The Eagle Claw is probably my most used passing technique these days. It’s easy to grab, but hard to break. I’m not the only one who does this of course. In the past weekend, you could see young champion Tye Ruotolo using the eagle claw constantly while passing the guard.

Why does it work so well? Because when you grip the ankle with the eagle claw, you place your thumb behind their leg by their achilles. This makes breaking the grip hard, as everyone wants to kick forward and not backwards. Plus, by kicking backwards, they open their guard even more.

As a result, you get a rock solid grip that allows you spread them out to pass. For the very wirey and flexible people, you can even lift with the eagle claw, which will turn their hips away from you and give you the pass too.

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The Knee Shield can be a tricky guard to work against. It gives the bottom player a strong frame, allowing them to manage distance very well.

The Sprawl Pass is meant to crush the knee shield. Your sprawl will minimize the defense the knee shield provides, allowing you to pass by circling over towards his head, or jumping to the back. It also provides a lot of options such as cradles, eagle claws, and more.

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The Fantasma pass (Spanish for Ghost) is named after one of my students, after he used it many times in competition with great success. It’s also fitting, because the pass seems to come out of nowhere, and surprise people when they get caught with it.

It starts from the half guard, when your opponent has the under hook from bottom. Normally, this is a disadvantage, but with the Fantasma pass, you can sneakily get the near side under hook, and pass with a cross body knee cut.

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The Under Hook Pin is a great way of attacking someone from top half guard for MMA, as it gives you an easy to setup pin with a good angle for elbows.

This particular pin is a short lived pin, but the good part is that you can just keep doing it over and over. We also have a secondary option with the under hook pin, which allows us to pass the guard right into the crucifix pin. This is a must have tool for every fighter’s arsenal.

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Following up from my last technique, we explore attacking the Americana aka Paint Brush submission from the Chest Squeeze Pass. This is a good option when the arm doesn’t get trapped beside their head. You have the Americana if the arm is bent, or the straight arm lock if they try to escape that.

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