My first Online Instructional Course is here! limibjj.mykajabi.com/course I have spent the past few months focused on passing half guard and am happy to announce that I have compiled all of my findings to create my first instructional course! My goal is to give you a clear game plan and training methods to transform your guard passing
We really see the change in Gordon's opinion on his new passing instructional, whereas in the first one he emphasized entering a guard, in the second one he tells us that when our opponent gets a grip on us this sends warnings in our head and we should disengage and go to an angle.
I’m not a fan of any strategy in BJJ that involves disengagement. I feel like it’s taking away from the game. One should ideally have answers to positions and technique’s that allows one to reverse or at least advance position even bad ones. I’m not competing at the highest level so what do i know
@@Aaron-sy5yx true especially if you're going for a half guard type kind of pass, but the reason why gordon does this disengagement is so that he can tire his opponents in the camping position, and when their tired that's when he decides to go to half guard. And he also does the camping thing even when his in his opponents guard.
@@Aaron-sy5yx sometimes you have to disengage to re-engage on your own terms. You don't wanna be playing into their offence. Why spend time and effort trying to avoid the sweep to get back into a passing mindset when you could break grips, stand up, back off and go straight into passing
This video is gold for me because I’ve been that guy who can’t seem to get passed the knee shield. Recently I’ve been studying Craig Jones’s Power Ride Instructional and I think the problem is that a lot of us in bjj get stuck in the mindset of either being past the legs or in front of them, but never attacking the legs in a guard passing sense, we’re always taught to stay away or out of the legs. Thanks for the content! Going to use these concepts at training this week.
I think this is very underutilized like you said and it’s a big theme of my instructional course. Half guard is a grey area and leg riding is a grey area. Both which we can really take advantage of and people are starting to utilize more in BJJ
Bro I just got purple belt a few months ago and still feel like idk wtf I’m doing. But your videos are definitely helping me understand jiujitsu more! Thank you!
@@LIMIBJJ tbh.. it's is basically fundamentals taught at a very high level, with the concept that each technique leads to another in a chain that depends on their reactions, and if you can move faster along that chain than your opponent, while grabbing every advantage you can along the way, then you'll melt their guard. It's cool cause it's kinda like the Roger Gracie style approach, but at a blistering pace I'm not sure he'd show tooooo much you don't already know. Maybe just cool gripping details. Anyway. Rant over. Rock on. Great vid 😂
I think by far the best way to pass the knee shield is to get an overback grip. Gordon uses that a lot and that same Overback grip combined with a leg weave is Craig Jones's prefered method as well as he states in his Z guard dvd. After that standing up and loose passing is a solid number 2
@@db2360 Honestly I usually try to push on they leg and walk to their centerline. If that does not work then it means their knee shield is deep allowing me to get an ankle scoop (This is a grip where you go elbow deep around their ankle and grab their butt), From the ankle scoop you can walk they knee to the centerline and flatten them. You can also backstep or enter leg rides, this is what Gordon taught in his dvd. If that does not work I will get weave and try to get into a leg ride or a half guard chest to chest, this is what Craig taught in power top. Its obviously a bit more detailed than I am making it out to be right know but Gord's half guard passing is probably the best resource if you want to learn more details, also Craig has some leg weave material with an overback grip in power top and his new Z guard dvd but its not as detailed as what Gordon teaches in his dvd.
@d b I'm not sure if this is what you're asking but I think the way to go is to tripod using your head to get the uke to put their shoulders to the mat so they can frame. But take it with a pinch of salt, my jiu jitsu is nowhere near where some of the other people who comment on these videos.
Newly minted purple belt. I’ve really developed a pressure passing game, but been struggling with the knee shield as I move from arm weave to knee slice as their knee shield moves up and down. My BB coach just gave me the exact same advice as your PDF in my private lesson. Nicely done!
Nice to see you back! Your videos are my second best source of information to improve my jiujitsu, only losing to Danaher's and Gordon's instructionals.
Glad to have you back! Hope you had a good holiday! I’m a little over half way through the video and your emphasis on respecting grips and frames reminds me of Greg Souder’s approach to teaching guard passing(from Standard Jiu jitsu). Greg doesn’t teach any passes per se but he has his students play “games” where the goal of the game is to “win” at particular aspects of guard passing. You should definitely check out the Standard jiu jitsu class video on their UA-cam channel. Sure we can talk about and drill it but until we create a training environment that produces similar ecological demands of the guard passer, we’re all really just doing reps at half speed…Big fan! Can’t wait for a Nicky Rod vs Gordon Ryan video!
I have actually been studying Greg quite a bit and have been implementing that training method at my school as well. Not to the extreme he does it but I think it has its place for sure. I am making my course about this actually!
As someone who has done some online marketing before, for an unrelated business, I appreciate that the download of the passing knee shield pdf goes to a file called "lead magnet" haha. Good content brother!
One thing I do to get rid of the knee shield is I turn around and grab my opponents top foot and threaten a toe hold, almost every single time they have a massive reaction which in some cases let's me throw that knee shield to the side and pass, other times it ends up with us totally disengaging but it does work sometimes
Welcome back, as always great content and the video has shown me my tunnel vision on forcing inside foot position. Thanks for pointing it out. I will think about it tomorrow when rolling.
Giancarlo is the head evening trainer out our gym here in Austin and we get to train on their current technology at new wave nightly. Is wild how different the things they are doing from the traditional techniques.
Yeah the game is changing super fast! Important to watch competition footage for us on the outside to try to stay up to date. I appreciate you giving us the little insight!
