No-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles' hand-fighting detail for passing seated guard: bring the hand in with the elbow attached to your body and you win inside position every time.
Control
Grips and Leg Control
Grip fighting on the legs, breaking foot-on-hip frames and pinning the knees.
Open Guard Top · Open Guard
The other side: Seated Open Guard
Techniques in this topic
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YouTube videos
No-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles gives Bernardo Faria five no-gi passing tips, starting with controlling the shins rather than the knees so the guard player cannot pummel their feet back in.
No-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles on starting the pass by getting inside leg position and blocking the knee, and why leading with the hip beats reaching with the hand.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Leg pummelling for the passer: how to keep your legs inside and free of hooks so you stop getting swept while working an open guard pass.