Practice Log: Open Guard Passing

01 Feb, 2024

Instructor: Jared Haymon

Last updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Key points

• control ankles or knees
  • if controlling ankles, go AROUND the legs
  • if controlling knees, go THROUGH legs
• tension (pulling) on ankles makes it harder for opponent to resist

Ideas for passing

• from ankle control
  • swing opponents legs away from me, step over with inside leg and “slide” my hips down their legs
• from knee control
  • pull opponent knee between my legs and KEEP CONTROL OF KNEE
  • plant other hand on opposite hip
  • plant head on opponent belly
  • get up on toes, lift but in air, rotate around opponent’s guard
  • push opponent and try to take back or side control

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