JT Torres 2nd Series 5 - Diving Open Guard Pass
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JT shows a guard pass he likes to use when his opponent is playing open guard. JT dives his lead shin behind his opponent's knee and his arm swims underneath the other leg. His other hand and foot are posted on the mat, driving his weight onto his opponent. JT swims his arms to get head and arm control, and his leg that is posting comes over the top of his opponent's legs and knee cuts to side control.
Inside The University 267 - Passing the Lasso Guard
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Xande discusses his fight with Mahamed Aly at the World Pro Grand Prix, and shows how he should have passed the lasso guard. Muhamed was playing a half guard with Xande's arm lassoed, so Xande's first step is to use that arm to grab the pants on the bottom leg, and put the crown of his head on the shoulder. Now he uses his free hand to grab either the collar or sleeve, before cutting his knee out of the half guard. From here, he applies pressure with his head, and establishes a knee on belly, where he is able to break the lasso grip.
Fredson Alves Series 11 - Half Guard Pass to Mount
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From inside the half guard, Fredson grips his opponent's belt and sandwiches that same side leg between his legs. Next he moves his belt grip to the back of the pants and drops the weight of his shoulder on his opponent's hips. Now he steps his leg out of the half guard, pulls the far knee toward him and steps over to finish in the mount.
Fredson Alves Series 10 - Lasso Guard Pass
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From inside his opponent's lasso guard, Fredson grabs the belt with his lassoed arm, and underhooks the other leg with his other arm. He stands up and sits down with his foot inside his opponent's thigh to break the lasso grip. Now he leg drags the leg he has underhooked, and passes the guard.
Fredson Alves Series 6 - Double Unders Open Guard Pass
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From the open guard, Fredson swims both arms under his opponent's legs and controls at the knees. He steps his feet toward his opponent and sits back, keeping control of the legs. Depending on how his opponent reacts, he can choose which side to pass by throwing the legs down and sitting up to side control.
Fredson Alves Series 5 - Armbar from Half Guard on Top
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From the half guard, Fredson gets the underhook and controls his opponent's arm at the elbow, and pulls him to his side. He turns his hips in to free his knee out of the half guard, and then knee cuts while stepping his other leg over the head. From here, he spins over the head and sets up the arm bar.
Inside The University 264 - Butterfly Guard Pass
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While in his opponent's butterfly guard, Saulo hops up and creates space, giving him many options to pass to the side or to stay connected to his opponent. If given the space, he can choose a side and pass.
Inside The University 263 - Butterfly Guard Pass Using Your Knee
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Saulo shows a pass from the butterfly guard when your opponent is very close and tight with his hooks and his grips. Now Saulo's reaction is to step up one knee on the outside of his opponent's leg, and twist his body to push aside the leg, allowing him the space to pass the guard.
Inside The University 262 - Butterfly Guard Pass
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Inside his opponent's butterfly guard, Saulo first drops his base and reaches over the back, grabbing his opponent's gi with one hand, and grabs the pants with the other hand. Now while sprawling back, he pulls his opponent down with the back grip and stretches his other arm to spin his opponent and finish in side control.
Inside The University 261 - Combining the Toreando and Over-Under Passes
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Xande uses the same passing principles as before, but now while he's toreando passing to one side, he swims the arm of the side he's passing to under the leg, and immediately changes the side he passes to. He drops to the shoulder land and finishes the over-under pass.
Inside The University 260 - Toreando to Over-Under Pass
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Starting with the same grips at the shin on the pants, Xande begins the toreando pass as he did before, but for whatever reason he doesn't feel comfortable finishing the pass as he did in the previous positions. Instead, he swims his far arm undernee ath the leg, and stretches his other arm to keep the near leg immobilized. From here he can work to side control, or establish his base in the half guard if he prefers.
Inside The University 259 - Toreando Guard Pass Dropping Your Shoulder Down
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Xande shows another variation of the toreando. He makes his grips on the pants at the shins, like he did before, and passes to the side while keeping weight on the legs. Now when he gets to the side, instead of going to knee on belly, he drops his shoulder on to his opponent's chest and establishes side control. It is important that he doesn't turn his hips to face his opponent or sprawl them to the mat.