Excellent video! I'm definitely guilty of just stepping directly into the guard 😂😂I've recently been trying to work on more misdirection with my passes (i.e. get them thinking about one thing, then do another). Like you mentioned, stepping directly is not only super predictable, but can halt any sort of passing progress instantly Love the videos though! Always something to learn from watching your breakdowns 😊
I like the way you look at the differences between intermediate and advanced practitioners. I’m starting to “make my own waves,” but when I get gassed, I revert back to waiting around for them to happen. Im gonna get there though.
Knee shield is like any other frame, it's strong in certain directions and weak in others. I think it was Rickson that said gaurd passing is constant angle changes to defeat different frames
You prove time and time again what an outstanding member of this community you are, your breakdowns never cease to amaze me mate, always learning from you Good luck with the program and the new computer! Btw I think you should consider a Patreon account for extra support and what not, if you got the time and so on
Thanks man I appreciate the support! I actually had a patreon and am going to delete it as I am starting up a community on the Kajabi platform. Here is the link if you are interested! limibjj.mykajabi.com/
Good shit mate! I teach two main concepts for passing the guard. The first is what I call magic circles. It just refers to the spot next to the person who is playing guard hip. This spot follows the hip so if the person is flat on the back you have access to both magic circles if they are on their side one magic circle is now in the air and the other is blocked by the mat. We want to get to and control those magic circles and this will be the basic of all guard passing. Next is how do we deal with the frames to get to these magic circles, which is part two which I call MT. GAI. There are three main ways to address frames, Move it, Trap it, Go Around It. All guard passing will address the frames in one of these three ways and as you get better you will start to combine those three methods to get to those magic circles. For example with the knee shield the arm weave uses a trap it, followed by a go around it to try and pass. I prefer to back out of knee shield and start by trying to go around and as the leg extends to follow I move it by using a leg drag. Using this you don't need to know guard passes you just need to realize what frames are in you way and decide how you want to address them via MT. GAI then get to dominating the magic circle.
Love it! I have been experimenting with this method of thinking about things as well. I am filming a course right now describing a lot of what you just said above (or at least my interpretation of similar concepts.) I think this is a great way to approach jiu jitsu in general but it shines when understanding guard passing
@@LIMIBJJ agreed! It can make for some really fun guard passing as well. I'm just gonna try this crazy thing I've never done and it has a high percentage chance of not making my position worse. Really let's you play with the art vs drilling techniques.
Ryan Hall describes something similar in his defensive gaurd series. Instead of looking at it as passing a certain "gaurd," you are looking at it as beating a frame.
O would really love to see a Henry Akins video, his guard passing ideas and concepts are amazing, really changed the way I'm training, thanks for the good content as always my friend.
a good analogy as opposed to that surf one would be the line from The Departed. "I dont want to be a product of my environment, i want my environment to be a product of me."
Something I got from Galvao is to either come over the knee shield with your chest and push it down into a smash pass or else submarine up under it and turn it into an over/under. Has always worked for me but I know that’s smashy, but boy, heavyweight, prosaic jiu jitsu which some of you do not like.
Can you explain your comment of "when it comes to self defense, the survive long enough to attack approach is great"? I feel like that's the opposite of what you want when it comes to self defense. If a conflict occurs, you want to finish it as quickly and effectively as possible while sustaining the least amount of damage as possible, which is a counter to your comment. Love your content, it's helped me alot
Basically I meant that you just need to survive. You have to not get beat long enough for intervention or to jump through a door when it opens. If you focus so much on winning as fast as possible, it would be great if it works, but if it doesn’t work now you don’t have the energy to jump through the door even if it’s wide open
Awesome timing! Hope you are able to implement some stuff from the video! I will be coming out with another knee shield video in a couple weeks as well
@@LIMIBJJ update: Had the most success I've ever had Friday and Monday by body locking the legs and sliding around to side control then jumping mount. It could just be who I've been sparring w but it's been working.
@@MasterTeep right on yeah it can definitely work. Check out Chris wojcik against Kieran Kichuk. Chris tried it many times and almost passed the tough guard of Kieran
2 month white belt. Crazy. I never knew about stepping into their guard (de la hiva). Intuitively I avoided that and would always try to pass their knee at an angle. I’m not saying I’m doing what GR is doing, but my mind was already going there. That said, I’ve been watching GR videos non-stop and have tried to emulate him without even knowing exactly what I’m doing.
This video is awesome because it definitely highlights the huge issues that I'm having as a beginner going up against intermediate guys. I'm in this weigud state where they like to get me in the card but I neutralize everything they do in the guard however I'm stuck there too. And with me being stuck in the guard have to get creative using more unconventional means that I've done and learned through wrestling. I pull guard a lot and I use my elbows to smother their abdomen just so I can neutralize their stamina and as we all know with no stamina you can't do anything especially attack. So I do thank you for the instructional video because this build not only my fight IQ but it gives me an idea of what I need to work on and some options
Awesome! I am glad you found it helpful! Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like you are on the right path and doing your homework. Stay on the grind my man!
Catch-Wrestling has a saying "never miss an opportunity to hurt your opponent". Now, I don't think that will ever catch on (NPI) in BJJ - probably best if you don't try to use your thumb to rip someone's bicep off the bone while trying to control their arm - I do think it's wise to never let your opponent have it their way when it comes to gripping you.
