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Pass or back take · Pressure pass · Intermediate
Folding pass
A guard pass (pressure pass) you hit from Half guard (top) and Passing open guard, landing you in Side control (Yoko Shiho Gatame). Intermediate level.
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How to do it
Works from
Puts you in
- Against half guard or a knee shield, get your knee and shin over their bottom leg and pin it to the mat
- Fold their top leg down onto their bottom leg so both legs point to the same side
- Drive your hips and chest forward to keep the legs folded and flatten their upper body
- Walk around the folded legs and settle in side control or mount
How it connects
- Starts from
- Half guard (top)Passing open guard
- Similar pass or back takes
- Knee slice passOver-under passStack passBody lock passSmash passLong step pass
Get it right
Key details
- Once the legs are folded together they can’t use them to recover
- Keep your weight on their legs and hips, not on your hands
Common mistake
Leaving space between your hips and their folded legs.
If they defend it
They turn to their knees: take the back or the front headlock.
Safety and research
Read about itGrapplearts articlesBJJ Heroes
Practice
Quick checkFolding pass quick check4 questions
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