Frank Mir (part 3): Half Guard for MMA and moving your body in unison

Frank Mir (pt 3 of 10) shows his half guard theory and the importance of moving the body as one (in unison) while there. This is part 3 in a series of videos from Frank. Next videos will show sweeps and blocking while on the bottom.

Special thanks to Island MMA (http://www.islandmma.com) for hosting the seminar!

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[theredkid15]

I used to not be big fan of you guys cause I thought Ari was unqualified, excessive focus on the rubber guard and a lack of core fundamentals. But hey, you guys are consistently stepping it up bring in big names, teaching good solid fundimentals I'm extremely impressed. I'm also glad to see Ari competing.

[Submissions101]

The goal is always to get better and seek out people better than yourself. I am glad I went down the road I did. 10th Planet is only one part of a whole. We always wanted Sub 101 to feature the top in the grappling world...cheers! Ari

[Submissions101]

@TheAdrenalineEffect You are correct. The gym space we were at was large so it had an echo effect. We will eventually get a HD camera and make things better for you guys. We appreciate the feedback ;-)

[CTuxford]

You can't write this guy off. He is so amazing as a learner that his defeat to Lesnar is going to radically mature him more than we realise. Instead of making excuses, he has carefully researched his own shortcomings. This has included his bjj history. I feel sorry for the next guy who fights him! I tell my kids at school a quote from Anatoly Karpov; "You learn more from one defeat than 100 victories". Well done Frank. You are an inspirational fighter and teacher.

[xblakeblazex]

Whenever mir gets on his back and gets mounted by the "dummy" he looks a little scared, his mouth gets dry and he starts coughing and rambling and he even taps the dummy hard when mounted at the end...

When he started talking about Brock Lesnar he started rambling and coughing and developed a pronounced pause in his speech.

I'm pretty sure the beating he got from Brock Lesnar still traumatizes him till this day...

[Mo Qureshi]

O_O eye opening stuff...

[plistc]

Can't agree more with what you've written. I am continuously impressed with Mir. He has his shortcomings, no one is perfect... he may have an ego, but I feel for the most part he keeps it in check. He is bar none one of the best practitioners that has an outstanding ability to dissect, analyze, breakdown and the compound and finally learn. In other words, he's one of the most intelligent fighters there is, and for that I would be honored to be in the presence of him at a seminar.

[Scipio Sholars]

Starting to get away from the full guard and more into the half guard. good video.

[toejam498]

I think he's a cool guy

[yawakoben]

no he used better wrestling. Turk>half guard

[f05522555]

are they same? holy no!

[Justin Reed]

Everyone is a teacher.

[SpiritMolecule1]

brock used better bjj than mir