Knee Shield Half Guard: Closed Guard Connect or Entangle vs Knee-Line Body Connect (Kneeling or Outside Pass)
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Tell the roomClear the knee line and make a body connection, either from the knees or by standing and passing outside the legs. Get back to closed guard and connect, or punish a stand-up with inside feet and entanglements.
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SETUP
Start in knee shield half guard. The coach gives both sides their wins before they play, then restates the top wins while they roll (kneeling vs standing routes). Partners stay in the exchange until someone hits a win.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On top in your partner's knee shield half guard.
OBJECTIVE
Clear the knee line and make a body connection, either from the knees or by standing and passing outside the legs.
CONSTRAINTS
If you stand, you must pass on the outside of the legs.
WIN CONDITION
Clear the line of the knee and make a hand connection around the waist (hips), or a head-and-shoulder connection. If you stand, pass on the outside and make that same shin-to-body connection from the hips to the shoulders.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back in knee shield half guard.
OBJECTIVE
Get back to closed guard and connect, or punish a stand-up with inside feet and entanglements.
CONSTRAINTS
None.
WIN CONDITION
Get closed guard and make a connection (single-arm, head-and-arm, or both arms connected). Or, if they stand, get double feet inside / an ankle connection, a foot-to-knee entanglement, or collect both ankles and put their hips to the mat. Any of those entanglements is a win.
7 Jiujitsu, FOUNDATIONS CLASS (free class video on the 7 Jiujitsu YouTube channel, 20 Apr 2026).
Problem
On top in your partner's knee shield half guard.
Setup
On top in your partner's knee shield half guard. On your back in knee shield half guard.
Score
Clear the line of the knee and make a hand connection around the waist (hips), or a head-and-shoulder connection. If you stand, pass on the outside and make that same shin-to-body connection from the hips to the shoulders. Get closed guard and make a connection (single-arm, head-and-arm, or both arms connected). Or, if they stand, get double feet inside / an ankle connection, a foot-to-knee entanglement, or collect both ankles and put their hips to the mat. Any of those entanglements is a win.
Rules
- If you stand, you must pass on the outside of the legs.
- None.
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Knee Shield Half Guard: Closed Guard Connect or Entangle vs Knee-Line Body Connect (Kneeling or Outside Pass)
Foundations
TOP PLAYER
Position
On top in your partner's knee shield half guard.
Win condition
Clear the line of the knee and make a hand connection around the waist (hips), or a head-and-shoulder connection. If you stand, pass on the outside and make that same shin-to-body connection from the hips to the shoulders.
Constraints
If you stand, you must pass on the outside of the legs.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On your back in knee shield half guard.
Win condition
Get closed guard and make a connection (single-arm, head-and-arm, or both arms connected). Or, if they stand, get double feet inside / an ankle connection, a foot-to-knee entanglement, or collect both ankles and put their hips to the mat. Any of those entanglements is a win.
Constraints
None.