Half Butterfly Guard: Hybrid Leverage System

Half butterfly guard combines half guard leg trapping with butterfly hook leverage, creating a hybrid position that prevents common passes while enabling powerful sweeps and transitions.

Control opponent's trapped leg with mechanical advantage while establishing butterfly hook leverage, prevent flattening pressure from underhook and crossface combinations, create immediate sweeping opportunities using hook mechanics, neutralize size advantages through angle and positioning, transition smoothly to X-guard or single-leg positions when opponents adjust, maintain defensive integrity against aggressive passing attempts, and develop systematic attack chains I've refined against elite competition

Establish deep butterfly hook immediatelyMaintain control of trapped leg with footStay on your side in tight ball positionFrame free leg against opponent's hipBridge explosively for sweep timingPrevent hook removal through tensionTransition to X-guard when space opensUse leverage against larger opponentsFight for underhook if possibleTime attacks when opponent stands