Gi Intermediate
Gabi Garcia's pass against a spider/DLR mix: hand inside the leg, knee across the thigh to kill the foot on the bicep, high collar grip and pressure through. Spoken in Portuguese, one minute long.
Passes
Passes
Leg pin, toreando and knee cut passes once the feet are off the biceps.
Spider Guard Top · Spider Guard
The other side: Spider Guard Bottom
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
YouTube videos
No-gi Intermediate
The Ruotolo brothers' leg pin, a no-gi way to staple a leg to the mat before you knee cut or toreando.
Gi Intermediate
Chewjitsu's three counters to spider guard, including the slick third option once they have both feet on the biceps.
Spider Guard Pass
Chewjitsu YouTube
A short Chewjitsu spider-guard pass: pin a leg, clear the second foot and go.
Jiu-Jitsu Leg Pin Guard Pass Variations & Transitions by BJJ world champ Andre Galvao
Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ | World's Best BJJ Academy - Home Page YouTube
Andre Galvao's leg-pin passing variations and transitions against spider and lasso, pinning a leg so the hooks die.
Gi Intermediate
Three rules for the passer in spider guard (make grips, move back, never keep the arm bent), then a pant-grip break that leads straight into a leg drag or side control.