Andrew Wiltse Teaching Half Guard Fundamentals 

"Listen, honey. I'm not shy." Greatest response ever!

More videos with teaching fundamentals from different positions please. Love your teaching style

A month later and this video has been literally game changing for me

I love the humor more than anything . I see its a way to highlight key details. As an Aussie I just give everything a stupid nickname.. lol people are too serious.

I’m one of the shitty half guard players Andrew refers to that does a bunch of the little things wrong. I was able to use this and make some adjustments and get it to start working immediately after the drilling in a live session. Good stuff here!

How are people not cracking up hearing him. This dude is so funny😂😂

I love how the brave volunteer already has a bandage on his head ... Nothing stops him!

Love the Banjo Kazooie Gamesong in the Background.. loved that game as kid.

so used to seeing some type of knee shield when he locked his legs my brain went "your doing it wrong". Going to need you to drop a gi halfguard dvd on fanatics. Please and thank you

Humour + Education = Best Learning Experience

My half guard is 100% better because of Andrew Wiltse private lessons going over alllll this shit. I might still suck but I suck so much less than others because of his perspective on half guard. So important to learn his ways on this.

My favorite Andrew quote, listen honey I’m not shy

This is so good that I almost don't want to link my training partners. Hilarious, too. Wizard stuff

I needed this for my game. Thanks Andrew and the rest of the team. You guys are my favorite group of grapplers

so happy to see content coming out consistently again. All of your videos help a ton

Never seen half guard taught this way. It's excellent and makes a lot of sense to me. Something I'll definitely work on developing and teaching as well.

Had a ton of eye opener moments from this video. Good to see you back brother. The WNO competitors definitely hard gulped when they heard you was back. PSF for life. 🤙

This is really good information can’t find this anywhere. Your thought process is unbelievable. Daisy fresh wizards 🧙‍♂️

Hard case newbie here. Always get stuck in bottom half guard. Tried this out today and worked first try. Love these vids! Keep ‘em coming!

4 days in a row and another one tomorrow, Let’s go. Also I suck at half guard to this is awesome

I've only just got comfortable with playing in half guard but I'm really enjoying it. This video is going to be invaluable to me.

A lot of great details thank you

Good to see you back teaching technique we needed it!

Great video Andrew!

Great instruction!

bro... these are gold. ty for the content and really missed your videos. I hope you are feeling better and looking forward for more teaching and sparring videos.

This is gold 🔥🔥

Solid class - like you teaching style a lot.

More of these videos please!!!!! Almost felt like I was in an evening class at daisy fresh.

Thank you so much for filming this class and posting it on your channel, Andrew. I've seen videos of other people teaching this sweep, but I feel like most of them rush to get to the sweep itself and overly simplify how to effectively control the opponent first and get to the position. The step-by-step progression you show and all the details you provide about gripping and body position, as well as what can go wrong, are fantastic! I'd love to see more no-gi half guard material from you, whether it's more RU-vid videos... or a full-length instructional through BJJ Fanatics 😁

loved this!

Thanks!!

Dude thank you for this

Sometimes I have to fight off my feeling when I hear 99% of half guard players are dogshit knowing I'm Def in that bracket and not in the 1% lol Truth hurts! Good video - gonna start applying these tidbits!

Nice job with the fine details! Missed you when you came to Boston and Team Flo!

11:59 epic lmao I bet you would kill it doing stand up your dry sense of humor is awesome

0:21 The Irish man steps up and make it happen!

Your game is flawless… honestly you are the Gordon Ryan of 2022 and on. I would pay big bucks to watch you roll with Marcelo Garcia

Came for the half guard lesson.....stayed for the Shaggy groin show in the top right.

Great stuff.. ;)

Turtleneck rashguard 17:55

OSS! Awesome 💪

The Banjo Kazooie nostalgia 😭

Your teaching method is awesome man, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Ossss

tHE BANJO KAZOOIE MUSIC WAS AMAZE

Hey Andrew, thanks for the lesson; please keep up the good work! You mentioned in the video that you only play the lockdown when you are exhausted. Why do you choose to not use the lockdown as often? Isn't lockdown also very good at lifting people's knees off the ground, whipping people side to side for sweeps (electric chair and dogfights?), and preventing people from blasting past your half guard? As a tiny ass rooster white belt, I enjoy playing half guard, and I was never taught to properly "squeeze" the leg in a traditional half guard. So after multiple times of getting smashed and my guard passed, I found that the lockdown made it easier for me to control the bigger guys in my guard and prevent them from using their size and strength to blast through my half guard. Your half guard fundamentals video taught me very important details that I've never learned before, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could help and share your thoughts. Thank you!

I was under the impression that clamping on the thigh was old school half guard, I have been playing with the bottom leg like vine because i'm lazy af and knee bumping but I haven't make it work like advertised. I'm gonna try and cut some blood flow now.

I am a simple guy, I see a video of Andrew Wiltse explaining bjj I click !)

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Super ;)

Great content! I thought the Andrew voice over commentary was better! Haha that's like double the work though 🤷‍♂️

When you switch to the overhook leg grip at 15:10 are you still squeezing your thighs together?

Love the random lesson on the R word @ 9 minutes 😂

I'm trying this tonight. "Bye. Have a great time."

Andrew I’ve watched this lesson a few times and the concepts have paid off for me. Is it fair to say you seldom ever play a knee shield, or would you only use it in transition / to create space while you work to get your tight lock? Thank you!!

banjo kazooie ftw

Is that gordan ryan in the background?

That Shayne guy said you suck and can't tap him. Feel free to tap him many many times :)

Was getting caught in guillotine and front headlock from half guard. I hope this helps!

What do you do if they try to backstep into saddle

Dude in the background lmfao 4:30

Is it possible to drill this first movement (squeeze and move overhead) without a partner?

Out of curiosity at 14:26 what's to stop him from knee cutting?

would you recommend drilling this in gi too?

Is this the same for the gi?

How does this fit into a deep half or the basic halfguard sweeps?

Will you be doing a half guard instructional?

8:04

What's the popping sound?

Free bird

As a shitty half guard player, thanks for the gold

noice

OSS

godamnit, I'm one of those shitty half guard players. time to put away the knee shield and go back to basics...

I'm trying to work this technique in class but my training partners keep smashing me like a bunch of dickheads

honestly i think the voice over worked better, maybe have a lazy purple belt transcribe on the side and then voice over

that guy with restless leg is ruining this excellent video

Some say fat. Others would say thick. Lol

never seen this whip up before, who other than Andrew uses half like this? Look exposed for a toe hold.

Bro those mats need changed

a lil sus