@unicornmusic1523 butterfly half has the inside leg inbetween and the butterfly hook is being done by the outside leg. This isn't that. If they haven't passed the knee line on either leg it is guard, not half guard. To answer my own question, the defining feature of half guard is both people have one leg in between their opponents leg.
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What defines a "half guard." A butterfly hook and a knee shield looks like an open guard.
It’s typically called butterfly half, look it up there is a lot of ressources on this particular half guard style
@unicornmusic1523 butterfly half has the inside leg inbetween and the butterfly hook is being done by the outside leg. This isn't that. If they haven't passed the knee line on either leg it is guard, not half guard.
To answer my own question, the defining feature of half guard is both people have one leg in between their opponents leg.