Jeff Glover’s Deep Half Guard DVD review
Jeff Glover is one of the most popular American born fighters in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu today. A black belt under Franjinha Miller, Glover has accomplished many important titles as a competitor being the No Gi World title in 2007 his greatest achievement to this date as a black belt. In 2009 Jeff opened up and decided to share with the world some of the techniques that make him so successful on the mats and show also a few of his exquisite training methods on the extras section of the Jeff Glover’s Deep Half Guard DVD.
The Highs
With many useful techniques, this DVD can open up a whole new game to those who are not used to this style of half guard. Jeff Glover keeps it simple and entertaining not showing too many techniques, which oddly enough is a plus, as he managed to keep my full attention throughout the full set (that is 232minutes), something different from most BJJ instructionals out there. He covers a lot of ground, from how to engage in the deep halfguard to a wide range of techniques, that cover the more basic stuff and the advanced, always with a sprinkle of Glovers unique approach.
Another amazing material on this DVD is the bonus section, the stability ball routine is a fantastic addition to anyone’s specific training routine (novice or advanced), you also have a total of 10 fight videos where you can watch Jeff Glover use some of his techniques against top level competition (that’s right boys and girls, the man talks the talk and walks the walk).
The lows
The details; as a long time user of the Half Guard and Deep Half Guard myself, I felt that Jeff often missed out on a few little details that might make a difference in a fight. These are easily spotted by an experienced grappler but might be missed by the novice. I would also skip passed most of the leg lock attacks on the DVD, though very creative they will be of low percentage of success to anyone that tries to pull them off in my modest opinion.
The veredict
His success on and off the mats is owed to his competitive yet playful personality and his unique style of grappling and this is successfully transpired to this DVD. The techniques are creative but for the most part very applicable. I have to say that shortly after I saw the DVD I managed to pull off a couple of the sweeps in practice against an advanced BJJer, so for me it worked a treat!
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The DVD Includes:
Disc 1:
Escape to deep half guard
Back with and without hooks
Mount
Side control
Knee on the belly/cross knee belly
Front headlock
Deep Half Entrances
Knee shield
Locked down chest to chest
Opponent has knee in the middle
From standing into open situp sweep
Sweeps
Homer Simpson (Up on single-out the back door)
Hook sweep inside
Hook sweep outside
X-Guard Switchup
101 shut down
Open guard situp sweep
Lapel sweep
Lost underhook “reptilian”
Extras
Deep half guard tips
Bonus fight footage (Philipe Della Monica, Christiano Oliveira, Joao Silva, Joao Sabrinho, Daniel Aguiar)
Disc 2:
Passes
Worlds Pass
101
101 switch up
Over the head armbar/pass
Shaolin overhook
Over the head X-guard pass to shaolin
Darces
From kneebar
From butterfly pass
From armdrag
From front headlock
Back attacks
Slide into home leg hook pass to back
Mini twister from side to back
Allow up on single to jump behind
Extras
Leglocks from the deep half guard
Sparring
Stability ball exercises
Bonus fight footage (Shane Rice, Donald Park, Makoto Aramaki, Raphael Assuncao, Taoashi Takashima, Brian Peterson)
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