Framing Half Guard and Taking Back

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We spent the last two weeks focusing on the half guard position. First up, we look at how to build frame work from the bottom that will allow us to begin a sweep, or attack:

Without these fundamentals and positional understanding, any more advanced tactics will be difficult to implement.

Following on this, we use your partners natural response to a kimura effort for the entrance to a back take:

So, what other fundamentals do you focus on for half guard? Who else utilizes similar tactics?