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Underhook to dogfight to single leg
From the half guard underhook you come up onto your knee beside them (the dogfight) and turn it into a single leg. It's the main way to attack from half guard bottom.
Step by step
- Win the underhook from half guard bottom.
- Post your other hand and come up onto your side, then onto your knee, with your head tight to their chest (the dogfight).
- Keep the underhook high in their armpit and drive into them.
- Switch to a single leg (behind their knee) or reach behind their far hip and come up on top.
- Drive them to the mat and land in side control.
Details that make it work
- Your head works like a third arm. Keep it inside, against their chest.
- Come up fast. If they whizzer, they'll flatten you.
Common mistakes
- Leaving your head on the mat.
- Letting them whizzer and crossface.
Drill it
10 reps each side, partner starting in half guard top.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Single leg (run the pipe) Takedown · Standing
- Side control: pins & pressure Control · Side control
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