Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
mma121.com | In this MMA groundwork video we share a quick tip for tricking your opponent into an easy guard pass. The move involves some basic misdirection where we drive forward into our opponent when they are in an open guard position to try and get them to kick us off with the legs.
If and when they do push off with the legs we use our opponent's own movement and momentum to initiate the guard pass. When we sense the push we drive the feet together and to the ground and then quickly get some weight onto the legs and pass to side control.
This technique is particularly useful in MMA grappling scenarios because you can use your striking as a distraction and it's more likely that your opponent may want to kick off and return to standing rather than staying on the ground.
mma121.com | In this MMA groundwork video we share a quick tip for tricking your opponent into an easy guard pass. The move involves some basic misdirection where we drive forward into our opponent when they are in an open guard position to try and get them to kick us off with the legs.
If and when they do push off with the legs we use our opponent's own movement and momentum to initiate the guard pass. When we sense the push we drive the feet together and to the ground and then quickly get some weight onto the legs and pass to side control.
This technique is particularly useful in MMA grappling scenarios because you can use your striking as a distraction and it's more likely that your opponent may want to kick off and return to standing rather than staying on the ground.
