Passing the guard for guys that can't

[Isaiah Mendoza]

I like to try and pass using the thing where you put your knee between his buttcheeks and push out. I can usually get by if the guy is around my size. For Those really tough or bigger guys guys though who won't let me pass... I like to bait my arm and wait for him to make a move, and as soon as he does I explode and toss one of his legs over my head then pass to side control.

That's just what I do because I'm just a whitebelt and don't know a cajillion techniques like eddie bravo or marcelo garcia like "oh shit well do a backflip then land on his face then take a shit on it!!".

[Matthew Edlund]

No-gi, I like the wrist wrap pass combined with the Pedro Sauer "Bully pass." Guys with long legs need the first half of the wrist wrap and the last half of the Pedro Sauer. Pass to the side the arm is trapped on and it stays stuck by pinning with your knees or sitting on it. Think twister side control while sitting on your opponent's arm. Then attack the far arm.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Techniqu.../0/qO0Qrz99FMg demonstrated by Richard Whirley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzCcw9J4aLc as demonstrated by Keith Owen.

[Muhammad Abdou]

alot of awsome guys come out of john wills school.. well look at all the 10th planet guys in australia, they all started training under him as far as i know. i gotta organize a trip to geelong one of these days..

[Harry Evans]

I have huge issues with passing the closed guard, and I work on it all the time. I am more comfortable on my back, and it's hard to keep weight on someone without putting myself off-balance. Physiology is against you, because you are locked in your opponent's legs. It helped me to think of passing as 2 parts: breaking the guard, and passing.

Focusing on the former, it's all about posture #1, and pressure #2: in that order. You HAVE to keep posture, whether you are planning to pass by pressuring the inside, or backing out and going around, so that your opponent can't successfully counter-attack. Also, your whole body is stronger when your spine is aligned, regardless of position (thank you, Ryan Hall, for emphasizing that point when I visited). Work on breaking grips around your neck (and collar if you have a gi on), keeping elbows inside the thighs, and staying based. Then you can break the guard open by standing, killing a leg, or whatever. Once you are postured, one of my coaches always screams, "PICK A SIDE!". Pick a leg to kill, or a place to trap the hips, and drive to that side. Force the opponent to make a decision. This is how you stop him from just recovering guard. You aren't trying to pass yet; you are trying to ruin your opponent's position and control. Passing comes easily from there.

Side question: What is your build? I am 6'0", 150 lbs. It's way easier if you are 5'5", 195 lbs. Build counts a lot, and guys shaped like a barrel will always have an easier time sitting in closed guard. Just watch Wilson Reis, Cacareco, or the Ribeiros on top. It's like the guard doesn't exist as an issue to them.

[Matthew Edlund]

I forgot! Once you get to side control...http://www.youtube.com/user/Submissi...18/HaIygDJ1-10

Think of putting a rolling pin on dough.

[DarbyBarby]

yah man, Aussieland doesnt have much going for them when it comes to BJJ... so learning technique is like ALIEN NEWS to you guys, he keeps breaking your posture because YOUR BACK ISNT STRAIGHT... to break his CLOSED GUARD stand up if you can or at least get ONE knee up, and put your KNEE BETWEEN HIS LEGS then sit back down than you can start to look to pass

cheers matey!

Man wtf are you talking about gimp learning technique is alien news? Sounds like learning how to use the English language is " alien news" to you.

[RichardC]

Definitely posture, it's being said in this thread over and over. The most basic guard passes (knee in their ass, etc.) work the highest percentage of the time if and only if your posture is good.

Honestly, though, I usually wait for the person to move and then I pass, like if they open their guard to sweep or attempt a submission. Then I ride their leg with my shin as close to their hip bone as possible, and a lot of times will end up leaving it there rather than complete the pass, because I feel like it prevents them from establishing half guard.

Although I don't mind being in half. I've worked like a bastard to develop a good submission game there.

[Robert Sevigny]

I'm guessing so? Unless he rates George Sots as a hack?

george has sick bjj, he trains all over the world learning everything from everyone AND he beat bjj hotshot JOE LAUZON IN a BJJ battle so no, no he is DEF NOT a hack

troll?
you aussies have a weird way of saying thanks!
YOUR WELCOME for the help? maybe?

[AJ Camacho]

If you have a Judo background you can milk an uchi mata on opponents who get up on one knee. Wrist control, underhook.. then squat low, hip skip, yank the wrist, kick up the kneeling leg, and drop your shoulder... etc.. etc.

It's a fun move to hit on people that hate standing up.

[RichardC]

If you have a Judo background you can milk an uchi mata on opponents who get up on one knee. Wrist control, underhook.. then squat low, hip skip, yank the wrist, kick up the kneeling leg, and drop your shoulder... etc.. etc.

It's a fun move to hit on people that hate standing up.

Yeah, absolutely. I hit those all the time.