Lucas Lepri: Gi Half-Guard Passing
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Precise Half Guard Passing
By Lucas Lepri
Precise Half Guard Passing by Lucas Lepri covers several ways to pass and attack from top half guard. Its three volumes address opponents who come up toward a single leg, move underneath into deep half or threaten sweeps.
Lapel and belt controls make this especially relevant to gi players. Passing is accompanied by submission counters and back-taking options, rather than being confined to one knee-cut finish.
Is this for you?
- Your gi half-guard passing stalls when an opponent comes up toward a single leg or enters deep half.
- You want passing and submission options from top half guard, including lapel and belt controls.
Also consider
Lucas Lepri: Knee-Cut Passing — For knee-cut entries and troubleshooting across De La Riva, lasso and other open guards.
Lachlan Giles: Body-Lock Passing — For a dedicated no-gi body-lock course covering entries, knee clearance and finishes.
Coverage and limits
- Lapel-crossface knee cutting and choke attacks from top half guard.
- Coyote-guard and single-leg-half responses, including back takes and reverse triangles.
- Deep-half passing, waiter-sweep counters, Z-guard backsteps and further submission options.
Limits
- Lapel and belt grips make parts of the material gi-specific.
- The course is concentrated on half-guard situations, rather than knee-cut entries from the full range of open guards.
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Precise Half Guard Passing by Lucas Lepri — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, Lucas Lepri attribution and three-volume outline, including lapel crossface, coyote guard, single-leg half guard, deep half and waiter-sweep topics. Official sample placement inspected; sample content not reviewed. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.
Precision Knee Cut Passes by Lucas Lepri — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, Lucas Lepri attribution and four-volume outline including De La Riva, lasso, underhook and deep-half contexts. The page embeds a video labeled Knee Cut Against Deep Half Guard; video content not reviewed.
The Body Lock Pass by Lachlan Giles — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, Lachlan Giles attribution, six-volume description, body-lock stages and narrated rolling. The page embeds a video labeled 5 stages of the body lock pass by Lachlan Giles; video content not reviewed.