When doing the X Pass using your hands on the opponent's hip and knee, he can place stiff arms onto your shoulder or hip to prevent your shoulder from connecting to his belly. To overcome this you can move into a knee ride position by circling back to his hips.

Approach the opponent's open guard and secure one hand on his nearside knee and the other on his farside hip. Then move to a right angle and place your shoulder on his gut to pass to side control.

The X Pass is a quick way of clearing the guard and moving into the Knee Ride position. The quickest way to do the X Pass is to place your hands on the opponent's knees, kick backwards to clear any hooks, and then immediately step forward at the opponent's hips.

When the opponent has the De La Riva (DLR) guard, you can break it down to position yourself for an X Pass to Knee Ride.

When the opponent has the Reverse De La Riva guard, you can break it down and turn it into a position that will give you the X Pass.

Secure the collar and sleeve grips on a seated opponent and pull him forward. When he resists by leaning back, step through or around his legs to pass into a knee ride.

When opponent has seated guard with same-side shin-on-shin, you can secure collar and pants grip and then drop your knee to the mat to switch the shin-on-shin side. Then, immediately do the X Pass or Knee Cut after the switch.

When the opponent puts double butterfly hooks on your legs while your standing, secure the collar and opposite pant grips and then clear the hooks by pressing your knee in between his legs and then swiveling your foot to clear one hook and attach to the other hook. Then quickly do the X Pass or K...

When opponent has the seated guard while you are standing, step into a cross shin-on-shin position and secure the collar and pant grip. Then do the X Pass to knee ride.

When opponent has seated guard while you stand, you can move yourself into same side shin-on-shin while securing a collar grip and opposite pant grip. This position will allow to quickly pass to the reverse knee ride.

When your opponent has the De La Riva (DLR) guard, step over and trap his foot in the Headquarters position. Then shuffle to DLR side to smash his knees together and do the Rugby Pass.

When your opponent has the Kneeshield Half Guard, and you begin the Rugby Pass by smashing his knees together. You can transition to the Smash Pass as soon as you clear his hook on the outside of your hip.

When your opponent has the Kneeshield Half guard and knees are close together, you use your body to smash his knees together and block the knees from escaping with your bicep. Then do the Rugby Pass to his front side.

When the opponent has Kneeshield Half Guard, you move his knees to the other side to enter the Smash Pass (aka Folding Pass). You can pass directly to mount by stapling his top leg.

When your opponent has Butterfly Guard, you can move to one side to collapse his knees together and pin them to the mat with your body weight to enter the Smash Pass (aka Folding Pass). If his knees come apart, you can insert your knee between his legs and enter the Leg Weave option where you can...

When you are able to move the opponent to the side and use your body weight to push his knees together, you can complete Smash Pass. Use your head to control his upper body and your legs to pass to the backside.

When you enter Headquarters position from De La Riva, immediately apply pressure to the opponent's legs. When he push his shin across your body, then you can apply the Folding Pass by pressing his knees together to the outside. If he squares his hips up to the mat, then apply the Knee Cut Pass.

When you get into Headquarters, immediately pin the outside leg and trap his inside leg to the outside of your body while keeping heavy on his hips. Then sprawl off his hook and complete the pass to the side of the pinned leg.

When you enter Spider Guard with double sleeve grips, you can retain your spider guard from your opponent's attempt at controlling your legs by keeping his posture broken, constantly using your grips and feet to square back up, and sitting up if he throws your legs to one side. This video introdu...

When the opponent has the lasso spider guard, and you cannot remove his foot from your armpit, you can move to the opponent's front side and smash his legs to the mat. From there you can pass to side control or mount.

When the opponent has the lasso spider guard and you can't spin your hand out of the lasso, remove the foot from the armpit and pin the far leg to the mat. This allows you to use the Over Under technique to pass the guard.

When the opponent defends your stack pass by using his arm or his leg, you can pin his farside knee to the mat to create an over-under opportunity where you can complete a knee cut pass.

When you have double underhooks on the opponent's legs from his open guard, you can lift his hips off the mat and apply pressure onto his legs to complete a stack pass. If you can't lift his hips, you can modify the pass by pinning the far knee to the mat.

When you have chest-to-chest half guard, you can use the opponent's farside lapel to pin his far shoulder to the mat and work on freeing your leg from his legs. This video addresses common resistance encountered during this passing technique.