When the opponent pulls guard using a sleeve grip and the foot on your hip the same side, you can counter grip his sleeve and secure a cross pant grip. Then as he sits into guard, you can pull up your grips and finish the pass to kneeride.

When your opponent attempts to pull guard with the foot on the collar grip side, you can parry his leg across or push it to the mat. When he puts the foot on the sleeve grip side, you can push the leg to the mat and secure chest-to-chest half guard.

You can counter the omoplata by stepping both legs over the head and passing into side control.

When the opponent has quarter guard from a knee cut attempt, you can pass by moving his hips using your leg. You can pass or take the back from mount, or use farside knee cut to clear the foot.

When the opponent has kneeshield half guard, and you attempt to reset his hips but he keeps his knees pinched and feet crossed so you cannot do the knee cut or X pass. move his knees to the farside and pin his hips and knees for the smash pass.

How to use the X Pass to pass the Knee Shield Half Guard when the Knee Cut is not an option because the opponent squeezes his knees tight together.

When the opponent has your foot in quarter guard, secure an underhook on the nearside, and then knee cut to the far side to pass using your shin to block the hips.

When the opponent has only your foot in his guard, you can move into mount and secure double underhooks to execute this pass.

When the opponent has kneeshield half guard, you can remove the kneeshield by lifting the knees to flatten hips and then you can position your knee and arm in between his knees while his hips are flat so you can launch the knee cut pass.

Knee Cut pass of the kneeshield half guard from Clark Gracie with the farside lapel grip and knee cut over the opponent's shins. Once clear of his half guard, then reach for the head to stop his movement.

When you are going for the Torreando Pass by securing 2 pant grips, your opponent often counters with Spider Guard. These are techniques you can use to overcome the counters of the spider guard.

When the opponent tries to use spider guard to counter your pant grips, push his feet to the mat or stack him to complete the pass.

When the opponent has seated guard, you knock him onto his back onto the mat to complete the Torreando Pass. You can use your shoulder on his belly to knock him down once you move past his toes. Or, you can lift up his legs into the air to knock him down before you begin your move to an angle.

From the double pant grip and pushing the shins into the opponent, you can do the torreando pass. When he pushes back, you can go into a reverse knee ride. If he doesn't push back, then you can go into north south position, ensuring that hip stays on the mat while you consolidate the chest to che...

When the opponent uses his kneeshield to block your knee cut pass, you can switch your hips to pass the kneeshield. To prevent chest-to-chest half guard, the opponent will likely insert a half butterfly hook when you switch your hips. Flatten his hips to nullify his butterfly hook, and then pass ...

When the opponent does a Guillotine from his closed guard, use the Von Flue Choke to escape and pass. Move your hips to the opposite side of your head and apply should pressure on his neck to motivate him to reconfigure his legs.

Counter to underhook half guard by pushing shoulders to the mat and getting nearside underhook. Then tripod to clear your knee and then do knee cut on farside to pass or go to 3/4 mount to pass.

Reclaim the underhook from half guard top by going into reverse half guard, clearing your knee, reclaim the underhook, and then do a knee cut pass.

When opponent tries to get a deep underhook from half guard, you can defend by blocking his hip with your knee. Then you can counter by transitioning into a Smash Passl

Escape the 50/50 position by moving your foot to the other side of the opponent's hips and then drive your knee to the mat so that he cannot recover 50/50. Then pin his hips and prevent him from going to turtle before finishing the leg drag pass.

When you are both seated in 50/50, you can escape into the leg drag pass by using your free leg as a wedge to escape your knee. Once your knee is free, you can use your 50/50 leg to move into a leg drag pass.

When you stand in the the 50/50 guard, and you uncross the legs while holding on to his feet, you can do the step through pass.

Technique for escaping the 50/50 position directly into the smash pass by bringing your foot over. Use the same side sleeve grip and foot on the bicep to escape your foot to the other side and then immediately put weight on the knee to set up the smash pass.

When your opponent is in the seated guard, secure the same-side collar grip and the opposite pant grip. Step into a shin-on-shin on the side of the collar grip. From there, you can launch into a revere knee ride pass, an X-pass, or a knee cut pass.