JJU 35-09 Fredson Alves Esgrima to Knee Slice Pass
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Sometimes it may be difficult to keep your opponent with the esgrima pass. When your opponent overcommits to shut down your esgrima pass, transition to the esgrima knee slice pass to use the element of surprise to pass their guard.
JJU 35-08 Esgrima Half Guard Pass to Mount Transition
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Sometimes it can be very difficult to complete the esgrima pass. When your opponent over commits to protecting one side, switch the direction of your attack and transition into the mount instead.
JJU 35-07 Esgrima Half Guard Pass
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Xande covers one of the best ways to pass the half guard with the underhook (esgrima). The esgrima pass combines the power of the underhook with heavy pressure to create a high percentage half guard pass.
JJU 35-10 Whizzer Armbar Feint to Half Guard Knee Slice Pass
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Sometimes while passing the half guard your opponent may beat you to the undertook. While there are a number of ways to address this situation, in this lesson we throw a whizzer to stop our opponent from taking the back and apply pressure to feint and arm bar to open the opportunity to pass with a knee slice pass.
JJU 35-19 Lemon Leg Squeeze Half Guard Pass
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Xande teahes how to squeeze your opponents legs to break the half guard and pass your opponents guard.
JJU 35-05 Xande's Cross Face Hip Switch Half Guard Pass
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In this lesson we learn Xande's flattening half guard pass with the cross face and reverse kesa gatame. We focus on the cross face grip in particular and how to keep our opponent flat to pass their half guard.
JJU 35-0 to 35-1 Flattening Opponent in Half Guard
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Xande teaches how to flatten your opponent in the half guard to better position ourselves to pass the half guard. In this lesson we learn two ways to flatten our opponent and learn not to pressure forward, a common misconception that allows our opponent to easily take our back or manipulate our body positioning.
JJU 35-04 Blocked Arm Half Guard Pass
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This is a basic but highly effective way to pass the half guard used at all levels of jiu jitsu. In this lesson Xande teaches how to flatten your opponent and switch your hips into a reverse kesa gatame to free your leg and pass the half guard.
JJU 35-03 - Base Switch Half Guard Pass
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The last half guard lesson for this week introduces a third half-guard pass that can be used in combination with the esgrima and the double move.
JJU 35-05 & 35-07 Part 2 Esgrima Half Guard Pass
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This video provides insight into common issues that people have while trying to perform the Esgrima pass.
JJU 35-05 & 35-07 Part 1 Esgrima Half Guard Pass
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The esgrima half guard pass works as a combination with the Double Move to Mount pass. This video provides an explanation on how to perform the Esgrima pass with proper control and base.
JJU 35-01 & 35-20 Part 2 Half Guard Control & Double Move Choke to Mount
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This video describes in detail how to control your opponent and flatten him in the half guard position. The Double Move Pass is not in the JJU book but is an addition to the video series.