BJJ TVThere is nothing more frustrating than being caught in a strong guard. You are clearly on top or even standing and you feel like you should have the upper hand but somehow you don’t. In fact many BJJ practitioners actually prefer to be on the bottom and play guard.
Just remember remain calm, conserve your energy, and posture up. For every guard, there is a guard pass. Learn these techniques and you’ll be able to take control, apply pressure and often get past your opponents legs and into a strong attacking position. Drill combinations; moving straight on from your pass into an attack before your opponent has time to adjust.
Beat That Pesky Knee Shield With An X Pass. Aaron teaches a simple but effective X Pass to beat either a high or low knee shield. The key details here are first flattening your opponent and getting your elbow inside the knee. Once that’s been achieved you can simply kick your leg back and hop […]
Innovative Techniques to Clear the Knees & Pass Knee Shield. Lachlan Giles explains 6 great methods to pass even the most stubborn knee shield. Never get frustrated again, take control of your opponents legs and clear their knees for a clean pass.
How to Escape The Lockdown Without Damaging Your ACL. Three excellent techniques for safely escaping from the lockdown and passing half guard.
How to do the Tightest D’arce Choke Edwin Najmi teaches us how to move from top position in half guard to lock up a terrifyingly tight D’arce Choke. The big tip here is, once your in position, clench your elbows together to tighten up your D’arce. This one tip will save you a huge amount […]
See How Marcelo Garcia Passes Half Guard & Attacks With a Triangle Widely considered to be one of the best to ever do it. Marcelo Garcia takes us through the half guard pass to triangle choke combo that helped him win the ADCC World Championship in 2011. Before Marcelo even starts to pass he first […]
Turn Defence into Attack Why settle for simply passing half guard when you can grab a sneaky kimura as well? Tom breaks it down in an easy to understand video. Â How to use a Kimura to pass half guard. Start by bring your free leg in close to his cutting out his space to […]
Half Guard Pass Variations John Danaher explains how to pass a strong half guard in incredible detail with several variations. 7:25 Crossface pass to 3/4 mount when underhooked 10:05 3/4 mount crossface pass 12:15 Crossface pass to 3/4 mount repeat 14:25 Back up to failed 3/4 mount pass 19:05 Crossface lateral movement importance
Use The Lockdown & Take the Back While Passing Half Guard We’ve all been stuck trying to pass a strong half guard, struggling to free that leg. How about don’t? Joe Rogan shows off his favorite half guard pass. Instead of struggling to free the leg, Joe uses the lock down to, then rolls to […]
Tripod Passes From Half Guard Gustavo Gasperin shows us 5 great tripod passes from Half Guard.
Pass Closed Guard with the Double Under Pass Keenan Cornelius teaches the basic yet effective double under pass. The perfect pass for anyone new to Jiu Jitsu but also an effective technique for players of any level. Keenan must be the most frustrating person to roll with as in this video and all of his […]