ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

Half, Inside Hooks, & Downed Guards for MMA

© Marc Wickert 
August 23, 2009
www.knucklepit.com

 Have you ever watched an MMA or BJJ bout and wondered what just happened?  How did the champion end that scramble or escape that submission and take the win?  What was that weird technique he used?

Well, look no further!  Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s Mixed Martial Arts: The Ultimate Instructional Set is here and Half, Inside Hooks, & Downed Guards for MMA is another great volume in this three-DVD set.

The disc is broken up into three main parts:

Inside Hooks Guard

Half Guard

Downed Guard

Inside Hooks Guard (Butterfly Guard)

Includes:

·         Inside Hooks Transition & Inside Hooks Sweep (used to initiate sweeps whilst hooking your feet inside opponent’s thighs and using your shins to prevent his pass)

·         Inside Hooks Sweep: Leg Strike Variation (sets up half guard)

·         Body Lock Sweep (sets up side control, then the mount)

·         Underhook Reverse Sweep (moves from butterfly guard to side control dominance)

·         Elevator To Back Transition (used to progress from inside hooks guard to taking opponent’s back)

·         Arm Drag To Back Transition (used to progress from inside hooks guard to taking his back and applying RNC)

Half Guard: Attacks from Underhook Control

Includes:

·      Back Transition: Crossface Variation (prevents opponent from applying bodyweight before you escape and  take his tied-up leg)

·      Back Transition: Base Shift Variation (escaping half guard and taking his back)

·      Ankle Pick Sweep (transferring his weight to sweep him and take side control)

·      Elevator To Back Transition (upsetting his balance and escaping to take his back)

·      Whizzer Counter To Back Transition (escaping from below and overriding his arm lock before capturing his back)

·      Duck Under To Back Transition (an alternate escape from half guard and whizzer before seizing his back)

Half Guard: Attacks From Crossface Control

Includes:

·         Escape To Inside Hooks Guard (breaking opponent’s half guard and forcing him into butterfly guard)

·         Inside Hook Sweep ( breaking his half guard and securing side control)

·         Escape Through Legs To Back Transition (forcing him into a high posture, then escaping through the backdoor)

·         Inverted Arm Bar and Arm Drag (transferring his bodyweight and having option of arm barring him or dragging his arm and getting back control)

Half Guard: Attacks From Failed Underhook [Contingency Plan]

Includes:

·         Bridge Sweep (employed to reverse positions and shift to half guard)

·         Overhook Sweep (a variation to reverse positions)

·         Pass Counter To Back Transition ( tactic used to counter his guard pass before taking his back and applying a RNC)

·         Triangle (method to escape his half guard whilst counterattacking with an arm triangle)

Downed Guard [Attacking from your back while opponent is standing]

Includes:

·         De La Riva Sweep (leg-hooking one of his legs whilst maintaining distance from his hand strikes, then taking his back)

·         Inside Hook Push & Pull Sweep (sweeping your opponent before moving into guard)

·         Inside Hook Trip Sweep (sweeping him and taking half guard)

·         Heel Hook (sweeping him whilst securing an ankle lock)

·         Kneebar (sweeping opponent before applying a kneebar submission)

  Half, Inside Hooks, & Downed Guards for MMA

Exclusive Bonus Feature:

An Intense Half-Hour Jiu-Jitsu Sparring Session Between the Nogueira Brothers.

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ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

Passing Guard for MMA

© Marc Wickert 
July 23, 2009
www.knucklepit.com

 No fighter’s ground game is complete without powerful skills for conquering an opponent’s guard.  On this disc Antonio Nogueira shares dozens of his battle-proven techniques shot from multiple angles for you to practice and use to demolish any adversary’s guard.  This is top-shelf power coaching from the ground master of MMA.

Passing Guard for MMA is broken up into three main parts:

Full Guard Passes

Half Guard Passes

Inside Hooks Guard Passes

  Full Guard: Ground &Pound

Includes:

·      Closed Guard Striking (controlling opponent’s biceps, and addressing your posture and striking options)

·      Guard Control: Following Hips (following opponent’s hips to ward off his submissions)

·      Guard Control: Throwing Shoulders (another technique to ward off opponent’s submissions)

·      Guard Control: Trapping Hips (preventing opponent from closing his guard and helping to set up your passing of his guard)

·      G’N’P Strategy Review (the Nogueira Brothers grapple to illustrate the application of all above techniques)

        Full Guard: Ground Passes

Includes:

·      Cross-Over Pass (moving from opponent’s guard to half guard or side control and exploring g’n’p options)

·      Step-Over Pass (causing opponent to open his guard, then passing it)

·      Leg Press to Foot-Over-Foot Pass (softening up opponent before isolating one of his legs to enable pass)

·      Leg Trap to Foot-Over-Foot Pass ( using your knees to force open his legs and escape guard)

·      Step-Over Pass [half-guard variation] (isolating one of your opponent’s legs and using your weight on that limb to gain side control)

·      Arm Trap to Step-Over-Pass (applying an arm lock to crawl out of closed guard)

·      Underpass to Side Control (roughing up your opponent, upsetting his posture to take side control and apply submissions)

·      Underpass to Back Transition ( same as previous technique, but taking his back instead of side control)

