High Step Passing

Warmup

(15 minutes)

• SLX hip up, sweep, uke stands, repeat
• Repeat the previous warmup and add this pass:
  • Stand with foot and shin grips, clear your hip, shift your weight forward, high step between uke's legs, shuffle step, frame out uke's far hip with a hand and near hip with your KOB, uke turns in, side control switch (optional back take)
  • Aaron Brooks - Single Leg X SLX High Step

Open Guard Passing Concepts

For today's games.

Connections will be any grips, leg entanglements, that keep you in contact with the other player.

Top: base (keep the inside leg position closed), put them on their back, look for openings (hip space, back space, underhooks), create openings with misdirections

Bottom: stay upright to be offensive, keep your feet between you and the top player, stay contracted. See

Game 1

Partners.

A: Seated open guard. Goal: secure a connection for 3 seconds or make the other player hand post.

B: Step into an outside position. No hands (no grips, no posts on the ground) Goal: pass without getting caught in a guard or wrestle up. Disconnecting and resetting is encouraged.

20% effort.

Note: this is a big advantage for the bottom player Note: don't get hurt because you're avoiding hand posting

Mini Techniques

• Step into headquarters, other foot step outside / to uke's hip, clear uke's hips with your KOB shin and high backstep.
• Misdirection step into center and do Vu’s step out (trailing leg needs to follow quickly). Push uke's shoulders as you do this.

Game 2

Additions:

B: Goal: Pass

30% effort.

Mini Techniques

• Misdirection step, cross step to uke's ankle, other foot step to uke's hip, knee shuffle into KOB.
• (maybe) Misdirection step, cross step to uke's hip, quickly square up and drop into side control.

Game 3

Additions:

B: Posting on the ground with hands is allowed.

40% effort.

Mini Techniques

• Previous mini techniques, but add hand grips to keep uke's legs away.
• Thigh stomp leg drag.

Game 4

Additions:

B: All hand grips & posts are allowed.

Regular live positional.

Live Positional

Groups of three. 1 minute rounds. Rotate every time. Open guard passing. No subs. You can wrestle up. Reset if you end up neutral (e.g. 50/50, neutral standing).

Passer: Goal: pass Guard: Goal: sweep

Live Positional

Same thing, but 2 minute rounds, and one person stays in guard for the full round. Rotate passer on pass, sweep, or neutral.

Passer: Goal: pass Guard: Goal: sweep or neutral

Live Rounds

5 minute rounds.