guard
See all of the Top Half Guard submissions from Professor Alexandre "Cafe" Dantas in Half Guard Submissions from the Top
Perhaps the best part of Professor Cafe's teaching style is his emphasis on the easy-to-miss details that make all the difference in the success of the technique. It's possible that you have seen many of the techniques before, but dismissed them as not being a good fit for their game because of a lack of immediate success when you first tried them.
You may have been missing a key detail in the mechanics or timing of the technique, that when fixed, suddenly makes the technique work on fully resisting opponents.
In the Top Half Guard submissions, Professor Cafe shares many of the crucial, black belt details that may not be obvious the first time that you see the technique.
What is your go to submission from Top Half Guard?
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