Just a bit of advice. When passing to north south yes grab their head and pull it towards you. But you can't land chest to chest. You have to go a little further back. Like chest on face both hands stiff armed on the hips. Keep your butt in the air for a bit while your chest is on the face becuz most the time they'll try n invert. This stops the back roll back take and keeps from spinning since your pinning their face with your chest and controlling the hips you know where they are trying to spend too. Cup your hands on the outside of their hips. That way when they move you know which direction they are trying to move to so you just to be told that direction so you can stay completely north-south and when they put their feet down because they get frustrated then you can start settling down on them and then you can go chest to chest if you want or stay just to face and I recommend one hook over and the other under. Set up armbars easily and pizza cutters or bread cutters. Everyone has a name for it. And yes you can do it no GI. Just use the hand that is facing up when you have his arm hooked and control their shoulder and use the other one that's already in place to cup their trap and turn your body perpendicular towards the side where you have the shoulder bring your elbow and towards you than drop it down and drop your weight all the way down into their neck
YES… Just YES!! Fire video as always bro. 🔥 It’s best not to purposely get caught up in their entanglements and approach the guard at the j point to begin with.
@@LIMIBJJ You challenge me to be way more analytical in my thinking. I watched both the ryan rowe and the jones boehm and didnt see any of the stuff you mentioned. You also got me playing half guard smash (which is great for my age) , people at my gym hate you now, lol.
@@toddvance1568 awesome man! Yeah I have to watch stuff multiple times to pick up on it. It takes a while to dissect all this stuff and assemble it so I am glad you are finding it helpful! Hahaha yeah nobody wants to make eye contact with me anymore haha
A problem that I see and I use the knee shield I do a lot is when the opponent disengages I sit down when he forces the entrance for me to lie down I already put the knee shield. It's a very strong position to take and very difficult to face.
I remember being taught the Leg-Weave Pass in like 2005 and have 15 years of memories of having zero success with it. Back when I started the Knee-Shield was considered a trash position as the goal was to get to an Underhook Half-Guard or Lockdown. I always struggled passing the Knee-Shield and eventually just started backing out because I couldn't get any of the counters to work. Only a couple years ago did I learn how to block the Knee-Shield from coming in in the first place. Thanks for making it all come full circle.
Even in seld defense it holds true Offensive mindset prevails. Attackers are often keen to disengage when you have the mindset to push the pace asap. Ive never had escalating the level of violence not work. Most predators disengage when they feel like prey.
Nice content! But there is an annoying background sound, it kept me thinking my cell phone was ringing, it is like a thin piano sound. It bugged me a bit, I would change it.
Good stuff. I been playing with with weaving the arm stand stand up used a ruotolo brother step on opponents bottom leg c grip to fall into a lovato side smash. I’m still messing with it.
@@LIMIBJJ Love your channel dude. I'm a blue belt so I only understand a limited amount but nonetheless, I learn a hella lot. Keep doing your thing bro ! Also saw your interview on ISAJJ the other day
@@diegobriones9219 awesome man glad you are finding the videos helpful! Josh is the man I really enjoyed that conversation. Thanks for checking it out!
@@LIMIBJJ Aloha! Yes on Maui, I was actually on Lanai for Christmas with my gf visiting her Dad. Have you tried Blue Gingers burgers yet??? Let me know if you come to Maui I'm new-ish but I've found your videos very insightful. I was telling everyone at the gym how mount is the best and side control sucks after seeing your last video lol.
@@sammalama aloha 🤙🏼 small world! I have only had breakfast at blue ginger once and haven’t tried their burger but will definitely check it out! Does your GF dad live on lanai? What gym do you train at in Maui?
@@LIMIBJJ She used to when she was younger, Mom is on Maui, and Dad is still on Lanai. I train at Maui Grappling Academy! We always have people drop in, come by :) you'd love it!
Safe to say he'd certainly agree his float passing aka leg pummeling series is outdated. He's had a handful of new passing instructionals since right? Body lock, half guard passing, and passing 2.0 (attacking guard 2.0)
@@michaelkartsonis6332 oh gotcha. I haven’t gotten there yet but if you have access to it I believe it’s in Gordon’s “they shall not pass” instructional
I played rugby most of my childhood, never needed bjj or karate even, rugby makes u tough. But i do appreciate watching 2 masters rolling or 2 wrestlers reversing and slamming, hip throws and tosses, rugby takes a bit of all that when we use takedowns and slip tackles and break tackles, i think you bjj and wrestlers would enjoy using different techniques to use as takedowns(tackles) in a sport like rugby, a different type of resistance training against resistant opponents except ur testing urself against multiple opponents using takedowns and shirt/gi takedowns, trips and spear tackles.
What's interesting is that john danaher references creating an angle in his no gi passing instructional If u look at the amount of time he spends on angular passing vs inside passing, the angular passing is heavily emphasized over the inside passing The floating pass and the body lock pass are actually both in the same section 😂
Your best video so far ! I am still puzzled by andrew wiltse's passing which seem to work very well (on lower competition maybe?) when compared to the style of passing you are talking about in your latest videos, which I totally understand and agree with by the way. If you are aware of his style of passing what do you think about it?
Basically, wiltse doesn't give a f if your grab his ankle, to him if you grab you open some space for the under hook which is all that matters to him and leads to a lighting fast knee slide. If I got it right.
Ah very interesting. To be honest I don’t study Andrew too much but I don’t think the competition he is going against is lower level. I think he has also proven his techniques work against the best in the world. I will have to look more into it so thank you for bringing this up!
