Knee Shield (Z-Guard)

Half guard with your knee across their body to hold distance.

Switch to Half Guard Top

• Control

  Structure and Distance

  Placing the knee, feet and grips so the shield cannot be flattened.

  8 lessons

• Sweeps

  Sweeps

  Lifting and tilting off the shield, or switching to butterfly hooks.

  6 lessons

• Submissions

  Submissions

  Kimura, loop choke, triangle and omoplata off the shield.

  9 lessons

• Entries

  Leg Lock and Guard Entries

  Moving to single-leg X, ashi garami or reverse De La Riva.

  5 lessons