The Toreando Pass is controlling both legs while maneuvering into a position where you can eventually get a dominant control. Understand the goals and learn some techniques to get to our goals.

When passing the open guard, the opponent often defends by turning on his side and framing with his arms to buy time for recovering the legs. You can use the topspin concept to move to the other side. When your opponents uses the stepover to defend a pass, you can smash his legs to the floor and ...

The Flower Sweep is a simple and low-risk sweep techniques that involve the same-side sleeve grip and the opposite pant grip. It is crucial to understand the timing of when to use the sweep and how to overcome common defenses.

The Flower Sweep is a simple but effective sweep when the opponent is not aware of the set up. You can use the Hip Bump Sweep and the Armbar to disguise the set up of the Flower Sweep. Also, if the opponent defends the flower sweep with a cross post, you can switch to an armdrag backtake.

You can defend the knee cut pass using the Reverse De la Riva Guard, finishing with a tripod sweep. You can use a stiff arm with a belt grip. You can use a butterfly hook to reset the knee position. You can bump his bum forward with your knee and take the back; if he backsteps to defend the backt...

The Knee Cut pass is very effective pass, but if it's not controlled you will not be able to maintain the pass. This video will show you details on how to control the knee cut pass and deal with common counters.

Trapping the opponent's foot against his bum is a great way to stay outside of his guard before attempting the knee cut. It will also give you options of the Xpass to knee ride or over-under pass to the other side.

The Reverse Scissors Sweep has similar leg configuration as the standard scissors sweep with the shin across the belly, but the grips will vary to sweep in the opposite direction from the way you face.

When the opponent defends your scissors sweep with combat base, you can attack with an omoplata, triangle, or sit up into a single leg.

When you get the underhook from half guard, the opponent may counter with a backstep to prevent the sweep. We can deal with this counter by getting a hook sweep or take the opponent's backside.

Get the underhook from knee shield half guard for multiple sweep options. You can do the single leg sweep, take the back, or reverse sweep.

The Diesel Squeezel Choke is a variation of the standard Guillotine Choke that deals with the common counters to the guillotine. Its arm configuration will applies a squeezing choke using both the bicep on one side and your fist on the other side.

Fundamentals of how a guillotine choke works and the most typical type of finish from the guard position. Includes the best position for your wrists, arms and legs.

When the opponent slaps on a guillotine from your double or single leg, find a way to move your hips to the opposite side of your trapped head by either moving his legs aside or cartwheeling over. If you pass with your head still trapped, you can counter with the Von Flue choke.

Enter baseball bat choke from top control or closed guard using lapel instead of collar grips. You can also enter from farside in top control. The NoGi version uses gravity to tighten.

Variations of the Baseball Bat Choke, including: (1) NoGi version (2) Using lapel grips instead of collar grips (3) From a failed cross collar choke in closed guard (4) Entry from farside of top side control.

Details on doing the Tripod Pass from Chest-to-chest halfguard and using it to complete the Knee Cut pass when we reset the knee shield halfguard.

The standing chair-sit pass while lifting the opponent's back off the mat is a great way to deal with good guard players. I also introduced the modified Wilson-Reis pass with control of the nearside arm under their back, a really powerful guard break and pass.

Standing guard breaks and how to pass as soon as the legs open. We use the staple technique to get to chest to chest, which prevents the opponent from putting on another guard after the break.

Tripod Pass for passing the chest-to-chest half guard, which can be chained with the Wilson Reis pass if they close on our half guard.

The kids covered 2 standing techniques for opening the closed guard: (1) the 90 degrees technique (2) zero degrees technique. With both techniques, we emphasized getting to a standing posture position as soon as possible to make it less likely for the opponent to unbalance us.

The kids learn how to break the closed guard as a better alternative to staying on their knees. The most important parts of this technique is right angle posture and a sleeve grip.

The kids are introduced to the Wilson-Reis Pass for the opponent's closed guard when they are unable to keep a posture or stand up.

The Toreando (Bullfighting) Pass can be entered and completed from different circumstances. This video demonstrates how we can use the two pant grips in different ways to complete the pass.