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Pass or back take · Pressure pass · Intermediate
Leg weave 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 a knee shield, thread your arm under their bottom leg and grab it, so their legs are stacked together on one side
- Drive your shoulder into the knee shield and flatten their top leg to the mat
- Keep their legs pinned together and walk your hips around to the open side
- Clear the legs and settle in side control, or knee cut through
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
- Their two legs stay stacked and pinned the whole time
- Your shoulder flattens the knee shield before your hips move
Common mistake
Letting go of the bottom leg, which lets them square back up.
If they defend it
They turn to their knees: follow to the back or a front headlock.
Safety and research
Read about itGrapplearts articlesBJJ Heroes
Practice
Quick checkLeg weave pass quick check4 questions
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