I've gotten a lot out of studying Andrew's passing and I would definitely recommend it as a fantastic resource. When someone reaches for his ankle, it's a que for him to launch into a knee cut before the grip is established 🤙
Awesome video! Who's passing system would you start with for someone who wants to be a really good passer? Im a brown belt and want a full systemised approach! Thanks
For sure I think that is a really good question and one that I have spent the past couple months thinking about and messing with. I am going to be making a course about this but to sum it up but basically what I did was combine the setups I like with the finishes I like from studying Lachlan, Gordon, and Danaher and then using the few techniques I think are the highest percentage to work into Craigs Power Ride Philosophy. It sounds kinda crazy but if I had to recommend one it would probably be the power ride. Its not going to give you a lot of techniques but its going to give you a different lens to look through. Then you watch all of the other stuff and see how it can fit into your new lens. Thats what I did at least and like I said I am going to make a course about my conclusion. With that said this took me months to do. If you are looking for a 1 stop shop for everything Lachlan's Submeta platform is tough to beat. He has everything on there and its only $25 a month. Crazy good value Hope this helps
This is what I got from google translator "I can pass the guard of heavy amateurs even though I'm a lightweight". Sorry I am not sure what the question is
My first Online Instructional Course is here! limibjj.mykajabi.com/course
I have spent the past few months focused on passing half guard and am happy to announce that I have compiled all of my findings to create my first instructional course! My goal is to give you a clear game plan and training methods to transform your guard passing
I’m a purple belt and this content is so advanced I can’t even comprehend it. This is a compliment.
Thank you! Hopefully you found it helpful!
We really see the change in Gordon's opinion on his new passing instructional, whereas in the first one he emphasized entering a guard, in the second one he tells us that when our opponent gets a grip on us this sends warnings in our head and we should disengage and go to an angle.
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I’m not a fan of any strategy in BJJ that involves disengagement. I feel like it’s taking away from the game. One should ideally have answers to positions and technique’s that allows one to reverse or at least advance position even bad ones. I’m not competing at the highest level so what do i know
@@Aaron-sy5yx true especially if you're going for a half guard type kind of pass, but the reason why gordon does this disengagement is so that he can tire his opponents in the camping position, and when their tired that's when he decides to go to half guard. And he also does the camping thing even when his in his opponents guard.
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@@Aaron-sy5yx sometimes you have to disengage to re-engage on your own terms. You don't wanna be playing into their offence. Why spend time and effort trying to avoid the sweep to get back into a passing mindset when you could break grips, stand up, back off and go straight into passing
This video is gold for me because I’ve been that guy who can’t seem to get passed the knee shield. Recently I’ve been studying Craig Jones’s Power Ride Instructional and I think the problem is that a lot of us in bjj get stuck in the mindset of either being past the legs or in front of them, but never attacking the legs in a guard passing sense, we’re always taught to stay away or out of the legs. Thanks for the content! Going to use these concepts at training this week.
I think this is very underutilized like you said and it’s a big theme of my instructional course. Half guard is a grey area and leg riding is a grey area. Both which we can really take advantage of and people are starting to utilize more in BJJ
Bro I just got purple belt a few months ago and still feel like idk wtf I’m doing. But your videos are definitely helping me understand jiujitsu more! Thank you!
Haha dude me too but thank you for the kind words. I am glad you are finding the videos helpful. Let’s stay on the grind 👊🏼
Thanks!
Your'e the man thank you! Your support means a lot!
The concept of never ever letting an easy grip to your opponent kinda reminds me the concept of buzzsaw passing developped by Wiltse.
Gotcha I havent watched too much Wiltse stuff but it wouldn't surprise me. He is super good at guard passing
@@LIMIBJJ ya gotta!
@@Reubenman I know just so much to study. It’s on the list for sure
@@LIMIBJJ tbh.. it's is basically fundamentals taught at a very high level, with the concept that each technique leads to another in a chain that depends on their reactions, and if you can move faster along that chain than your opponent, while grabbing every advantage you can along the way, then you'll melt their guard.
It's cool cause it's kinda like the Roger Gracie style approach, but at a blistering pace
I'm not sure he'd show tooooo much you don't already know. Maybe just cool gripping details.
Anyway. Rant over. Rock on. Great vid 😂
@@Reubenman hahaha 💯💯💯🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I think by far the best way to pass the knee shield is to get an overback grip. Gordon uses that a lot and that same Overback grip combined with a leg weave is Craig Jones's prefered method as well as he states in his Z guard dvd. After that standing up and loose passing is a solid number 2
Yeah the overback grip is a great way to force chest to chest half guard!
How do you flatten your partner out? I find myself somtimes in that Position without the ability to flatten them
@@db2360 Honestly I usually try to push on they leg and walk to their centerline. If that does not work then it means their knee shield is deep allowing me to get an ankle scoop (This is a grip where you go elbow deep around their ankle and grab their butt), From the ankle scoop you can walk they knee to the centerline and flatten them. You can also backstep or enter leg rides, this is what Gordon taught in his dvd.
If that does not work I will get weave and try to get into a leg ride or a half guard chest to chest, this is what Craig taught in power top.
Its obviously a bit more detailed than I am making it out to be right know but Gord's half guard passing is probably the best resource if you want to learn more details, also Craig has some leg weave material with an overback grip in power top and his new Z guard dvd but its not as detailed as what Gordon teaches in his dvd.
@d b I'm not sure if this is what you're asking but I think the way to go is to tripod using your head to get the uke to put their shoulders to the mat so they can frame. But take it with a pinch of salt, my jiu jitsu is nowhere near where some of the other people who comment on these videos.
What works is to be better than your opponent. Then you can pass their knee shield any way you want
I’ve definitely been guilty of entering guards too quickly because of Gordon’s instructional. Great video, hyped for next week
For sure me too. Thanks man I am excited to be back!
