Options from Guard Pass
From Guard Pass, you can:
- Try Knee Cut Pass (pass knee shield) — Slide knee across the opponent's far thigh into side control. Most reliable pass at white…
- Try Toreando Pass (pass loose grips) — Grip both knees, shovel them aside, sprint around to side control. Fast pass that punishe…
- Try Stack Pass (pass triangle threat) — Drive opponent's legs over their own head, walk around. Standard defensive reaction to a …
- Try Smash Pass (pass low seated) — Drop weight to fold opponent's legs to one side. Pressure-heavy, slow, but suffocating ag…
- Try Standing Pass (pass closed guard) — Stand up to break a closed guard or destabilise open guards. The gateway to most pass fam…
- Try Long Step Pass — Switch hips by stepping the far leg deep behind, then settle the near knee inside. Effect…
- Try Leg Drag Pass (pass leg across center) — Drag opponent's top leg across the centerline, follow with hip pressure. Strong against r…
- Try X Pass — From standing, step the inside foot across and rotate to the side, sliding past the hip l…
- Try Over-Under Pass (pass deep underhook) — One arm underhooking, the other overhooking the far leg. Heavy pressure pass, common at b…
- Try Tozi Pass — Roberto Tozi's signature, also called the Sao Paulo pass. From inside the closed guard, p…
- Move to Side Control — Cross-side pin. Chest-to-chest pressure, near and far underhooks/crossfaces available. To…
- Move to Mount — Sit on opponent's torso, knees pinching their sides. Dominant position — submissions abun…
- Move to Knee on Belly — Post one knee on the bottom player's belly, hand on collar and wrist. Mobile pin and subm…