50-50 Guard

The Jiu-Jitsu arrived in Brazil for almost a century. Since the Japanese Conde Koma taught the soft art to Carlos Gracie, the Jiu-Jitsu has been developing with wide steps. With the growing of the number of competitions, and athletes, every year the sport is blessed with a new position. It was like this that that appeared the half-guard of Roberto Gordo, the omoplata of Nino Schembri, the De La Riva guard, which takes the name of its creator, the spider guard, and now the guard known as Fifty-Fifty (50-50).

Unlike the other positions, no one knows for sure who ran the first time in a championship, but, at the last two years, it has been used quite often by Bruno Frazzato and the brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes...

Evolution or anti-fight

One of the most controversial things of this position is exactly when the executor fits the 50-50 and can’t shave. If the opponent is trapped in this guard balancing so that he won’t be shaved, he also has no option to translate it...

How to avoid a 50-50

Get at the position is no longer a secret, but defend it is still a mystery. Who usually apply it, ensures that there are some defenses...

Arbitration studies the position

Not only the athletes and coaches who are studying the position, the arbitrators of the Brazilian Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu are also attentive to the news. Director of arbitration of the CBJJ, Álvaro Mansor ensures that is examining the possibilities and that it’s extremely difficult to punish a situation like this...