Half Guard is the most important aspect of ground fighting bar none.

[ChrmnMa0]

From the bottom, it is the most critical battle. You are half way between sweeping someone or them passing to side control or mount.

 

[MUFC]

Really weird. I feel like my spider guard is much better than my HG, but when having hard rolls with higher belts, I only ever get change out of them from my HG, and they say my HG gives them a lot of trouble.

It's such a great position. I feel like I can just fall back on it whenever. Even if I don't use it for a few weeks, I can just HG and feel at home.

It's also really good on the knees (bar the odd knee bar).

 

[ztt1]

everyone knows the most important position in ground fighting is , Crackhead Control. duh

 

[newerest]

half guard is the most important position for a few reasons

1) you can sweep effectively from every situation in half guard

2) you can get to half guard VERY easily from almost any posistion

3) in mma it's a favorite position to GnP, so therefore if you want to compete mma you better have a rock solid half guard

4) if you have a strong half guard, it makes getting back to full guard even easier, making your guard game that much tighter

 

[Hamsterdam]

IMO having a good side control defense & offense is more important, but everyone has a different game and different values.

 

[JerseyTrash]

I think its the most underrated position. I would say that the majority of blue belts still have no concept of what half guard is all about.