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Hand Fighting vs Open Guard, Over Under Control vs Half Guard, Over Under Pass vs Half Guard

2 Part Technique - Paying attention to even the smallest battles for position can make a huge difference when it comes to success or failure during a fight. This is particularly evident while engaged in Hand Fighting for grips while preparing to pass your opponent's Open Guard, and in this instance, the De-La-Riva Guard. Before worrying about breaking his grips and your upper body posture, you must first secure a stable base from which to properly and safely defend; first, point your leading knee into his De-La-Riva Hook to prevent him from shooting across to hook your far leg, and then hop over his other foot to keep him from pushing against your hip. Now, dedicate both hands to removing his collar grip and continue to hold onto his wrist so as to not let him re-grab your gi lapel. Drop heavily onto his chest with Over/Under Control, falling into his Half Guard for the Over/Under Pass. If he grabs your sleeve instead of your collar, twist your hand around his wrist until his grip breaks and quickly seize his collar or his wrist, then cut your knee across his De-La-Riva Hook into Half Guard on the opposite side for the Over/Under.

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jeiteki (4449 days ago)

In the video, there are two techniques. One starts with the opponent using a collar grip, and ends with a half guard pass to the passer's left. The other starts with the opponent using a sleeve grip, and ends with a half guard pass to the passer's right (towards the de la riva hook). Does the direction in which the passer moves actually relevant to the original grip the opponent uses?

The reason why I ask this is because both passes have an intermediate step where the passer must break the guard player's grip and obtain his own grip on the guard player's left arm. It would seem to me that in both cases, regardless if the guard player started with a collar grip or sleeve grip, the passer could choose to put his left leg inside the guard and pass to his right (towards the de la riva hook), or put his left leg on the outside of the guard and pass to his left.

Is there something inherent in a sleeve grip or collar grip that makes the passer want to go one way versus the other (eg, maybe the guard player has better attacks to one side depending on his grip)?

No one around me has a good de la riva guard so I'm just not as familiar with the nitty gritty details in passing it.