Passing the guard No Gi is a different ball game than with the Gi. The lack of grips, the slipperiness, the speed and different attacks available means that if you have to adapt your Gi passing game to the intricacies of No Gi…
Main differences between No Gi and Gi
Grips
When using the Gi, you have access to a huge amount of grips on both the jacket and pants. When passing in the Gi, the grips on the pants will allow you to have great control of your opponent. In No Gi, you have more wrestling based grips such as grabbing all joints in the body.
ADCC bronze medalist Lachlan Giles has a special strategy to pass the guard in No Gi.
First Lachlan tries to get rid of the legs by gripping on the shins (instead of the knees) and flaring out for better control.
Then Lachlan wants to gets inside with both of his legs, which kills the hip of the opponent.
Then Lachlan controls the arm using a great detail which he explains in the video.
He will then control the hip first in order to pass and will also threaten with submissions in order to pass.
Check it out:
The Body Lock Pass by Lachlan Giles
World Medalist and ADCC Bronze medalist Lachlan Giles shows the body lock passing system he uses to pass any guard.
Six full volumes of content, breaking down this powerful pass step-by-step.
Full of narrated rolling so you can learn how to apply this in real sparring.
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