I've starting putting both feet on their hips and just stretching them out with double wrist control
I guess this is spider guard? i only do no-gi
i think spider guard is actually when your feet are on his biceps... but yeah, similar principle really.
and i always go heels on hips first as soon as they open my guard. i find it a great weapon when trying to prevent them from passing, and if you play right like you suggested and stretch them out with your feet and wrist control you got all kinds of armbars and triangles just begging to be locked.
This is what I normally do and then move to spider guard or DLR if they have a knee up/stand.
I guess it would be easy to just slide a leg in for HG from there. You play HG, IIRC. Seem feasible?
ofcourse, most of the time i go full guard -> heels on hips -> halfguard. i don't really have a reason to go to halfguard, i just like it there. i like the sweeps and openings it presents.
and i'm honestly curious, where do you recall me playing HG from? i didn't think anyone paid much attention to what i wrote around here.
In another thread a while ago, someone was talking about guard types for certain physical builds. I commented that I was tall and lanky, but preferred playing HG. You said you were similar built (I think 6' 140lbs) and also played HG.
I remember everything.