High Knee Shield Pressure Passing: Chest to Chest vs Foot on the Hip
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomPass with slow pressure. Rush only to move to the next position when they give it to you.
Reference video
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SETUP
Three-minute rounds, then switch.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
On top, pressuring into your partner's high knee shield.
OBJECTIVE
Pass with slow pressure. Rush only to move to the next position when they give it to you. Once you're there, pause and stay.
CONSTRAINTS
None.
WIN CONDITION
Get chest to chest, in half guard or mount.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On your back with a high knee shield on your partner.
OBJECTIVE
Break their balance to get their weight off you. Then recover your bottom foot and fight for underhooks. If you're new, just mess with their balance and get your bottom foot out to their hip, or back to closed guard.
CONSTRAINTS
None.
WIN CONDITION
Put your foot on their hip and kick them away, and hold it there for a couple of seconds. If they get back in and restuff the foot, play on. If you kick them away and sit up, reset.
Denis Beenen, Who's Next: Live sparring instructions (free video on the Ethereal BJJ Academy YouTube channel, 17 May 2026; part of the "Pressure Passing for Smaller People" workshop).
Problem
On top, pressuring into your partner's high knee shield.
Setup
On top, pressuring into your partner's high knee shield. On your back with a high knee shield on your partner.
Score
Get chest to chest, in half guard or mount. Put your foot on their hip and kick them away, and hold it there for a couple of seconds. If they get back in and restuff the foot, play on. If you kick them away and sit up, reset.
Rules
- None.
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High Knee Shield Pressure Passing: Chest to Chest vs Foot on the Hip
Developing
TOP PLAYER
Position
On top, pressuring into your partner's high knee shield.
Win condition
Get chest to chest, in half guard or mount.
Constraints
None.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On your back with a high knee shield on your partner.
Win condition
Put your foot on their hip and kick them away, and hold it there for a couple of seconds. If they get back in and restuff the foot, play on. If you kick them away and sit up, reset.
Constraints
None.