How to prevent and defend the Torreando guard pass by BJJ black belt Thomas Lisboa. The Torreando is probably the most common guard pass in which your opponent controls your lower legs at the feet or knees with his hands and then steers your legs one way while passing to the other side. This pass was originally done with a tossing motion, but nowadays (and especially in the gi) most people typically retain control of the knees and use a steering wheel motion to push your legs out of the way while they either drop their shoulder onto your belly or come around to knee mount. In this video you’ll learn 3 counters to this pass that will work both with and without the gi.

Rob Biernacki from https://www.grapplearts.com/formula breaks down stopping the armbar attack when someone is on your back in rear mount in BJJ or in No Gi.

Kathy Hubble shows how to use the Judo holdown called ‘Kesa Gatame’ to pin an opponent and even submit them if you do it correctly! And go to https://www.grapplearts.com/masterapp to get 457 minutes of black belt BJJ instruction on you phone for FREE

Here’s footage of me competing in a Judo tournament as a BJJ blue belt against a 300 lb opponent back in 2000 when morote gari (the double leg takedown and touching the legs) was still legal. He denied tapping to the armbar (the result of a juji gatame roll) but I think it was pretty clear that he was caught, and fortunately the referee agreed.

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The S Mount is a VERY powerful position in BJJ – it puts a TON of pressure on your opponent and gives you unparalleled opportunities to attack with the armbar and other submissions. One way to get into the S Mount is to jump into it from side control when your opponent is keeping his arms tight. This is a movement of intermediate complexity but you can train it on your own using a heavy bag on the mat (shown in the first few seconds of this video).

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How to pass flexible and inverted guards by Fabio Gurgel, an except from The Pressure Passing System https://www.grapplearts.com/pressure

How to over-under guard pass has changed over the years, fromThe Pressure Passing System (https://www.grapplearts.com/pressure). In this video 6th degree black belt Fabio Gurgel shows how the over-under pass was created as a natural combination of the stack pass and the torreando pass, and then how it has continued to change to adapt to new ways of countering this position. This is a fascinating glimpse into the history of BJJ.

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You can use a heavy bag to drill your BJJ movements! In this video I’ll show you how to perfect your kneemount spin. Grab my free guide to learning BJJ fast at https://www.grapplearts.com/book

The open guard is a very complicated position in BJJ, and if you train them in the techniques in the right sequence then you’ll get better much faster! https://www.grapplearts.com/dlr

How to stop your opponent from removing your de la Riva guard hooks! By Rob Biernacki from https://www.grapplearts.com/DLR

In this video Rob Biernacki breaks down what a BJJ wedge is and how to use it for armlocks, chokes, leglocks and pin escapes. If this style of teaching appeals to you then check out https://www.grapplearts.com/the-bjj-formula/

And for a preview of an analytical breakdown of the modern leglock game watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_sY0rUAyP8

The over-under pass is a very powerful guard pass used by high level grapplers in competition. Here’s Rob Biernacki sharing a technique he learned from Caio Terra to shut down and counter the over-under pass!