No-gi Intermediate
MMA-flavoured look at the defensive whizzer, framing the face and steering an opponent off the wall before hiking the underhook back. Useful for the clinch even without a cage.
Takedowns
Whizzer
An overhook that stops the opponent from coming up with an underhook, standing or in half guard.
Also called overhook standing, whizzer defence, whizzer half guard.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
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YouTube videos
No-gi Intermediate
Rory MacDonald on surviving double underhooks: down-block, hips back, whip the head across and pummel back to your own underhook. BJJ Fanatics clip.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Marcos Tinoco on the bottom player being whizzered, which is also a map of the top player's defensive problems.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Henry Akins on beating the whizzer from half guard so you are not swept or taken to the back.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Chewy on dealing with the overhook / whizzer when they try to come up from half guard into a dogfight sweep.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Giles on underhook half guard versus the D'Arce and guillotine: the submission threats the top player has to respect.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Three answers to a single leg aimed at BJJ players rather than wrestlers, from stopping the shot to recovering when the leg is already caught.
No-gi Intermediate
Defending a single leg with the sprawl and whizzer, then attacking the wrist and folding the head to reach a front headlock. Clear wrestling fundamentals that transfer directly to no-gi.