Sao Paulo Pass

[Greg W]

Just a tip, If it does get used against you, focus on the legs. Most are not good enough with the footwork to prevent halfguard if you are focused on it. Feed in that deep overhook and snag the lockdown, super stomp, butterfly, coccoon. Your right back in the drivers seat.

[AKRhino]

That's a variation of the Tozi pass. There was a video a couple years ago of another variation called the Chim pass, but that video seems to have been taken down. This can actually work very well, though it can also be tricky to execute. Sprawling out to the side kills the hips, while the combination of the far side underhook and having the head on the same side of the pass prevent the opponent from turning into you. I've used a variation with mixed results against rubber guard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7UcRuk4mog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoNc7dzYv5A

Good stuff, imho, but far from my go to pass

[AKRhino]

Lol, should've read the whole thread :P

[CTGRXB]

I know we were taught to counter the original Tozi pass to go for a head and arm choke from guard before they get the passing side arm to the other side. I used to try the original in training, but I felt like I was stacking my training partner too much so I gave up on it. I don't like doing that to my training partners, neck injuries suck. If you have a guy who is really flexible and he doesn't care it's cool I guess.

[Eddie Bravo]

Bruce is correct. Although I'm sure the pass is mad legit, it's not a pass you wanna do on a flexible guy with a well developed rubber guard. You will find yourself in quicksand really quick :-)

[Eric Perez]

a little better video in my opinion

[Will Thaxton]

I can see this working on some guys but putting my hand on the mat just doesn't feel right.

[AKRhino]

I will say that practicing this pass vastly improved my leg trapping/slide over, and specifically, the transition from one leg to the other while maintaining solid pressure on the pinned leg. Much smoother thanks to this, and that translates to many other knee passes. If my poor description makes any sense.......