If you’ve ever rolled with someone who felt impossibly heavy — like they weighed twice their actual body weight — you’ve experienced pressure passing firsthand. It’s that suffocating, demoralizing style of guard passing where your opponent slowly crushes through your defenses, making you feel like you’re trapped under a boulder. Pressure passing is one of…
The closed guard is the first position most people learn in Brazilian jiu jitsu, and for good reason. It’s one of the most versatile, powerful, and reliable positions in the entire sport. Whether you’re a brand-new white belt or a seasoned competitor, your closed guard is something you’ll return to again and again throughout your…
Your first year in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is going to be one of the most humbling, frustrating, and rewarding experiences of your life. You’ll get tapped by people half your size, forget everything you learned five minutes after class, and question why you signed up in the first place. Then something clicks — a sweep works,…
The Granby Roll is a crucial emergency defensive technique in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that allows practitioners to recover their guard position when it’s being passed. This fundamental movement not only helps maintain defensive control but serves as a foundation for more advanced transitions and submissions in the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system. Understanding and mastering the Granby…
In the upper echelons of submission grappling, there exist two equally challenging scenarios during competition, each with a 50% likelihood:
1. A 50% chance of facing an opponent resistant to takedowns.
2. A 50% chance of encountering someone whose guard you struggle to breach.
His proposed solution?
Direct attention towards guard passing immediately after executing sweeps.
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