Low Knee Shield: Pass and Isolate vs Hips Over Hips

Half Guard

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Tell the roomGet past their legs and isolate the head and arm.

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TOP PLAYER

POSITION

In half guard against the low knee shield: the tip of the bottom player's knee on the tip of your pelvis.

OBJECTIVE

Get past their legs and isolate the head and arm.

CONSTRAINTS

Start from the low knee shield half guard. If you win, keep going from that position for the next part of the period.

WIN CONDITION

Get past the legs to chest to chest or chest to back, isolating the head and arm.


BOTTOM PLAYER

POSITION

In half guard from the low knee shield: the tip of your knee on the tip of their pelvis, your feet interwoven arch to arch (not crossed).

OBJECTIVE

Get their hands or butt to the mat with your hips over theirs.

CONSTRAINTS

Start from the low knee shield half guard. If you win, keep going from that position for the next part of the period.

WIN CONDITION

Get their hands on the mat, or their butt on the mat with your hips over their hips.

Reference video

Open video · The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy

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The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 02.13.2026 | Grip Fighting Games That Actually Transfer (free video on The MATS Jiu-Jitsu Academy YouTube channel).

Problem

In half guard against the low knee shield: the tip of the bottom player's knee on the tip of your pelvis.

Tell the room

Get past their legs and isolate the head and arm. Get their hands or butt to the mat with your hips over theirs.

Setup

In half guard against the low knee shield: the tip of the bottom player's knee on the tip of your pelvis. In half guard from the low knee shield: the tip of your knee on the tip of their pelvis, your feet interwoven arch to arch (not crossed).

Score

Get past the legs to chest to chest or chest to back, isolating the head and arm. Get their hands on the mat, or their butt on the mat with your hips over their hips.

Rules

  1. Start from the low knee shield half guard.
  2. If you win, keep going from that position for the next part of the period.
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