JJU 27-05 Butterfly Hand Plant Pass

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Saulo teaches a simple but effective way to pass your opponent's guard pass by planting your hand and using it as a block to nullify one of your opponent's hook and applying pressure while cutting to the side at an angle to pass their guard.

JJU 27-04 Butterfly Leg Wrap Pass

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Saulo teaches the butterfly leg wrap pass. In this pass we establish a grip on our opponent's pants and use our shoulder to smash the butterfly hooks to the side. Using good pressure is essential to keeping your opponent's butterfly hooks flat and smashing our opponent's knees to the ground will greatly increase the odds of passing their guard.

JJU 27-03 Wallid Ismael Butterfly Pass Variation

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In this lesson we learn how to pass the butterfly guard using the Wallid Ismael butterfly pass variation. This variation uses a quick sprawl and heavy pressure to quickly flatten and pass around your opponent's hook. Having multiple options in passing your opponent's butterfly guard will help to frustrate their defense.

JJU 27-02 Flat Butterfly Walk Around Pass

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Saulo teaches a classic way to pass the flattened butterfly guard using hip and shoulder pressure to pin your opponent's legs and walking around their legs to establish the pass. Pressure is key to this guard pass. Our hands merely act as a brace and an accessory to prevent your opponent from following your movement with their legs.

JJU 34-0 to 34-2 Passing X-Guard with the Break and Pass

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Xande teaches a way to break and pass the x-guard. In this pass we pivot of our hips to break our opponent's control with his hooks and pass the x guard.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 12 - Passing Quarter Guard with Wheel Pass

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Xande explains another way to pass the quarter guard off of a failed attempt to force the half guard by transitioning into the wheel pass instead.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 11 - Passing Quarter Guard with Forced Half Guard, Shin to Shin Knee Cross Pass, or Shin to Shin Backdoor Pass

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Xande teaches how to deal with the knee shield or quarter guard by forcing half guard or using a shin to shin low knee cut to pass to your opponent's front or back side. When dealing with the quarter guard or knee shield, it's best to maintain side to side mobility when trying to pass the guard.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 10 - Modified Headquarters to Opposite Side Half Guard Passes

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Forcing half guard to progress your passing game is a good option from the headquarters position if your opponent has a good modern guard game. By closing the distance and applying pressure, you can transition into one of many different half guard passes that will force your opponent to play your game. By forcing half guard we can disarm our opponent's modern guard, which often relies on creating space to move the hips, and work our pressure passes.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 9 - Modified Headquarters to Buttflop or Shotgun Pass

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Xande teaches how to set up the modified grips for the Headquarters position and explains that he prefers it over the traditional grips because your opponent may be able to establish a lasso guard from the traditional grips. He then teaches how to do the buttflop or shotgun pass from the headquarters position and explains the differences between the two variations.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 8 - Modified Headquarters to Side Smash Pass

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Xande teaches the side smash pass, one of the most important attacks from the headquarters position. The side smash is an excellent way to break your opponent's offensive de la riva or berimbolo game through early prevention and force them to play your game. He explains that the side smash can be used as an initial jab to set up your other passes. Your opponent will react to your attempt to collapse and smash their knees and your chain of attacks can be launched immediately upon their reaction.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 7 - Passing Options from Headquarters Position

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Xande covers numerous passing options available from the Headquarters positions that makes it a very strong hub for launching attacks to pass the modern guard. Utilizing the headquarters position, when established properly, makes it hard for your opponent to set up an offensive guard. The HQ position can neutralize the offensive aspect of your opponent's guard and acts as a safe zone from which you can look to pass in many different ways.

Xande's Modern Guard Killer 6 - 3 Ways to Smash and Pass the Inverted Guard

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Xande teaches his three favorite ways to smash and pass the inverted guard against people who go completely inverted. Using pressure to smash your opponent when they are inverted can be a very uncomfortable experience but we must be careful to approach and apply pressure correctly or else they may be able to spin into a triangle or sweep.