This is the best bjj channel. Such high level concepts explained in a clear way
Thanks Jon I appreciate the kind words!
Newly minted purple belt. I’ve really developed a pressure passing game, but been struggling with the knee shield as I move from arm weave to knee slice as their knee shield moves up and down. My BB coach just gave me the exact same advice as your PDF in my private lesson. Nicely done!
Amazing! Love it thanks for the comment! Stay on the grind my man 👊🏼
Nice to see you back!
Your videos are my second best source of information to improve my jiujitsu, only losing to Danaher's and Gordon's instructionals.
Haha I will take it. Thanks for the support!
I've had 2 classes of bjj and got choked out many times and never escaped. Good tips in this video
Thank you I am glad you found it helpful! Stay on the grind my man!
Glad to have you back! Hope you had a good holiday! I’m a little over half way through the video and your emphasis on respecting grips and frames reminds me of Greg Souder’s approach to teaching guard passing(from Standard Jiu jitsu). Greg doesn’t teach any passes per se but he has his students play “games” where the goal of the game is to “win” at particular aspects of guard passing. You should definitely check out the Standard jiu jitsu class video on their UA-cam channel. Sure we can talk about and drill it but until we create a training environment that produces similar ecological demands of the guard passer, we’re all really just doing reps at half speed…Big fan! Can’t wait for a Nicky Rod vs Gordon Ryan video!
I have actually been studying Greg quite a bit and have been implementing that training method at my school as well. Not to the extreme he does it but I think it has its place for sure. I am making my course about this actually!
As someone who has done some online marketing before, for an unrelated business, I appreciate that the download of the passing knee shield pdf goes to a file called "lead magnet" haha. Good content brother!
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One thing I do to get rid of the knee shield is I turn around and grab my opponents top foot and threaten a toe hold, almost every single time they have a massive reaction which in some cases let's me throw that knee shield to the side and pass, other times it ends up with us totally disengaging but it does work sometimes
The dark arts is strong with this one
I like how you always tie your content back to the fundamentals and history
Thank you!
Welcome back, as always great content and the video has shown me my tunnel vision on forcing inside foot position.
Thanks for pointing it out. I will think about it tomorrow when rolling.
Awesome I am glad you found it helpful! It’s good to be back!
Glad to have you back! Happy new year!! Another excellent video!
Happy new year! Its great to be back! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I’ve been living and dying by Gordon’s first guard passing instructional with mixed results. This was eye opening.
Giancarlo is the head evening trainer out our gym here in Austin and we get to train on their current technology at new wave nightly. Is wild how different the things they are doing from the traditional techniques.
Yeah the game is changing super fast! Important to watch competition footage for us on the outside to try to stay up to date. I appreciate you giving us the little insight!
Sneak your secrets into this thread. It will be safe here.
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And we're back!
Its good to be back. Lets get it 👊🏼
Finally you upload dude. Been waiting
Haha I broke my computer but should be back to consistent uploads! Appreciate the patience and the support!
Great video! No matter how many times I learn passes for the knee shield I some how always end up going back to just pressuring into it
For sure I feel like that happens to all of us! Glad you found the video helpful!
Really great video! This articulates something I've been noticing lately in my own guard passing game but haven't been able to put into words.
Awesome! Yeah I think subconsciously we do a lot of things but sometimes its difficult to articulate. I am glad you found it helpful!
Excellent video! I'm definitely guilty of just stepping directly into the guard 😂😂I've recently been trying to work on more misdirection with my passes (i.e. get them thinking about one thing, then do another). Like you mentioned, stepping directly is not only super predictable, but can halt any sort of passing progress instantly
Love the videos though! Always something to learn from watching your breakdowns 😊
Dude I’m so guilty of it as well and trying to get batter at it. Thanks for the support and I am glad you are finding the videos helpful!
I like the way you look at the differences between intermediate and advanced practitioners.
I’m starting to “make my own waves,” but when I get gassed, I revert back to waiting around for them to happen.
Im gonna get there though.
Happy studying!
Been training for three years, it feels like the story of my life. Forever defensive cycle for past few months
Hopefully you found the video helpful! Stay on the grind my man 👊🏼
The down ward v grip on the top shin and hip pinch as you pull your leg out is a game changer for all passing
Just stand up
Man this video was worth the wait! Great job again Jake! I am excited to try these ideas out in my passing.
Thanks guys! Appreciate your patience and support!
Knee shield is like any other frame, it's strong in certain directions and weak in others. I think it was Rickson that said gaurd passing is constant angle changes to defeat different frames
Wise words!
Lol all your insight and humor is appreciated while you intelligently dissect the passing game.
Thank you sir! Glad you found it helpful and entertaining!
man you are awesome, it is an honor for me, to see your videos.
Thanks my man glad you are finding the videos helpful! I appreciate the comment and the support!
You been looking through my browsing history…’how to beat a knee shield’ 😂😂 Create content as always, thanks man!
Sometimes you gotta give the people what they want haha
We're glad you're back and Happy New Year! Let's get it! 👊
Thanks my man good to be back! Let's get it! 👊
That was me on top at 38 seconds and I too was very restless. Great video 😂
😂😂😂 this is too funny! Thank you for the comment and the great attitude! It was fun watching you compete!
@@LIMIBJJ appreciate you! I fight for LFA tomorrow night tune in
Absolutely fantastic Jake! Love to have you back 🤜🏻
Thanks Aaron! It's good to be back! Thanks for the patience and the support!
