Passing is not about dominating one pass, but about combining passes and creating passing systems based on what you can get from you opponent and how they react
For example:
When we are in this split squat position and we cannot gain inside position (get upper body control) because they have good frames, we need to act accordingly to the current situation and change our strategy instead of trying to brute-force attack with our initial strategy:
They have good frames that prevent our inside position
We then change to high-stepping for example:
Let’s now study this high/back stepping position
Similar to Gordon’s J-Point Camping to High-Stepping system.
The idea of this position is to keep their back flat on the mat and prevent them from going on their side
Red arrows indicate downward force/weight
The backstep is not going to work most of the times, but if we mix it with a backstep with a pummel, we’ll be able to get to knee on belly very easily
Let’s now go back a little bit… Before we get to these positions, we need to understand how to engage the guard.
Everything is going to depend on the configuration of our legs in relation to our opponents legs.
(Legs outside their guard, 1 Leg in One leg Out, Both legs in, Opponent has inside leg position)
If their heels are lower than his knees:
We are going to move outside of their legs and push their legs in the opposite side with the goal of gaining large angles:
