Deep Half Guard

Also known as: Deep Half · Faria Half Guard

The bottom player dives underneath the top player’s hips, hugging one leg with their whole body. From underneath the center of gravity, small movements off-balance the top player — deep half is primarily a sweeping position, popularized at the highest level by Jeff Glover and Bernardo Faria.

Gi & No-gi · Category: Guards

What can you do from Deep Half Guard?

Deep half player (positional score +1/10)

Sweeps

• Waiter Sweep — From deep half, serve their trapped leg upward on your "waiter’s tray" arm while your legs elevate — they topple forward and you come up behind their hips.

Top player

This side of the position is about defending and rebuilding — see the escapes and transitions from the other role.

Where you can go from here

• Side Control

How you get here

• Deep Half Entry from Half Guard

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