3 Deep Half Guard Passes

The deep half guard is performed by holding one of your opponent’s legs with your two legs while he’s on top of you and trying to pass your guard. It’s a popular position because the deep half guard player has the ability to perform a multitude of sweeps, submissions, and…

3 Butterfly Guard Passes

The butterfly guard entails the guard player placing their feet between the opponents legs and hooking the inside of the legs with their feet. With these hooks the guard player can try to disrupt the base of the guard player, and look for a variety of sweeps and submissions. In this…

Passing The Butterfly Guard

The first objective from the top position is to pass the opponent’s guard into a dominant position. The butterfly guard can be one of the trickiest guards to pass. In this video, BJJ Champion Almiro Barros teaches how to pass the butterfly guard.