You prove time and time again what an outstanding member of this community you are, your breakdowns never cease to amaze me mate, always learning from you
Good luck with the program and the new computer!
Btw I think you should consider a Patreon account for extra support and what not, if you got the time and so on
Thanks man I appreciate the support! I actually had a patreon and am going to delete it as I am starting up a community on the Kajabi platform. Here is the link if you are interested! limibjj.mykajabi.com/
Good shit mate!
I teach two main concepts for passing the guard. The first is what I call magic circles. It just refers to the spot next to the person who is playing guard hip. This spot follows the hip so if the person is flat on the back you have access to both magic circles if they are on their side one magic circle is now in the air and the other is blocked by the mat. We want to get to and control those magic circles and this will be the basic of all guard passing.
Next is how do we deal with the frames to get to these magic circles, which is part two which I call MT. GAI.
There are three main ways to address frames, Move it, Trap it, Go Around It. All guard passing will address the frames in one of these three ways and as you get better you will start to combine those three methods to get to those magic circles.
For example with the knee shield the arm weave uses a trap it, followed by a go around it to try and pass. I prefer to back out of knee shield and start by trying to go around and as the leg extends to follow I move it by using a leg drag.
Using this you don't need to know guard passes you just need to realize what frames are in you way and decide how you want to address them via MT. GAI then get to dominating the magic circle.
Love it! I have been experimenting with this method of thinking about things as well. I am filming a course right now describing a lot of what you just said above (or at least my interpretation of similar concepts.) I think this is a great way to approach jiu jitsu in general but it shines when understanding guard passing
@@LIMIBJJ agreed! It can make for some really fun guard passing as well. I'm just gonna try this crazy thing I've never done and it has a high percentage chance of not making my position worse. Really let's you play with the art vs drilling techniques.
Ryan Hall describes something similar in his defensive gaurd series. Instead of looking at it as passing a certain "gaurd," you are looking at it as beating a frame.
dont break up your computer. Im about to die waiting for your new video. Welcome back!
Haha its good to be back! Thanks for the support!
O would really love to see a Henry Akins video, his guard passing ideas and concepts are amazing, really changed the way I'm training, thanks for the good content as always my friend.
Yeah his name has been thrown around a lot! I will look into it!
Akins, Rickson, Thornton ftw
Ty for keeping my BJJ brain going while I'm sick and injured.
Ily.
Thats what I am here for. Glad you found it helpful! Always getting better!
@@LIMIBJJ still sick and injured, and here I am again
a good analogy as opposed to that surf one would be the line from The Departed. "I dont want to be a product of my environment, i want my environment to be a product of me."
Something I got from Galvao is to either come over the knee shield with your chest and push it down into a smash pass or else submarine up under it and turn it into an over/under. Has always worked for me but I know that’s smashy, but boy, heavyweight, prosaic jiu jitsu which some of you do not like.
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Can you explain your comment of "when it comes to self defense, the survive long enough to attack approach is great"? I feel like that's the opposite of what you want when it comes to self defense. If a conflict occurs, you want to finish it as quickly and effectively as possible while sustaining the least amount of damage as possible, which is a counter to your comment. Love your content, it's helped me alot
Basically I meant that you just need to survive. You have to not get beat long enough for intervention or to jump through a door when it opens. If you focus so much on winning as fast as possible, it would be great if it works, but if it doesn’t work now you don’t have the energy to jump through the door even if it’s wide open
The real king has returned…and I don’t mean Gordon. We missed you brother.
Thanks my man it's good to be back!
The past two classes I've really struggled against good knee shields. Thank you for the knowledge
Awesome timing! Hope you are able to implement some stuff from the video! I will be coming out with another knee shield video in a couple weeks as well
@@LIMIBJJ update: Had the most success I've ever had Friday and Monday by body locking the legs and sliding around to side control then jumping mount. It could just be who I've been sparring w but it's been working.
@@MasterTeep right on yeah it can definitely work. Check out Chris wojcik against Kieran Kichuk. Chris tried it many times and almost passed the tough guard of Kieran
1:10 My guess is Magid hage on the bjjfanatics podcast but I could be wrong
Haha I havent heard that but wouldnt surprise me!
0:31-0:38 Is my Teammate and amazing Grappler Jacob, idk...just thought it was cool to point that out.
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Great breakdowns man!
I appreciate it! Glad you found it helpful!
2 month white belt. Crazy. I never knew about stepping into their guard (de la hiva). Intuitively I avoided that and would always try to pass their knee at an angle. I’m not saying I’m doing what GR is doing, but my mind was already going there.
That said, I’ve been watching GR videos non-stop and have tried to emulate him without even knowing exactly what I’m doing.
All these analogies about waves feels like an advert for New Wave jiu-jitsu
Marketing at its finest haha 😂
you are so good at this bro, gj
Thanks my man I appreciate the support! Its good to be back!
Your content is something really special! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you I am glad you are finding it helpful. Thank you for the support!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! was just thinking about you
🥰 happy new year! It’s good to be back! Thank you for the support!
This video is awesome because it definitely highlights the huge issues that I'm having as a beginner going up against intermediate guys. I'm in this weigud state where they like to get me in the card but I neutralize everything they do in the guard however I'm stuck there too. And with me being stuck in the guard have to get creative using more unconventional means that I've done and learned through wrestling. I pull guard a lot and I use my elbows to smother their abdomen just so I can neutralize their stamina and as we all know with no stamina you can't do anything especially attack.
