Craig Jones is one of the most popular and in-demand instructors in the game today, with an exciting style that has secured him many elite wins and a teaching method that is detailed and thorough!

• Craig shows you the most common passes to z guard, then how to counter each one in turn so you can establish your guard for long periods of time.
• Set up a strong and sticky half guard game that can help you move from submissions to sweeps as you defend against strong top players.
• The Z guard is a dynamic half guard game that lets Craig set up triangles, kimura, arm locks, leg locks, and more - each one broken down in step-by-step detail for grapplers of all levels.
• Lean how to transition in and out of Z guard so that you can make this a common and dependable part of your style, just like Craig does at the elite level of competition grappling.

Master The Knee Shield Half Guard With No-Gi Grappling’s Favorite Runner-Up Craig Jones, As This ADCC Medalist Shows You His System For Developing A Dynamic & Modern Z Guard

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What Will You Learn?

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.

 

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

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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