·      Underpass to Anaconda Choke (same as previous two techniques, but this time progressing to a perfect anaconda-choke application)

  Full Guard: Standing Passes

Includes:

·      Clearing the Legs to Side Control (standing in closed guard by posturing up, then g’n’p-ing downed opponent)

·      Step-Around Pass (standing in closed guard, escaping his guard and taking side control)

·      De La Riva Guard Pass (standing in closed guard, defending against his leg lock, and taking side control)

·      Cross-Over Pass (standing in closed guard, opening his guard, breaking his attempted under hook, and taking side control)

·      Step-Through Pass (standing in closed guard, opening his guard and controlling his legs to avoid up-kicks, then taking side control)

·      Clearing the Legs to Downward Cross (standing in Closed Guard, deflecting opponent’s legs and g’n’p-ing from standing position)

·      Clearing the Legs to Knee On Belly (standing in closed guard, deflecting opponent’s legs and pinning him with your knee on his midsection, and attacking with g’n’p)

  Half Guard Passes

Includes:

·      Striking and Controlling (compressing opponent’s legs and sprawling to secure half guard before attacking)

·      Leg Press to Mount Pass (moving from half guard to mount whilst inflicting maximum damage to opponent)

·      Kimura (progressing from half guard to side control and submitting via the kimura)

·      Cross-Over Pass (slipping out of half guard, then taking up side control before punishing him with g’n’p)

·      Double Jump Pass (squeezing his legs and employing arm control in order to shoot free from half guard and taking side control)

·      Side Roll to Back Transition (breaking out of half guard to take opponent’s back)

       Inside Hooks Guard Passes

Includes:

·      Inward Pin Pass (countering his attempted sweep and capturing side control)

·      Cross-Over Pass (breaking his control, taking side control, and g’n’p-ing)

·      Jump Pass (escaping butterfly guard before springing over his knees and assuming side control)

      Passing Guard for MMA Bonus Section

Includes a complete ground-game development program: 28 total grappling drills and conditioning exercises specifically designed for training in MMA.

This is a massive addition that will revolutionize the way you prepare for every ground workout.

ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

Passing Guard for MMA

available through outlets listed at www.victorybelt.com

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ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

Guard for MMA

© Marc Wickert 
June 15, 2009
www.knucklepit.com

 At the age of 11, Antonio Nogueira found himself stuck under a truck with torso and legs crushed after a drunk driver reversed into him.  Antonio says he lost a large portion of his liver, his lungs were severely damaged and his diaphragm was pulverized.

So it’s no wonder the “Ground Master of MMA” feels at home in the guard: What human opponent could possibly be as threatening in your guard as a large truck?

Guard for MMA is part one in a trilogy presented by Antonio Nogueira and offers excellent tuition for both the stand-up fighter who wants to add ground skills to his striking, and for the experienced grappler who is keen to add depth to his ground game by training with the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner in MMA.

Antonio Nogueira’s Guard for MMA is another high-quality product from Victory Belt and all three DVDs on offer perfectly complement Nogueira’s Mastering Mixed Martial Arts: The Guard book. (http://www.knucklepit.com/mixed-martial-arts-knucklepit%20book%20review.htm)

This DVD is broken up into five parts:

Closed Guard: Head and Arm Posture Control

Closed Guard: Seatbelt Posture Control

Open Guard Posture Control

Omoplata Posture Control

Failed Posture Control

Closed Guard: Head and Arm Posture Control

Includes:
·            Breaking your opponent’s posture and balance
·         Shutting down his g’n’p before submitting him
·         Sweeping your opponent from inside your guard to mounting him
·         Applying arm bars and inverted arm bars from your guard

Closed Guard: Seatbelt Posture Control

Includes:
·         Shutting down your opponent’s offensive
·         Stringing attacks together based on his reactions
·         Breaking his posture and employing a hip escape to stand-up
·         Inside hook sweep to negate attack before overturning opponent and taking side control
·         Applying seatbelt lockdown, then submitting opponent from your back via a kimura
·         Applying seatbelt then guillotine choke
·         Overturning opponent and submitting through guillotine sweep
·         Back transition using seatbelt to break his posture, then scrambling to take his back

Open Guard Posture Control

Includes:
·         Open guard transition – arm-in variation
·         Creating distance through leg push or kick
·         Applying omoplata from open guard
·         Applying arm bar from open guard
·         Roll-under arm bar
·         Triangle submission from failed arm bar
·         Arm drag to back transition
·         Open guard transition – arms-out variation

Omoplata Posture Control

Includes:
·         Breaking opponent’s posture and setting up omoplata
·         Omoplata and arm bar combo
·         Omoplata sweep – underneath variation
·         Omoplata sweep – over the top variation
·         Omoplata and toe hold variation
·         Omoplata to knee bar transition
·         Omoplata to single leg sweep

Failed Posture Control

Includes:
·         Push kick to stand-up
·         Hip escape to stand-up
·         Triangle choke from single wrist control
·         Bridge sweep from failed triangle
·         Triangle from double wrist control
·         Triangle from scissor guard

Guard for MMA also includes a very informative 40-minute interview with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

Guard for MMA

available through outlets listed at www.victorybelt.com

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