So I do thank you for the instructional video because this build not only my fight IQ but it gives me an idea of what I need to work on and some options
Awesome! I am glad you found it helpful! Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like you are on the right path and doing your homework. Stay on the grind my man!
This video helped me progress so much. Felt like giving it a rewatch ❤
Much appreciated thank you! ❤️
Catch-Wrestling has a saying "never miss an opportunity to hurt your opponent". Now, I don't think that will ever catch on (NPI) in BJJ - probably best if you don't try to use your thumb to rip someone's bicep off the bone while trying to control their arm - I do think it's wise to never let your opponent have it their way when it comes to gripping you.
Hahahaha nice word play there and great point!
mate this blew my mind. I've landed way more leg drags and other passes. You legend
Love to hear it! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Now THAT'S a spicy title. I'm all for it!
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Just a bit of advice. When passing to north south yes grab their head and pull it towards you. But you can't land chest to chest. You have to go a little further back. Like chest on face both hands stiff armed on the hips. Keep your butt in the air for a bit while your chest is on the face becuz most the time they'll try n invert. This stops the back roll back take and keeps from spinning since your pinning their face with your chest and controlling the hips you know where they are trying to spend too. Cup your hands on the outside of their hips. That way when they move you know which direction they are trying to move to so you just to be told that direction so you can stay completely north-south and when they put their feet down because they get frustrated then you can start settling down on them and then you can go chest to chest if you want or stay just to face and I recommend one hook over and the other under. Set up armbars easily and pizza cutters or bread cutters. Everyone has a name for it. And yes you can do it no GI. Just use the hand that is facing up when you have his arm hooked and control their shoulder and use the other one that's already in place to cup their trap and turn your body perpendicular towards the side where you have the shoulder bring your elbow and towards you than drop it down and drop your weight all the way down into their neck
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YES… Just YES!! Fire video as always bro. 🔥 It’s best not to purposely get caught up in their entanglements and approach the guard at the j point to begin with.
💯 this is exactly the point I was trying to make! Thanks for the support my man!
My man’s back at it!
Lets get it 👊🏼
You keep changing my game.... thanks much!!
Awesome I am glad you are finding the videos helpful! I feel like I am just trying to keep up with how fast jiu jitsu is evolving
@@LIMIBJJ You challenge me to be way more analytical in my thinking. I watched both the ryan rowe and the jones boehm and didnt see any of the stuff you mentioned. You also got me playing half guard smash (which is great for my age) , people at my gym hate you now, lol.
@@toddvance1568 awesome man! Yeah I have to watch stuff multiple times to pick up on it. It takes a while to dissect all this stuff and assemble it so I am glad you are finding it helpful!
Hahaha yeah nobody wants to make eye contact with me anymore haha
A problem that I see and I use the knee shield I do a lot is when the opponent disengages I sit down when he forces the entrance for me to lie down I already put the knee shield. It's a very strong position to take and very difficult to face.
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Glad to have to you back!!! Fantastic video as always. The knee shield has been the bane of my existence for many many years.
It's the worst! Its good to be back! I appreciate the support!
I remember being taught the Leg-Weave Pass in like 2005 and have 15 years of memories of having zero success with it.
Back when I started the Knee-Shield was considered a trash position as the goal was to get to an Underhook Half-Guard or Lockdown. I always struggled passing the Knee-Shield and eventually just started backing out because I couldn't get any of the counters to work. Only a couple years ago did I learn how to block the Knee-Shield from coming in in the first place. Thanks for making it all come full circle.
OG! Thanks for the great comment and the support!
Great breakdown as always!!
Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it!
We missed you.
I missed you as well! Its great to be back
Even in seld defense it holds true Offensive mindset prevails. Attackers are often keen to disengage when you have the mindset to push the pace asap. Ive never had escalating the level of violence not work. Most predators disengage when they feel like prey.
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Great video as always !
Thank you! It's good to be back!
yet another great video! need to rewatch this as I got some guys that do good knee shields. would be nice to pass it sometime :')
Let us know if it works! I will have another video coming out in a couple weeks with concrete examples
Nice content! But there is an annoying background sound, it kept me thinking my cell phone was ringing, it is like a thin piano sound. It bugged me a bit, I would change it.
Haha ok it is supposed to be a little ambiance music but I will look into getting a new one or just removing it
Good stuff. I been playing with with weaving the arm stand stand up used a ruotolo brother step on opponents bottom leg c grip to fall into a lovato side smash. I’m still messing with it.
Stay down the path!
@@LIMIBJJ 💯 % grind never stops. I will look to get some videos to post of it down the road.
@@WildCardMMA 🙌🏼
Just move the knee shield. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's just the hip flexor working.
Yeah its not very strong
Just what was excited for and looking for. Awesome
Amazing I am glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment and they support!
" If they're grabbing your feet, don't move your feet, if they're not grabbing your feet, move your feet."
Literally the whole video in one sentence haha
@@LIMIBJJ Love your channel dude. I'm a blue belt so I only understand a limited amount but nonetheless, I learn a hella lot. Keep doing your thing bro ! Also saw your interview on ISAJJ the other day
@@diegobriones9219 awesome man glad you are finding the videos helpful! Josh is the man I really enjoyed that conversation. Thanks for checking it out!
Great video as usual! 🔥
Thank you! I appreciate the support!
Welcome Back!
Thank you! It’s good to be back!
Fantastic video dude.
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
Love the video very insightful
Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it!
What Gordon video is shown ?
What part of the video are you talking about? The instructional part is from his 1st guard passing instructional
JJM has a very nice technique on passing the knee shield here on UA-cam. I'm curious about your opinion on it.
