BJJ’s most loved figure Renzo Gracie was in Zurich, Switzerland at the Frota Academy where he held a fantastic seminar.
Renzo showed the students a fantastic array of techniques and told countless funny stories from his career fighting and competing all over the world.
One of the techniques that blew away the crowd was this simple counter to the common over under pass.
The over under pressure is one of the hardest guard passes to deal with. If your opponent knows what they are doing, it is a real nightmare…
Although the over under is a high percentage guard pass it does have weaknesses. One of the most common way of countering is the head push. When you redirect the opponent’s head, you can completely unravel the pass, and you put the passer in a different passing lane, which gives you the opportunity to escape your hips and recompose. The head push is probably the most common way to defend the pass, but it is itself easy to counter…
Renzo relies on his opponent pushing forward and controlling his hip. He then stomps his leg down trapping the arm and shoulder and then hip escapes to the side comes up on his elbow. This sweep has a tremendous amount of leverage.
Renzo stated:
Because of this, after a while, they stopped trying to pass me with over-under…”
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- Bernardo Faria is a 5x Black Belt World Champion.
- Bernardo is infamous for his over/under pass that he has utilized countless times at the highest levels.
