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Technique: 'Guard/Butterfly/Top/Passes - Folding Pass vs Butterfly';
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Discussion on the Folding Pass and Over Under Pass
     
Folding Pass, Leg Drag Pass
     

Marcelo clarifies on how to jockey against the opponent's legs by focusing on his knees first. Pull, fold, and drag with persistence to eventually find his upper body.
Posted: 3868 days ago
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Folding Pass vs Butterfly, Taking the Back
     

Marcelo helps improve Yuta's Folding-Pass and subsequent Back-Take with heavy, smashing top pressure. When implementing a Folding-Pass (Body-Lock Pass, Smash-Pass, Rugby-Pass, Shoulder-Pass, Koshigatame, et al.), make your grips high u...
Breaking Your Opponent
     

Marcelo and Marcus help Jon to better understand his technical options for passing against a very strong and flexible Open Guard. You must systematically break your opponent's shell, keeping your weight on top of their frames by drivin...
Double Under Control vs Butterfly, Folding Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo helps Hana understand where and how to break her partner/opponent down for the Folding Pass with Double Under Control. It is important to try and land with the grips made, without having to reset or adjust your positioning or w...
Posted: 3652 days ago
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Folding Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo offers Megan some advice on how to pass the Butterfly-Guard with a Cross-Grip made on the opponent's pants: One can try to find a way to weaken the lifting power of their opponent's Butterfly-Hook by pummeling for inside positi...
Folding Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo shares advice on when and how to implement a Folding-Pass against the Butterfly-Guard: Your weight alone sometimes is insufficient for holding down a particularly strong opponent; make sure to secure your advance by finding gri...
Hand-Fighting from Side-Control
     

Marcelo helps Jon with a highly nuanced problem after passing: If your opponent is strongly defending and depriving you of a moment to advance and take more from them, adjust accordingly by intensifying your driving base and sophistica...
Knee Inside vs De La Riva Hook
     

Marcelo helps Rob get comfortable holding onto Headquarters for a pass: Whenever your opponent is competent playing guard with their hips tilted towards the outside of your lead-leg, e.g. a phenotype of some Reverse-Guard (a.k.a. R-Gua...
Knee on Belly, Standing Step Pass vs Open Guard, Folding Pass
     

Marcelo advocates for a strong combination of passes from the standing position: Remember to block your opponent from getting their foot set in front of you after you've established Knee-Mount by keeping your elbow-knee connection tigh...
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