I will check it out! Can you send the link?
@Less Impressed More Involved BJJ ua-cam.com/video/w7ZHLLBodjA/v-deo.html
It's more of a Z guard but I've had success with it when the knee is up high
@@lamassu8479 cool cool thanks I will check it out!
11:26 slick 11:48
This is the goal!
phenomenal videos, thanks so much for providing this.
Awesome I am glad you are finding them helpful! I appreciate the support!
Hey, just saw on your website that you moved to Hawai'i. You on Maui by chance?
Im on Lanai actually so just a ferry ride over. Are you on Maui?
@@LIMIBJJ Aloha! Yes on Maui, I was actually on Lanai for Christmas with my gf visiting her Dad. Have you tried Blue Gingers burgers yet??? Let me know if you come to Maui I'm new-ish but I've found your videos very insightful. I was telling everyone at the gym how mount is the best and side control sucks after seeing your last video lol.
@@sammalama aloha 🤙🏼 small world! I have only had breakfast at blue ginger once and haven’t tried their burger but will definitely check it out!
Does your GF dad live on lanai? What gym do you train at in Maui?
@@LIMIBJJ She used to when she was younger, Mom is on Maui, and Dad is still on Lanai. I train at Maui Grappling Academy! We always have people drop in, come by :) you'd love it!
As a professional surfer I am hashtag triggered that you compared my sport to junk-jitsu 😡 JK.. another great vid, keep em coming bro
Hahahaha my apologies! 😆 😂 thank you for the support!
😂😭 man how did you get that clip from Sam McNally stumbling. Like, how do you even remember that?
😂😂😂😂 I wrote it down in my notes as soon as I saw it hahaha
Why we don't see long backstep pass?
It’s tough without the collar grip
Safe to say he'd certainly agree his float passing aka leg pummeling series is outdated. He's had a handful of new passing instructionals since right? Body lock, half guard passing, and passing 2.0 (attacking guard 2.0)
Yeah exactly. I think it still works just not the primary route for sure
How do I beat chest to chest half guard
Hopefully these videos will help
ua-cam.com/video/XGBHXO-EMk0/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/TdFcwCRO9mI/v-deo.html
I meant from bottom late stage
@@michaelkartsonis6332 oh gotcha. I haven’t gotten there yet but if you have access to it I believe it’s in Gordon’s “they shall not pass” instructional
love seeing Junny in your footage all the time
Junny has such a cool style!
I played rugby most of my childhood, never needed bjj or karate even, rugby makes u tough. But i do appreciate watching 2 masters rolling or 2 wrestlers reversing and slamming, hip throws and tosses, rugby takes a bit of all that when we use takedowns and slip tackles and break tackles, i think you bjj and wrestlers would enjoy using different techniques to use as takedowns(tackles) in a sport like rugby, a different type of resistance training against resistant opponents except ur testing urself against multiple opponents using takedowns and shirt/gi takedowns, trips and spear tackles.
Amazing comment! Thanks for this 🙌🏼
Yeah, cross training is always fun.
In rugby, I'd have forwards do a bit of judo and basketball.
That Kyle Boehm pass easily the best one on the video
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Back by popular demand!!
Happy to be here 🙌🏼
What's interesting is that john danaher references creating an angle in his no gi passing instructional
If u look at the amount of time he spends on angular passing vs inside passing, the angular passing is heavily emphasized over the inside passing
The floating pass and the body lock pass are actually both in the same section 😂
Your best video so far ! I am still puzzled by andrew wiltse's passing which seem to work very well (on lower competition maybe?) when compared to the style of passing you are talking about in your latest videos, which I totally understand and agree with by the way. If you are aware of his style of passing what do you think about it?
Basically, wiltse doesn't give a f if your grab his ankle, to him if you grab you open some space for the under hook which is all that matters to him and leads to a lighting fast knee slide. If I got it right.
Ah very interesting. To be honest I don’t study Andrew too much but I don’t think the competition he is going against is lower level. I think he has also proven his techniques work against the best in the world. I will have to look more into it so thank you for bringing this up!
I've gotten a lot out of studying Andrew's passing and I would definitely recommend it as a fantastic resource. When someone reaches for his ankle, it's a que for him to launch into a knee cut before the grip is established 🤙
Awesome video! Who's passing system would you start with for someone who wants to be a really good passer?
Im a brown belt and want a full systemised approach!
Thanks
For sure I think that is a really good question and one that I have spent the past couple months thinking about and messing with. I am going to be making a course about this but to sum it up but basically what I did was combine the setups I like with the finishes I like from studying Lachlan, Gordon, and Danaher and then using the few techniques I think are the highest percentage to work into Craigs Power Ride Philosophy.
It sounds kinda crazy but if I had to recommend one it would probably be the power ride. Its not going to give you a lot of techniques but its going to give you a different lens to look through. Then you watch all of the other stuff and see how it can fit into your new lens. Thats what I did at least and like I said I am going to make a course about my conclusion.
With that said this took me months to do. If you are looking for a 1 stop shop for everything Lachlan's Submeta platform is tough to beat. He has everything on there and its only $25 a month. Crazy good value
Hope this helps
Eu consigo passar a guarda de pesados amadores mesmo sendo peso leve??????? Plssss
This is what I got from google translator "I can pass the guard of heavy amateurs even though I'm a lightweight". Sorry I am not sure what the question is
@@LIMIBJJ OPS, I forgot to translate. Yes, that's right
THIS WAS REALY GOOD THANKS!
Awesome glad you found it helpful!