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Saulo teaches to pass the cross grip guard with the same side knee cut pass. When your opponent has you in their cross grip guard, be careful not to try to pass to the wrong side. Use the same side knee cut pass to play into the action reaction principle and drop your weight over the dominated side, letting your weight and your opponent's strength from pulling fuel your guard pass into side control.
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Xande reviews the buttflop and shotgun pass from the modified headquarters position at a seminar. The modified grip headquarters position prevents your opponent from establishing a lasso guard which was a problem when using the two lapel grip for the traditional headquarters position.Add to Favorites 1842 Remove From Favorites 3950 days ago
Saulo teaches a classic way to pass the leg lasso pass by changing the angle of your body to weaken the lasso. Often times your opponent will sense that they can take your back and release the lasso willingly, but if they don't, change angles and pressure the leg to smash their leg or cut around their leg to pass the guard.Add to Favorites 1010 Remove From Favorites 3951 days ago
Xande reviews the side smash pass from the modified headquarters position at a seminar.Add to Favorites 987 Remove From Favorites 3953 days ago
The star pass is similar to the hip switch pass but requires more adept finesse by combining the need to switch your hips while applying pressure mid switch to immobilize your opponent's hips. To immobilize your opponent, use the grip on the belt, your shoulder, and your head to create a tripod and balance your weight until you are able to switch your hips for the pass.Add to Favorites 973 Remove From Favorites 3953 days ago
Saulo teaches to pass the butterfly guard by using the common principle of changing the angles of your hip to neutralize and smash the butterfly hooks. Although it may seem simple at first, using a hip switch to neutralize the butterfly hook takes good timing and finesse to accomplish.Add to Favorites 1003 Remove From Favorites 3956 days ago
Xande teaches a quick way to diffuse and pass the classic open guard without having to break your opponent's grips. We sprawl at an angle to create enough distance to relieve the pressure on the hip while at the same time bypassing your opponent's legs to establish side control. Although the sprawl pass may seem simple, it takes repetition and drilling to perfect the necessary timing and distance to successfully pass your opponent's guard in live rolling.Add to Favorites 1072 Remove From Favorites 3957 days ago
In this lesson Xande explains how to set up and pass your opponent's guard with the side smash pass from the modified grip headquarters position. This is an important guard pass to counter the de la riva grip and also a good pass to force a reaction from your opponent to open up opportunities to transition into other passes from the HQ position.Add to Favorites 1109 Remove From Favorites 3958 days ago
Xande teaches how to control your opponent in the modified headquarters position and pass the guard using the buttflop or shotgun pass. The modified grips for the HQ position involve using one hand to grip the cross collar or the armpit and the other hand on the pants rather than the traditional HQ approach of grabbing the jacket lapels with both hands.Add to Favorites 1295 Remove From Favorites 3963 days ago
Xande teaches two basic ways to defend against the torreando (torreada) pass as seen in the Jiu Jitsu University book.Add to Favorites 1491 Remove From Favorites 3964 days ago
Saulo teaches how to break the spider guard control and pass the guard. In this pass we change the angles of our arms to relieve the pressure from the spider guard and redirect the legs to the side to finish the pass.Add to Favorites 1166 Remove From Favorites 3968 days ago
Saulo teaches a basic way to pass the De la Riva guard by unlocking the hook and using your knee to cut across and around your opponent's guard.